Chowning's _Stria_ Recomposed with Python and Csound (CMJ)
| Date | 2007-09-12 15:16 |
| From | Michael Gogins |
| Subject | Chowning's _Stria_ Recomposed with Python and Csound (CMJ) |
Csounders will be gratified to learn that the current issue of Computer Music Journal (Fall 2007) contains an article by Olivier Baudouin on his (higher-resolution) reconstruction of John Chowning's important composition _Stria_, re-implemented using Csound 5.02 with Python 2.4 on Ubuntu. The software has a GUI for providing the user with interactive options for changing some parameters of the piece and re-rendering it. The article promises that the code and soundfiles for the reconstructed _Stria_ will be available online but, as often seems to be the case with such claims, they are not. Regards, Mike |
| Date | 2007-09-13 18:52 |
| From | Andres Cabrera |
| Subject | Re: Chowning's _Stria_ Recomposed with Python and Csound (CMJ) |
Hi, Can the author be contacted to remind him? I'm sure many here would like to hear / see the piece. This post makes me think two things: First, when a music piece is software, it's interesting that it may no longer music in the legal sense, but software, so copyrights apply, but not performance or editorial rights... So actually even if the piece is originally by Chowning, the new version could be considered entirely by Baudouin, since all he did was write software, and is not violating copyright per se.... The other thing this got me thinking is that Csound seems to be the only computer software which has an interest (both in the software and in the community around it) in preservation of history. Most other languages and programs are ever advancing software which tends not to look back, and many like pd and supercollider, since they are mostly real-time oriented tend not to produce "tangible" or "fixable" pieces.... Cheers, Andres Michael Gogins escribió: > Csounders will be gratified to learn that the current issue of Computer Music Journal (Fall 2007) contains an article by Olivier Baudouin on his (higher-resolution) reconstruction of John Chowning's important composition _Stria_, re-implemented using Csound 5.02 with Python 2.4 on Ubuntu. The software has a GUI for providing the user with interactive options for changing some parameters of the piece and re-rendering it. > > The article promises that the code and soundfiles for the reconstructed _Stria_ will be available online but, as often seems to be the case with such claims, they are not. > > Regards, > Mike > > > > > |
| Date | 2007-09-13 22:52 |
| From | rasputin |
| Subject | Re: Chowning's _Stria_ Recomposed with Python and Csound (CMJ) |
I would sure like to see the code as well. This reminds me discussions I occasionally read of producers who are in love with a particular sample or loop but can't get clearance to use it in a project. They can actually re-create the sample from scratch and it is then their IP and doesn't violate the original's copyright. In fact if I remember correctly, there was an article in Sound On Sound some years ago about a couple of guys whose business it was to recreate samples for this exact reason. Food for thought. Ever since I started with my first electronic music set up (using MIDI and hardware synths) around 1993 it always bothered me that I wouldn't necessarily be able to revisit old pieces and re-arrange/edit/continue working on them. But to 95% success, you can run an old Csound piece and it will work. (I examples I've seen in the distro and CSound book date to the 1990s.) SuperCollider (and now ChucK) are intriguing but it's true that they seem to be aimed at a different style of composition/performance. ...r... View this message in context: Re: Chowning's _Stria_ Recomposed with Python and Csound (CMJ) Sent from the Csound - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. |
| Date | 2007-09-13 23:20 |
| From | "Steven Yi" |
| Subject | Re: Chowning's _Stria_ Recomposed with Python and Csound (CMJ) |
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| Date | 2007-09-14 13:21 |
| From | obaudouin |
| Subject | Re: Chowning's _Stria_ Recomposed with Python and Csound (CMJ) |
Dear Csounders, Stria files for its reconstruction should be online in a few days : I just have to check my programs and to write the handbook before uploading. I'll send you a post when it will be available. Regards, Olivier Baudouin. Michael Gogins wrote: > > Csounders will be gratified to learn that the current issue of Computer > Music Journal (Fall 2007) contains an article by Olivier Baudouin on his > (higher-resolution) reconstruction of John Chowning's important > composition _Stria_, re-implemented using Csound 5.02 with Python 2.4 on > Ubuntu. The software has a GUI for providing the user with interactive > options for changing some parameters of the piece and re-rendering it. > > The article promises that the code and soundfiles for the reconstructed > _Stria_ will be available online but, as often seems to be the case with > such claims, they are not. > > Regards, > Mike > > > > > -- > Send bugs reports to this list. > To unsubscribe, send email to csound-unsubscribe@lists.bath.ac.uk > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Chowning%27s-_Stria_-Recomposed-with-Python-and-Csound-%28CMJ%29-tf4429665.html#a12674137 Sent from the Csound - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. |
| Date | 2007-09-14 14:03 |
| From | "Andres Cabrera" |
| Subject | Re: Chowning's _Stria_ Recomposed with Python and Csound (CMJ) |
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