Here's the lineup for Thursday's show:

Computer C: Stephen David Kiferbaum Sarah Cameron Eric Ricardo Evan Markel Harold Will Ariel Murat

Computer D: Ethan Brian Jack Ryan Henryck Evan Mulvihill Nick Ross Steve Dave Kaplan Joh

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:

Using the vocoder and subtractor to put Paul Verlaine's Chanson d'Automne in the proper mood.

I like the vocoder.

Assignment 3

better late than never

I had this verse stuck in my head, and thought it would be cool to make something with it.

my track is titled "eclipsing binaries", after an astronomical phenomenon. it sounds pretty random, especially in the beginning, but i actually did put quite a bit of thought into it, so...enjoy.