[rohrpost] INTErnet GEnerated Radio

[Inke Arns]

Subject: INTErnet GEnerated Radio
From: integer@iber-online.de
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 23:39 +0100

(english version below)

INTErnet GEnerated Radio
konzertante installation f=FCr radio und internet
URAUFF=DCHRUNG am 23.01.2001 um 20:30h im Abendkonzert auf SWR2
(auch =FCber das Berliner Kablenetz, Satellit und RealAudio zu empfangen!)
In Zusammenarbeit mit dem Freiburger Experimentalstudio der=20
Heinrich-Strobel-Stiftung des S=FCdwestrundfunks e.V. und der Berliner Firma=
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Chemie.DE Information Service GmbH wird der S=FCdwestrundfunk am 23. Januar=
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2001 um 20:30h erstmals eine Installation des Berliner Pianisten und=20
Komponisten Michael Iber auff=FChren, die die spezifischen M=F6glichkeiten=
 der=20
beiden Medien miteinander verkn=FCpft: das Radio zur Klang=FCbertragung und=
 das=20
Internet zur Steuerung derselben. Je nach Teilnehmerverhalten - eine=20
Fernsteuerung liegt unter www.integer-control.com bereit - wird zwischen 16=
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St=FCcken aus den Bereichen Barock bis Moderne hin- und hergeschaltet oder=
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der Klangverarbeitungsmodus aktiviert. Dieser routet Klangmaterial aus den=
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16 St=FCcken durch Effekte wie Filter, Delays, Harmonizer, Combfilter. Er=20
samplet Ausschnitte unterschiedlicher L=E4nge aus dem Material und spielt=
 sie=20
als verfremdete Loops wieder ab. Die Parameter f=FCr diese Aktionen werden=
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aus den eingehenden Klicks und deren Dauer berechnet, so da=DF bei reger=20
Internet-Beteiligung aus dem "klassischen Material" ein=20
ambient-orientiertes neues St=FCck generiert wird.

Programmiert wurde INTEGER von Michael Iber im Experimentalstudio der=20
Heinrich-Strobel-Stiftung mit den Softwares MAX/MSP von cycling74 und=20
REAKTOR von Native Instruments f=FCr 2 Macintosh-Rechner mit=20
ProTools-Hardware und den studioeigenen Matrixmixer. Ein eigens f=FCr dieses=
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Projekt von Chemie.DE, respektive Hans Benedict und Barbara Wess=20
programmierter Server wertet die mit Hilfe von JavaScript ermittelten=20
Klicks aus und wandelt sie in Midi-Daten um, die dann die Freiburger=20
Rechner steuern. Der Ausgang des Matrixmixers wird direkt in das Radionetz=
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eingespeist, so da=DF zwischen den Klicks und der zu h=F6renden Reaktion ein=
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minimales Zeitintervall liegt. Zus=E4tzlich wird das St=FCck im Internet zu=
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empfangen sein.

Informationen unter:
http://www.integer-control.com
http://www.swr2.de/integer
http://www.michael-iber.de




INTErnet GEnerated Radio

audio installation for live radio and internet by Michael Iber


world premiere: 23.01.2001 at 20:30h on German State Radio SWR2
(broadcasted via satellite and RealAudio also)


INTEGER connects the high resoluted audio transmission of radio broadcast=20
with the interactive controlling facilities of the internet to generate a=20
new piece of music. To get a better understanding of what is happening, the=
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image of one tv-set controlled by several remote-controls might serve as a=
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parable. For a further explanation of the piece see below.

INTEGER was composed and programmed in 2000 by Michael Iber at the=20
Experimentalstudio der Heinrich-Strobel-Stiftung, the electronic music=20
studio Karlheinz Stockhausen and Luigi Nono developed major works at.=20
Beside the specific hardware of the studio, major software programmes=20
involved are MAX/MPS by cycling74 und REAKTOR by Native Instruments running=
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on 2 G3-Macintosh-Computers with ProTools hardware. A new (more portable)=20
version is currently being programmed on two Pentium-Computers running on=20
LINUX an WINDOWS platforms, using IRCAM's jMAX, REAKTOR, and creamware's=20
PULSAR. The internet interface was programmed by Hans Benedict and Barbara=
=20
Wess using C- and java languages as well as cgi-scripts.


The PIECE

At the beginning of the live radio broadcast, the listener will be guided=20
to the INTEGER homepage, where he will find a remote-control-unit with 16=20
programs (of classical music pieces of representative genres) to choose=20
from and to change from the introductory Beethoven String Quartett to his=20
favorite piece. The following rules appear:
Is there only 1 program selection (click) during 10 seconds, INTEGER will=20
switch to the selected piece.
Is there only 1 click during 4 seconds, INTEGER will switch to the most=20
selected (favorite) piece. This piece will be shown at the internet page to=
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allow the participant to influence the poll by frequent clicking
Is there more than 1 click during 4 seconds, INTEGER will switch to the=20
sound processing modus (see below). The frequency of the clicks and their=20
duration (holding the mouse button down) deliver the parameters of this=20
modus. Both, frequency of all clicks and the duration of the personal=20
clicks will be shown to the participant to enable him to learn how to=20
control the music.
A dramaturgic outline has been programmed into the piece, so certain=20
effects can only appear at certain times.
Aren't there any clicks for 4 seconds, INTEGER will switch back to the most=
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selected piece in its original form. Assuming there are no internet=20
participants, the radio broadcast would consist of the performance of the=20
Beethoven String Quartett only.

The central module of INTEGER is the sound processing modus. The 16 pieces=
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will be routed through effects like filter, delays, harmonizer, comb=20
filter. The sound processing modus samples selections of variable length=20
and plays them back as manipulated loops. All parameters result from the=20
clicks of the internet, which at the outmost case can lead to the mutation=
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of classical music to an ambient oriented piece.

http://www.integer-control.com
http://www.swr2.de/integer
http://www.michael-iber.de




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