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Documentation: io 0.0.1 beta++, the musical automaton and machine improviser constructed by Han-earl Park

io 0.0.1 beta++, Blackrock Castle Observatory, 05-26-2010 (photo copyright 2010, Stephanie Hough)

Back, behind-the-scenes, I still have some articles in draft form that both detail the nuts’n’bolts decision-making processes in the construction of a machine improviser, and self-reflective critique such constructions, detailing the trade-offs and shortcomings of such an entity, and its design and implementation. I would like to get back to work on these at some […]

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RIP, Douglas Rain

Automatic Morricone Machine

RIP, Douglas Rain, who gave his voice to the machines of our dreams and nightmares, and shaped the vocality that stood for anxiety in the age of machines.

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HMSL at Whitechapel Gallery, London

Nothing directly to do with io 0.0.1 beta++ (it didn’t make the cut for this show), but the Hierarchical Music Specification Language developed by Phil Burk, Larry Polansky and David Rosenboom, and which drives the cognitive innards of io 0.0.1 beta++, forms part of the subject of the Luke Fowler and Mark Fell curated exhibition […]

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future developments? OS X, Cocoa and Forth

Roelf Toxopeus has written a Mac OS X / Cocoa interface for SwiftForth and iForth [examples/screenshots…]. He writes: Cocoa GUI interface for Darwin based Forth systems. Goals: — Similar in usage as other interfaces in MacForth and Mach2. Think of things like NEW-XXX ADD.XXX etc. — No hacks, no shortcuts. Should survive OS upgrades! Follow their rules. […]

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source code 05-19-2011

For the record: source code for io 0.0.1 beta (rev. August 19, 2010) [86kB zip file] and supporting components [163kB zip file]. Note that I have not differentiated files used by io and those that are not; I have included every file of each used component from the MyTools folder. io load_io directory assignment and […]

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source code 05-12-2009

Source code for io 0.0.1 beta (rev. May 12th 2009) [86kB zip file]. There have been major changes since 03-23-2009 as a result of the beta tests with Bruce Coates and Franziska Schroeder. These changes are unfortunately not documented/commented at the moment, but I’m uploading the source files for the record.

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beta test 05-12-09: audio recordings

Here is the audio documentation of the io++ beta test with Bruce Coates on May 12th 2009. beta test 05-12-09_00 [mp3″] beta test 05-12-09_01 [mp3″] beta test 05-12-09_02 [mp3″] beta test 05-12-09_03 [mp3″] beta test 05-12-09_04 [mp3″] beta test 05-12-09_05 [mp3″] beta test 05-12-09_06 [mp3″] beta test 05-12-09_07 [mp3″] beta test 05-12-09_08 [mp3″] beta test […]

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beta test 03-26-09: audio recordings

Here is the (not yet annotated) audio documentation of the io++ beta test with Franziska Schroeder on March 26th 2009. beta test 03-26-09_00 [mp3″] beta test 03-26-09_01 [mp3″] beta test 03-26-09_02 [mp3″] beta test 03-26-09_03 [mp3″] beta test 03-26-09_04 [mp3″] beta test 03-26-09_05 [mp3″] beta test 03-26-09_06 [mp3″] Performers are io 0.0.1 beta++ (itself) and […]

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beta test 11-10-08 & 12-08-08: resultant changes

Here’s a list of the significant changes. These address issues that Franziska Schroeder and Bruce Coates brought up during the testings in November and December respectively. Greater variation in output. Including pseudo-Braxtonian ‘separation’ implemented via interp tables. Implementation of a meta-banalyzer that shakes up the system depending on input variation. Greater variation in the VL70m […]

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bug fix: banalyzer+

Here’s a fix for a significant bug that I somehow didn’t catch (didn’t hear?) for several years. The side effect of the fix is that io is now significantly more responsive. banalyzer+ a “smarter” banalyzer class designed to works in conjunction with the parser classes. ob.banalyzer+ clears internal storage and stats after an ALERT: message […]

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hp->midi interp tables

See: ‘hp->midi early report’ and ‘hp->midi initial test’.

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source code 03-23-2009

Source code for io 0.0.1 beta (rev. March 23rd 2009) [86kB zip file]. Significant revisions since 07-03-2004 as detailed below. io:io_config MOD: HeP 11-09-08 Make io_min_pulse and io_max_pulse dependent on io_rtc_rate. MOD: HeP 03-22-09 Setting of rtc.rate! and time-advance moved to io_glob. io:io_glob MOD: HeP 03-22-09 Setting of rtc.rate! and time-advance moved from io_config. Add […]

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