David Byrne discusses the effect that contemporary listening spaces have had on music composition throughout history.
Csound ResourcesJune 2, 2010
Csound is a sound and music synthesis system, providing facilities for composition and performance over a wide range of platforms. It is not restricted to any style of music, having been used for many years in the creation of classical, pop, techno, ambient, experimental, and (of course) computer music, as well as music for film and television.
Csound Journal is a free online magazine that presents tutorials and articles on the Csound programming language.
Visit Csounds.com and Sourceforge to learn more about Csound. Get the current Csound binaries from Sourceforge.
Interactive Music Generators by André MichelleJune 1, 2010
André Michelle has posted several interactive music generators on his site. Two of the more interesting ones are ToneMatrix and Pulsate.
ToneMatrix by is a variation on the popular Monome/Tenori-on matrix sequencer concept. The pitch map is very well chosen, and it produces very interesting results from visual patterns.
In Pulsate, you click to create circles that grow in size. When two circles make contact, a tone is produced and the circles shrink. Adding more circles increases the music’s complexity.
Sample Rate Conversion ComparaisonsMay 31, 2010
Canadian mastering facility Infinite Wave provides a great tool to compare sample rate conversion performance in a variety of popular sound recording/editing applications. See how your system stacks up against the rest!