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[Csnd] Another New Realtime Composition

Date2008-04-03 21:42
From"Art Hunkins"
Subject[Csnd] Another New Realtime Composition
Announcing my latest (from my website):

ADVENIAT REGNUM TUUM (An Advent Meditation) for realtime Csound5 (2008)
  All computer platforms. MIDI controller(s) with 16-65 sliders/rotary pots.
  Stereo, quad and 8-channel (circular) configuration selectable in all 
versions.
  Duration: 5 minutes (minimum)

Text/instructions file, performance materials - including standalone Lettuce 
executables, and mp3 available at the top of the composition list at:
http://www.arthunkins.com

Feedback always welcome.


I find myself spending more and more of my time as a sound/instrument 
designer, and less and less as a "composer." It seems to me that in 
electronic/digital media the sounds themselves are an overriding creative 
responsibility (as well as opportunity).

For this reason, I take partial issue with Mike Gogins who wrote recently 
that for *realtime* work, MAX/MSP was perhaps more appropriate than Csound. 
It is certainly true that many more composers are using means other than 
Csound for this purpose. OTOH, I find Csound nigh indispensable for 
designing and flexibly working with newly imagined sound.

Of course, actually giving birth to newly imagined sound is an awesome and 
daunting task. Yes, it's just plain down and dirty. Indeed it's 
overwhelming, and often gives disappointing results. Nonetheless, creating 
the world is not an easy task. Bigger toolkits mean greater challenges.

Art Hunkins