douglas irving repetto

Research and Writing


Writing & Publications

strange things/cosas raras
Is an experiment archive. Sounds and images, mostly generated by homebrew software.

ArtWork
I write a regular art column called "Art Work" for Make, a magazine devoted to DIY techonologies.

crash and bloom: A Self-Defeating Regenerative System
Leonardo Music Journal, Vol. 14 - Composers inside Electronics: Music after David Tudor, 2004
An article about crash and bloom. Please email me for a copy of the article.

Music and Computers: A Theoretical and Historical Approach
Music and Computers is an online text written in collaboration with Phil Burk, Larry Polansky, Mary Roberts, and Dan Rockmore. It is available from Key College Publishing.


Software

Chiplotle
Chiplotle is a Python library that implements and extends the HPGL (Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language) plotter control language. It is a collaboration with Víctor Adán, a DMA composer at the Computer Music Center.

MEAPsoft
MEAPsoft is Java-based open source software for segmenting and rearranging audio recordings. It is being developed by the Music Engineering Art Projects (MEAP) group, a collaboration between the Computer Music Center and LabROSA in Electrical Engineering.

the pongserver
pongserver was a software reseach project that ultimately led to disc-o.

The JPMorgan Chase Kids Digital Movement and Sound Project
We worked with a group of local kids to develope electronic art software and performances.

Cendroid
Larry Polansky and I created Cendroid, a spectral centroid filter.

Evo
A simple Genetic Algorithm framework: C++ or Java
(Java version ported by Iroro Orife)

Hacks

Peavey pc1600 mod
Instructions on how to add external controller inputs to the Peavey pc1600x fader box.