The setup and the execution of the electroacoustic part of this work requires a Computer Music Designer (Max expert).

Version Information

Performance date
November 4, 2015
Documentation date
November 14, 2015
Version
Saõ Paulo
Status
valid
Validation date
May 3, 2018
Realisation
  • Serge Lemouton (Computer Music Designer)
  • Jérémie Henrot (Sound engineer)
  • Augustin Muller (Computer Music Designer)
Length
8 min

No other versions

Detailed Staff

guitar

Detailed staff comes from Brahms, send mail to ressources-contenus@ircam.fr for correction.

Electronic Equipment List

Computer Music Equipment

1 Modalys
Virtual Instruments (Ircam)
1 Footswitch / Sustain Pedal
Footswitch / Sustain Pedal (generic)
1 MacBook Pro
Apple Laptops (Apple)
1 Max 7
Max (Cycling74)

Musical Instruments

1 smart guitar
Musical Instruments (Ircam)

Downloads

patch and sounds

Augustin Muller

87.91 Mo

concert recording

Flo Menezes

comment

multitrack recording and stereo mix

439.47 Mo

Score

Robert Platz

105.02 Ko

Score scan

Robert Platz

comment

with computer music designer's annotations

7.38 Mo

sound excerpt

comment

guitar recording, for testing purposes

9.46 Mo

Instructions

Audio setup

Mono input, mono output

No loudspeaker required :  all the electronic part is played thru the guitar body.

Max Settings

  • IO VS = 64
  • signal VS = 64
  • overdrive on
  • audio interrupt off
  • SR = 44.1 khz

Checklist:

  • Open the "Closed_loop_project.maxproj" project in max 7
  1. bang "cl/init"
  2. bang "cl/load"
  3. dsp on
  4. Check the audio output and input from the guitar
  5. Check the midi pedal
  6. Check the guitar tuning (important)
  7. Set the "Master Out" level to 0db
  8. Initialize Section 1 (with the "section menu) 
  9. Score Cues are triggered from the guitarist 's  foot pedal.

Keyboard shortcuts:

 

  • Space bar : next cue (= midi pedal)
  • up arrow : next cue
  • down arrow : previous cue
  • esc : reset loops

 

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