a cycle of live electronic compositions for children and amateurs Flints : 4 performers at 4 computers realizing a graphic score layD : a rhythmic work with a delay effect (for any melodic instrument) Twice : a computer processing the sound of a woodwind player Pianosphere I : 2 performers at 2 computers adding algorithmic layers to the piano part A small fraction of all the noise I,II,III : three works based on filtered noise Dngggg : gong and glockenspiel with an effect added by the computer |
All sound in Flints are based upon granular synthesis. The four performers at their computers perform as in a chamber music ensemble, they listen and react to each other and follow their (graphical) score. instrumentation: 4 computers (played with the mouse and the computer keyboard) software: Pure Data (free and open source software) and this patch. Unzip this file, all files should be in the same folder. Start Pure Data and open the file 'flints-7.pd' score: here additional hardware: 2 speakers recording: this is a recording of the first minutes of Flints, performed by pupils. |