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

Programmiert wurde INTEGER von Michael Iber im Experimentalstudio der 
Heinrich-Strobel-Stiftung mit den Softwares MAX/MSP von cycling74 und 
REAKTOR von Native Instruments f?r 2 Macintosh-Rechner mit 
ProTools-Hardware und den studioeigenen Matrixmixer. Ein eigens f?r dieses 
Projekt von Chemie.DE, respektive Hans Benedict und Barbara Wess 
programmierter Server wertet die mit Hilfe von JavaScript ermittelten 
Klicks aus und wandelt sie in Midi-Daten um, die dann die Freiburger 
Rechner steuern. Der Ausgang des Matrixmixers wird direkt in das Radionetz 
eingespeist, so da? zwischen den Klicks und der zu h?renden Reaktion ein 
minimales Zeitintervall liegt. Zus?tzlich wird das St?ck im Internet zu 
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 
with the interactive controlling facilities of the internet to generate a 
new piece of music. To get a better understanding of what is happening, the 
image of one tv-set controlled by several remote-controls might serve as a 
parable. For a further explanation of the piece see below.

INTEGER was composed and programmed in 2000 by Michael Iber at the 
Experimentalstudio der Heinrich-Strobel-Stiftung, the electronic music 
studio Karlheinz Stockhausen and Luigi Nono developed major works at. 
Beside the specific hardware of the studio, major software programmes 
involved are MAX/MPS by cycling74 und REAKTOR by Native Instruments running 
on 2 G3-Macintosh-Computers with ProTools hardware. A new (more portable) 
version is currently being programmed on two Pentium-Computers running on 
LINUX an WINDOWS platforms, using IRCAM's jMAX, REAKTOR, and creamware's 
PULSAR. The internet interface was programmed by Hans Benedict and Barbara 
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 
to the INTEGER homepage, where he will find a remote-control-unit with 16 
programs (of classical music pieces of representative genres) to choose 
from and to change from the introductory Beethoven String Quartett to his 
favorite piece. The following rules appear:
Is there only 1 program selection (click) during 10 seconds, INTEGER will 
switch to the selected piece.
Is there only 1 click during 4 seconds, INTEGER will switch to the most 
selected (favorite) piece. This piece will be shown at the internet page to 
allow the participant to influence the poll by frequent clicking
Is there more than 1 click during 4 seconds, INTEGER will switch to the 
sound processing modus (see below). The frequency of the clicks and their 
duration (holding the mouse button down) deliver the parameters of this 
modus. Both, frequency of all clicks and the duration of the personal 
clicks will be shown to the participant to enable him to learn how to 
control the music.
A dramaturgic outline has been programmed into the piece, so certain 
effects can only appear at certain times.
Aren't there any clicks for 4 seconds, INTEGER will switch back to the most 
selected piece in its original form. Assuming there are no internet 
participants, the radio broadcast would consist of the performance of the 
Beethoven String Quartett only.

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