Misato Mochizuki

En arcades (1997)

Instructions

For any representation of the piece, the user must adress the composer.

##Presentation

The piece was made at Ircam during the cursus program on Composition and Computer Music 1996-1997.

detailled formation

• Solo Clarinet
• Electronics, for 6 outputs

##Equipment list

###Computer Music equipment

• 1 MacBook Pro - Apple Laptops (Apple)
• 1 Max 8 - Max (Cycling 74)
• 1 midi interface
• 1 digital audio interface with at least 2 outputs
• 1 Footswitch / Sustain Pedal
• 1 Pedal to Midi converter
• 1 BCF 2000 or equivalent - MIDI Mixer (Behringer) optional

###Audio equipment

• 2 loudspeakers in a stereo setup for clarinet amplification
• 6 loudspeakers for the lectronics diffusion
• 1 microphone for the clarinet, in an aerial setup
• 1 stereo reverberation module
• 1 mixing desk with sufficient inputs and outputs

##Audio Setup

• The electronics consists in 3 stereo audio files and a Max Patch
  * Aiff.1-bounced
  * Aiff.2-bounced
  * Aiff.3-bounced
  * EnArcades-2023-v5.maxpat
• The electroacoustic part is comprised in the Max patch. The audio output of max is send to the loudspeaker system following the connection diagram.
  * dac 1&2 must be send to speaker pairs 1&2, 3&4, 5&6, L&R.
  * speaker pairs 1&2, 3&4, 5&6 effectively receive identical signal

##General & Loudspeaker Setup

##Connection diagram

##Midi Setup
A footswitch/Sustain pedal with the musician to trigger the electronic event

##Patch
###Initialization routine

• Open EnArcades-2023-v5.maxpat in Max8
• SR : 44,1kHz
• Check the pedal (midi input device, controller number, polarity...)
• Dac on
• Toggle the pedal activation

Please note that a read me is a your disposal inside the patch

###Shortcut

• Spacebar for triggering events and simulate pedal activatiion
• s to stop the sound

###Presentation

Main Patch

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