JoyStickMusicMachine
Well, my contribution to the on-going exploration is the JoyStickMusicMachine, a
real-time interface to computer synthesis algorithms. The program uses two
joysticks to control computer synthesis algorithms. What aspect of the sound the
joysticks control can be programmed with a beautiful
NEXTSTEP GUI. It was programmed in Objective-C
using the CCRMA
MusicKit on NEXTSTEP computers. I will put it out as freeware under the GNU
license when it is in a worthy state, but as of this version of the MusicKit, you
must have a PC (for the joysticks) with one of three
Motorola DSP 56001 cards:
Ariel PC56D (discontinued),
Turtle Beach Multisound, or the
i*link i56, which I have. As soon as a
new release of the MusicKit allows the synthesis algorithms to run on the main
processor, this program will work on any PC running NEXTSTEP.
Csound
Csound is a music programming system. The basic structure consists
of an
orchestra file, where the instruments are defined, and a score file, where
the instruments are controlled.
©1996 Hans-Christoph Steiner
eighth@crl.com