premiere Namenlosen Sasha J. Blondeau

The setup and the execution of the electroacoustic part of this work requires a Computer Music Designer (Max expert).

Table of contents

Performance date: June 9, 2017 - First performance

Documentation date: Feb. 11, 2020

Version state

Valid

Validation date: May 7, 2020



Executions dates of this version

  • June 9, 2017,

Version documentalist

  • lemouton (Serge.Lemouton@ircam.fr)

Version realisation

  • Gilbert Nouno (Computer Music Designer)

Version length

20 mn

No other version available

Detailed staff

  • soloists: flute, oboe, trumpet, viola
  • flute (also piccolo), oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet (also contrabass clarinet), bassoon, contrabassoon, 2 horns, trumpet, 2 trombones, 3 percussionists, piano, violin, viola, 2 cellos, double bass
(Detailed staff comes from Brahms, send mail to brahms-contenu@ircam.fr for correction.)

Electronic equipment list

Computer Music Equipment

  • 1 MacBook Pro - Apple Laptops (Apple)
  • 1 iPad - Tablets (Apple)
  • 2 Max 7 - Max (Cycling74)
    7.3.5 64 bits
  • 1 antescofo~ - External objects (Ircam)
  • 1 Ircam Spat - Library (Ircam)
    version 5 (panoramix)
  • 1 Mira - Library (Cycling74)
  • 1 Csound - Sound Synthesis (csounds.com)
  • 1 KX 88 - MIDI Keyboard (Yamaha)

Audio Equipment

  • 26 Microphone - Microphone
    refer to the tech rider for details
  • 20 Loudspeaker - Loudspeakers
  • 4 Stage monitor - Stage Monitors
    for the soloists
  • 1 CL5 - Digital Mixers (Yamaha)
    or equivalent

Video

  • 1 Camera - Camera
    for the conductor
  • 4 Video Monitor - Video Monitor
    for the soloists

Premiere

  • June 9, 2017, France, Paris, Philharmonie, dans le cadre du festival ManiFeste-2017

Realisation

  • Julia Blondeau
  • Gilbert Nouno

Work length

  • 20 mn
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Instructions

Namenlosen Sasha J.Blondeau

Electroacoustic setup description

All the synthetic sounds of the electroacoustic part of Namenlosen are generated by csound, spatialised with Ircam Spatialisateur (panoramix) around the audience and synchronised with the instrumental part using antescofo.

Loudspeaker setup

adc

The soloists are spatialized :

  • Flute solo

  • Viola solo

  • Oboe solo

  • Trumpet solo

dac

20 loudspeakers (cf loudspeaker setup)

MAX patch

installation

  • Two instances of max are running simultaneously. Copy the max app and rename it maxSPAT.app. The audio channels from the synthesis patch are sent to the spatialisation patch thru the audio board (loopbacks). Message are sent with OSC messages.

  • Run the run_namen_losen.sh script to launch the max patches.

score following

only the midi keyboard is followed

patch presentation

keyboard shortcuts

  • c - csound

  • up arrow : next label

  • right arrow : next event

  • s : suivi ON/OFF

  • escape : to stop

simulation

A recording of the soloist parts is provided to test the setup before the first rehearsal.

startup/concert checklist

launch the run_namen_losen.sh script

performance instructions



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Version documentation creation date: Feb. 11, 2020, 6 p.m., update date: May 6, 2021, 3:09 p.m.