With a view to writing a csound score generator (honest!), I'm researching
the implimentation of Markov Chains in algorithmic composition.
I've read up on Hiller and Isaacson's Illiac Suite, M, and Jam Factory, but
if anyone out there has some experience they wouldn't mind sharing, I'd
love to hear from you.
Does anyone know if M, and Jam Factory are still going concerns?  A net
search produces plenty of references, but no indication of either program's
state of health.

Cheers
Arne 

For M you can try David Zicarelli's "Cycling '74" web site. There is a new
PPC version.

>With a view to writing a csound score generator (honest!), I'm researching
>the implimentation of Markov Chains in algorithmic composition.
>I've read up on Hiller and Isaacson's Illiac Suite, M, and Jam Factory, but
>if anyone out there has some experience they wouldn't mind sharing, I'd
>love to hear from you.
>Does anyone know if M, and Jam Factory are still going concerns?  A net
>search produces plenty of references, but no indication of either program's
>state of health.
>
>Cheers
>Arne


Terry McDermott

Music Department
School of Arts & Media
Latrobe University
Bundoora, Victoria, 3083
Australia

email: T.McDermott@latrobe.edu.au

Telephone	+61 3 9479 2167
Fax		+61 3 9479 3651

Charles Ames' neglected program "Compose" for the Mac has a module for 
Markov Chains, with a simple interface to enter constant or variable 
states and transition probabilities. It also generates csound score lists.

If the program and its tutorials are not archived anywhere, they should 
be.

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