Got caught again – I’ve updated to 2.8, and have the Wordpress blog in my RSS reader to be ready for the next release as soon as it appears.
You’d think people would have better things to do.
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Got caught again – I’ve updated to 2.8, and have the Wordpress blog in my RSS reader to be ready for the next release as soon as it appears. A quick overview of Pure Data, ChucK, Supercollider, Csound, and several other synthesis languages/tools I haven’t heard of before. Looks like it would repay some link-mining. [Edited 01/08 ... I forgot the link!] Between the two evenings (Friday tech rehearsal and Saturday performance) we’ve got good versions of everything, looks like. That’s excellent. I’m currently at the airport, having just finished going through security and having to have my backpack scanned twice; too many confusing electronic bits, I guess. Another big day. Most of today was spent getting set up and setting levels. We spent some time on figuring out how many pieces we had ideas for (27!), and gathering volunteers for each possible piece. I’ll be attending the Different Skies festival this year as a performer. This will be my first public performance on keyboards. Gulp. I saw one of these at a gathering at Recombinant Media Labs in San Francisco, with Buchla himself performing. It’s nice to see Real Analog Synths again, but the price point is still no more affordable for me now than it was when I first encountered synthesizers in 1972: $9K for a minimal version. Sigh. [...] I’ve been looking for Silver Apples of the Moon and Sidewinder for a long time; how pleasant to find out that you can buy them from Subotnick himself via Kagi.com.Silver Applesand The Wild Bull are available on a single CD, with Sidewinder and Until Spring (which I’ve not yet heard) on another (update: available on [...] Fascinating site from the Philharmonia orchestra; includes an incredible amount of information concerning the individual instruments (including extended techniques, which I found particularly interesting). |
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