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AlgoScore
A new front-end to Csound
AlgoScore is an interactive graphical score for algorithmic composition written by Jonatan Liljedahl.

'In C' by Terry Riley
"In C" in ChucK
An implementation of Riley's famous 1964 composition "In C" in ChucK.

developerWorks briefings
Hacking 101
2008-08-21 - 2008-08-21
400 N. Brand Blvd.
Los Angeles, United States
2008-08-20 - 2008-08-20
2929 N. Central Avenue
Phoenix, United States
2008-09-17 - 2008-09-17
425 Market Street
San Francisco, United States
2008-07-30 - 2008-07-30
4400 North First Street
San Jose, United States
2008-09-10 - 2008-09-10
1200 Fifth Avenue
Seattle, United States

The Geometry of Music
The Geometry of Music
Interesting work by Dmitri Tymoczko at Princeton University in mapping out the chordal 'space' of music.

Common Music
Music Programming in Lisp
(if (love you lisp) (go here))

PdPod
Pd on an iPod
If you've been just dying to run Pd on Linux on an iPod, well, now you can.

Milton Babbitt
An interview with Milton Babbitt
An interview with Milton Babbitt by Gabrielle Zuckerman on the American Mavericks web-site.

Make Some Noise
The musician with a knack for hacks
Nicolas Collins has written an interesting book on hacking your own homemade electronic instruments.

Noisy Python
Python can do more than hiss.
From ear-training software written in Python, to sound modules for games, Python can do more than hiss.

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Ian Webster
Ian Webster's Krakli blog
Ian Webster is the developer of the Krakli S3 free software synth and other software instruments.

GENERATIVE ART 2008
GA2008, the 11th Generative Art Conference.
There is a call for papers/posters/performances for GA2008, the 11th Generative Art Conference, in Milan. The submission deadline is 15 September 2008.

Ravel and FTD
A Disease That Allowed Torrents of Creativity
A New York Times article about Ravel and a disease he suffered from, frontotemporal dementia.

Just Intonation Sequencer
An "extended-just-intonation" microtonal sequencer
A just intonation sequencer that runs in Pure Data written by Chuckk Hubbard.

Music and Rats
Music raises dopamine level in the rat
A study by D. Sutoo and K. Akiyama: "Music improves dopaminergic neurotransmission: demonstration based on the effect of music on blood pressure regulation".

The article states, "Music for string orchestra by Mozart shifted the physiology of rats clearly towards relaxation or recreation."

Tuning-Related Software
Tuning-Related Software and Hardware
Just intonation tuning (and other tunings) software and hardware as listed on the Just Intonation Network.

Who Cares If You Listen?
Milton Babbitt, High Fidelity (Feb. 1958)
Most people have heard of this infamous article, by the brilliant Milton Babbitt, but here's your chance to read it, if you haven't already.

EPC/John Cage Home Page
John Cage Links
Collection of John Cage links from the SUNY-Buffalo Electronic Poetry Center.

BenderBot
An anti-theory LEGO MINDSTORMS music robot
An excellent new book, "The LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Idea Book", has a chapter, written by Christopher R. Smith, on making musical LEGO robots. The plans include a theremin (using an ultrasonic sensor) and other ideas.

SAIL Spinoffs
CCRMA and SAIL
As Rodney Brooks mentions in his book "Flesh and Machines", some of the first computer-generated music was created at the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL) under Lester Earnest. This is a brief history of SAIL spin-offs by Earnest.

electro-music.com
A site dedicated to experimental music
This is a good site. There have several good postings about algorithmic composition in the site forums lately.

Jonny Greenwood
Jonny Greenwood on computer programming
The first part of this video is Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood talking about computer programming. The second part is a performance of "The Gloaming".
 
Laptop Orchestra
MacArthur Grant Supports Princeton Laptop Orchestra Initiatives
The Princeton Laptop Orchestra wins a 'genius grant'.

Zion Train
Live As One
The dub band Zion Train has a new album, "Live As One". The December 07 issue of Computer Music has an interesting article on Zion Train and their use of software. (They use Propellerhead Reason, Emagic Logic 5 Platinum, and Ableton Live.)

Free Music Software

Blogs

Group space

Description: This space discusses techniques, strategies, and advances within the realm of music programming, and the exploration of electronic music. We also address finding alternative open source solutions for developing tools for music programming, and the best tools (both closed source and open source) currently in use. This space also has a special focus on algorithmic music composition. We will also discuss and announce electronic music and musical works created algorithmically.

Objective: With this space we hope to start a lively forum for music programmers.

Audience: Music programmers and musicians

 

Group type: Public

Date created: 09 May 2007


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