Misato Mochizuki

En arcades (1997)

Instructions

For any representation of the piece, the user must adress the composer.

Presentation

The piece was made at Ircam during the cursus program on Composition and Computer Music 1996-1997.

detailled formation

• Solo Clarinet
• Electronics, for 6 outputs

Equipment list

Computer Music equipment

• 1 MacBook Pro - Apple Laptops (Apple)
• 1 Max 8 - Max (Cycling 74)
• 1 midi interface
• 1 digital audio interface with at least 2 outputs
• 1 Footswitch / Sustain Pedal
• 1 Pedal to Midi converter
• 1 BCF 2000 or equivalent - MIDI Mixer (Behringer) optional

Audio equipment

• 2 loudspeakers in a stereo setup for clarinet amplification
• 6 loudspeakers for the lectronics diffusion
• 1 microphone for the clarinet, in an aerial setup
• 1 stereo reverberation module
• 1 mixing desk with sufficient inputs and outputs

Audio Setup

• The electronics consists in 3 stereo audio files and a Max Patch
  • Aiff.1-bounced
  • Aiff.2-bounced
  • Aiff.3-bounced
  • EnArcades-2023-v5.maxpat
• The electroacoustic part is comprised in the Max patch. The audio output of max is send to the loudspeaker system following the connection diagram.
  • dac 1&2 must be send to speaker pairs 1&2, 3&4, 5&6, L&R.
  • speaker pairs 1&2, 3&4, 5&6 effectively receive identical signal

General & Loudspeaker Setup

Connection diagram

Midi Setup

A footswitch/Sustain pedal with the musician to trigger the electronic event

Patch

Initialization routine

• Open EnArcades-2023-v5.maxpat in Max8
• SR : 44,1kHz
• Check the pedal (midi input device, controller number, polarity…)
• Dac on
• Toggle the pedal activation

Please note that a read me is a your disposal inside the patch

Shortcut

• Spacebar for triggering events and simulate pedal activatiion
• s to stop the sound

Presentation

Main Patch

Read me content