[jsyn] [jmsl] Fall 2008, Final Projects by students

[jmsl at music.columbia.edu]

Indeed, great stuff!  The "Ambient Music Generator" is about as  
ambient as I've heard in awhile, very nice.

Good work from the Didkovsky-crew again!

brad


On Dec 27, 2008, at 3:43 PM, jmsl at music.columbia.edu wrote:

> Very nice stuff here. Very sophisticated and they all work well.
>
> I will be playing with the Polyrhythm Applet for the next month.
>
> Note: What happened to the links for the last 3 projects?
>
> John Clavin
>
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> Java Music Systems, Fall 2008, Final Projects by students
> NYU Steinhardt, Dept of Music and Performing Arts Professions
>
> On Dec 16, 2008 students in Nick Didkovsky's Java Music Systems  
> class at NYU presented their final projects. Descriptions below are  
> by the students commenting on their own work. URL’s are provided  
> where appropriate.
>
> Polyrhythm Applet
> by Karl Mattias Konrad
> “Inspired by music theory from India, where rhythm plays a decisive  
> role, the Polyrhythm Applet can be used to train or show transitions  
> between subdivisions of a beat, or transitions between different  
> groupings. The applet splits a steady beat of a given tempo into  
> subdivisions, groups them in patterns and plays the patterns against  
> the metronome. The user can manually define tempo, subdivision,  
> grouping, and pattern, or use the default pattern and tempo, and  
> make the applet create a random set of subdivisions and groupings. A  
> visual counter provides extra information about the audible outcome.”
> http://www.matthiaskonrad.com/PolyRhythms
>
> Ambient Music Generator AppletC2
> by Chris Polcyn
> “This Java applet is a continuous ambient music generator,  
> incorporating JSyn and JMSL. A simple click of a button will produce  
> a steady stream of ambient music as the listener is lulled to sleep.  
> Simplistic and minimal design are key for keeping the sound low- 
> profile and in the background.”
> http://homepages.nyu.edu/~cmp433/javamusic/finalproject/
>
> Sound Design and Panning Effects with JSyn and JMSL
> by Kyle Vaughn
> “The sound design creates an eerie mood and features the use of the  
> signal processing capabilities of JSyn to create stereo panning  
> effects. My main goal with this project was to create a minimalist  
> sound design piece that focused on the signal processing tools in  
> JSyn. I began with adjusting and tweaking with sounds created in  
> Wire. Once I found something I liked they were all loaded together  
> in an applet. I had no predetermined ideas of how the sounds would  
> go together. I simply found individual sounds I liked and then  
> adjusted them more once they were playing all together. The  
> behaviors of the synth notes are called upon randomly. However, they  
> are randomly called with in a set of boundaries so the behaviors are  
> somewhat predictable. The signal processing instruments used are a  
> delay and frequency delay with in the JMSL API. Two of same delays  
> are used in an effort to create a stereo panning effect. When an  
> instrument called “plucked delay” is called the “dry” signal happens  
> first, which is panned all the way
> to the left side. Then a frequency delay signal processer is used to  
> move the “plucked delay” to the center. Finally the output of both  
> the “plucked delay” and the frequency delay is sent to a delay  
> signal processer, which panned all the way to the right. “
> http://www.kylevaughn.com/JavaMusicSystems/Final/Final.html
>
> Implementation of an Isolated Hummed Notes Pitch Detector in Java
> by Loreto Sanchez
> “My project consists in a pitch detector in real time for a singing  
> note. The program captures the sound, performs the FFT analysis, the  
> Spectral Autocorrelation, peak picking to detect the index with the  
> highest peak and pitch determination.”
> http://homepages.nyu.edu/~mls548/JavaMusicSystems/finalproject.html
>
> Regarding Time
> by Adam Rokhsar
> “The goal of Regarding Time was to create an aesthetically  
> meaningful interaction between JMSL and Max/MSP/Jitter. Audio  
> features are extracted from a piece Violin in Max/MSP, which  
> interact with data stored in a MusicShape to control video  
> parameters. By having JMSL change parameters at Max speed on MSP  
> data used to drive video, I was able to produce something in a more  
> elegant way with JMSL and Max than I could have with Max alone.”
>
> N8-BIT DM
> by Nataniel Rodriguez
> “N8-Bit DM is a virtual analogue drum machine consisting of 5 sound  
> sources emulating a kick, snare, high hat, percussion, and tom  
> respectively, each with their own pitch envelope. Each part can be  
> triggered in
> 3 different ways: through QWERTY keystrokes (1, 2, 3, 4, and5 keys),  
> MIDI note input (notes 60 through 64), or automatically through JMSL  
> MusicShapes. MusicShape control is based on Nick Didkovsky’s Max/ 
> JAVA tutorial patches and classes, except for a few modifications,  
> mostly done on the Max patch side. Using the MusicShape editor,  
> patterns and variations of such patterns can be created in real-time.”
>
> Random Music Generator
> By Chi Kim
> “This project is to make a music generator which lets users to  
> control some of its parameters to generate random music shapes. In  
> that sense, the title is misleading, because the process of  
> generating random shapes is not purely controlled by computer. The  
> users can specify his/her taste in run time, and the computer will  
> loosely match the parameters.”
>
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