Here it is again.

Here you go.

I'm looking for somebody to work with for the 2nd performance. I
thought the projects presented with the vocoder were interesting so I wanted to create a pd patch that could act as a vocoder in real time with a guitar or keyboard with additional effects that I have yet to come up with. I also play a lot of bass and violin so I could help out with anyone who would want to work with those instruments. I eventually want to work on modulating tones, applying effects, and mapping these things to controls on an electric guitar i.e. pickups, knobs etc while utilizing a pd patch obviously. Thanks to anyone who responds.

Several of you have asked for an example audio result for the delay patch, just to hear what it is "supposed" to sound like. Your results may vary depending on your feedback percentage and delay time, etc. But roughly, "just for reference, this is what your PD patch should sound like" (hear attached mp3).

Welcome to the many versions of Pd. As discussed today in class there is the basic Pd package (called Vanilla) available at puredata.info, which is up to version 0.41.2, and then there is the extended package which has all kinds of cool extras and is up to version 0.39.3 , also available there.

For compatibility with the latest version of JackOSX on Intel Macs we have our own build (thanks to Nick Knouf) available here, of version 0.40.3-extended, which hopefully will also run on 10.5; let us know. Experimental builds of 0.4x-extended for PowerPC, Windows, and various Linux distributions can be found here.

One note, if you have a version of 0.39-extended already and you try one of these 0.4x-extended versions, you may have trouble getting the externals to load. Let me know, I can show you how to fix it, but it's too complicated to type out here.

DW

Here's the lineup for Thursday's show:

Remember, we'll be alternating between the computers with one person setting up on one while the other performs. Make sure your setup works and is completely contained on the computer you are assigned to.

If for some reason you missed class today, contact one of us to get a spot on the program.
Good luck.

DW

Your reading assignment is now online as are links to the audio I mentioned today.  You can find it on the course page.

Also, a few details from today.  The Turkish composer I mentioned who was active with Davidovsky and others at the Columbia-Princeton studios was Bülent Arel (I said merely "B-A").  He is perhaps best known for having worked with Varèse on Deserts.  It is worth noting other composers who were active at Columbia-Princeton during the 60's and 70's; this is not a complete compilation by any means but shows how central these studios were for early electronic music.

Jon Appleton, Charles Dodge, Edgard Varèse, Vladamir Ussachevsky, Otto Luening, Milton Babbitt, Wendy Carlos, Harvey  Sollberger, Charles Wuorinen, Bülent Arel, Mario Davidovsky, Luciano  Berio, and Jacob Druckman

I also mentioned the first concert at the Center, one in particular with Davidovsky's first piece (it was his first study, not the third as I incorrectly said).

Ussachevsky’s Creation-Prologue
Arel’s Stereo Electronic Music No. 1
Halim  El-Dabh’s Leila and the Poet
Milton Babbitt’s Composition for Synthesizer
Mario Davidovsky’s  Electronic Study # 1
Otto Luening’s Gargoyles for Violin Solo and Synthesized Sound
Charles  Wuorinen’s Symphonia Sacra

A more thorough overview of the Center's development and details of what equipment and means were available during this time can be found here:

The Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center (links for PDF)

As an aside to Eric's format request I wanted to point out another small issue students have had with web attachments.  There are several ways to attach files to a blog entry, the two main ones being "Attach audio files" and "File attachments" (see below).  The former is for audio formats such as wav or mp3 (these will show up with a little play button).  The latter is for everything else, anything you want to see listed at the bottom of your message as a downloadable file (.rns, .doc, .pdf, etc)...in other words just like email.

This image shows how they appear when you are creating a new entry: