DANM 220: Week 6, Tuesday, 2/12/08

Modes of Computer Music

• Player-piano mode
• Electronic-organ mode
• MIDI-sequence mode
• Algorithmic-composition mode

• Midi controller plus GarageBand as Midi source (difficult)
• Midi controller plus Easy Beat as Midi source (MacOSX 10.2-3-4 only)
  (costs 50 Euros, free for 15 measures)
• Midi file to text (Xmidi) plus Python script
• Midi file plus MIDItoCs (for Win or older Mac)
• Midi file to Csound via CsoundVST
• Midi file to Csound via PortMidi
  (see Canonical Csound Reference Manual: Real-time MIDI Support)
• algorithmic composition with NetLogo, Python direct to Csound score format
• ditto, using Python within CsoundVST

• Ch. 12, Computer Music: Synthesis, Coposition, and Performance, Charles Dodge, 1997.