While Angstrom uses it to create a set that plays itself according to chance and the intensity of a crackly, id like to do something similar and use it to generate a robotic accompanyment to my cello set. Orange Firemans Carnival, August 2006
Im at home, getting ready to go out and catch a little bit of Zum Schneider's six year reunion. Milan is swinging in his hammock by my head perhaps going to fall asleep soon. (or perhaps not). He's babbling something that sounds like "oi vey." I came across a couple of generative music sets by some guy named Angstrom on the Ableton forum which are two five steps in a direction I've been hoping to go with my live performance. Not that I want to do completely generative live performances where I just press play and walk away (though I have an installation idea that could work well with) But rather his sets reveal away of taking an input (he uses a crackling vinyl filter, i'd probably use the cello) and sets up a matrix of timed and gated effects that react differently for different intensities of sound coming thrrough the source. While Angstrom uses it to create a set that plays itself according to chance and the intensity of a crackly, id like to do something similar and use it to generate a robotic accompanyment to my cello set. Thereby I could play a measure and depending upon the intensity or the frequency of what I was playing the responses could have a different taste, perhaps a quiet period becomes glitch and and a glissando becomes jungle. Interesting and worth my dissecting for a time. If you are an ableton user you can download and dissect Angstroms work from this thread. I just got back from Share where i tried a bit of my theory. Milan came with me because they were having a foodfight toward the end of Zum Schneiders six year aniversary party. The theory still holds but it because of all the resonators involved in the set, its challenging to have my cello part have a strong effect on the overall sound of the set. I expect it will just take a bit more tinkering. Its 4am and I am going to sleep a bit. I've been working all night this month directing a team of developers in India, and all day trying to hold together the ship in New York. Pretty much being taken advantage of left and right now that my company no longer has a tech team. Deadline is September 1, till then much stress and many hours, but anyway, soon this too will pass. I think I am playing with Stefano and Nicole Zaray at Collective Unconscious on October 13th or wherever it is that she's curating a series of evenings. Will have to do my tinkering before then. k