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The setup and the execution of the electroacoustic part of this work requires a Computer Music Designer (Max expert).
Version Information
- Performance date
- February 5, 2009
- Documentation date
- February 5, 2009
- Version
- version 2009 Paris
- Status
- valid
- Validation date
- May 3, 2018
- Realisation
- Serge Lemouton (Computer Music Designer)
- Length
- 14 min
- Comment
- A first and shortest version of this piece was performed in Monaco (festival "Printemps des arts") in march 2007.
Other Versions
transfert_mustica_ftparchivedApril 14, 2010
max6-untestedvalidFebruary 5, 2009
Detailed Staff
2 violins, viola, cello
Detailed staff comes from Brahms, send mail to ressources-contenus@ircam.fr for correction.
Electronic Equipment List
Computer Music Equipment
- 1 Max/MSP
- Max (Cycling74) - version 4.6.3
- 1 Fireface 800
- Sound Board (RME)
- 1 MIDI line
- MIDI Cables (generic) - From the stage to the mixing desk.
- 4 Footswitch / Sustain Pedal
- Footswitch / Sustain Pedal (generic) - One for each instrumentist.
- 1 AtomicPro
- MIDI Converter (Ircam) - To convert the footswitches to MIDI.
- 1 MacBook Pro
- Apple Laptops (Apple)
Audio Equipment
- 1 DM2000
- Digital Mixers (Yamaha) - Or equivalent.
- 4 Audio line
- Mono/Stereo Cables (generic) - From the stage to the mixing desk.
- 4 DPA 4061
- Condenser Microphones (DPA) - With clips (or DPA 4021)
- 6 Loudspeaker
- Loudspeakers (generic) - For the electronic part, with cables and amplifiers.
- 2 Stage monitor
- Stage Monitors (generic) - With cables and amplifiers.
Downloads
Max patch and library
234.72 Mo
Sampler sound banks
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Necessary to perform the piece.
485.06 Mo
Instructions
Audio and loudspeakers setup
Midi setup
Each musician has a footswitch pedal to trigger sound and effects. These pedals should be connected to a MIDI converter in order to send controller messages on 4 different midi-channels.
Software installation
Copy the folder on your Mac
Start Max 4.6.3
Setup the max file preferences to :
- quatuor1-max/lib
- quatuor1-max/Soundfiles
- QuatuorSampleBanks/machFive
- QuatuorSampleBanks/Soundfonts
Initialization routine
Open the quatuor2.25 patch with max/MSP 4.6.3.
Set the DSP status :
Clic on “load hereNotThereBuffers-MONO” to load the soundfiles.
Turn the dsp on.
Patch presentation
Performance notes
All the electronic event names correspond to the bar number and is precisely written in the score.
During performance, you can use the following computer keyboard shortcuts :
- left arrow : previous event
- right arrow : next event
- 1,2,3,4 : vl1,Vl2,Alto and cello pedal
Check the midi pedals
Check each midi pedal, you can adjust their channels and polarities in the patcher pedals.
Pedal follower
To understand how the pedal follower works :
- open “p PedalsScore”
- clic on the topleft bang to write the “score” ...
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