hi all!

i’m pleased to announce the initial release of COOPER.

COOPER is a flexible environment which allows to control patches from a
meta-parameter-level.
all the audio-processing is split into modules (generators and modulators),
which are connected to each other through a matrix.
every input you give to a module (with input devices like midi
controlers, the computerkeyboard etc)
can be recorded into a figure-file.
recording and playing figures allows the user to produce complex musical
structures
without the need to control every single parameter by hand.
there can be any number of meta-levels:
a figure can itsself contain commands to play figures (which themselfs
can play figures etc).
figures can be local or global, containing commands for only one
particular module or
for all modules touched within the time recorded.
and you can of course write figures by hand or with other programs.
it’s easy to integrate custum patches as modules into the environment.

COOPER will not work with versions of Max/MSP prior to 4.5.x.
currently COOPER runs only under Mac OS X.

COOPER is available from:

http://icem.folkwang-hochschule.de/~marcoll/COOPER.html

max

hey all.  dan and i have cooked up a new version of PeRColate for your
enjoyment:

http://music.columbia.edu/PeRColate

currently mac version only; the source code is all there, however, if
anyone has the time or energy to do a windows port for us.  previous
versions with ports by olaf matthes to winmax and puredata are on the site
as well.

the latest version now has seventy-some objects, including a complete set
of the CCRMA STK physical modelling and DSP instruments.  we’ve also added
a few more time- and frequency-domain objects that do some very weird
stuff, and we’ve fixed quite a few bugs that cause crashes on patcher
close.

finally, this distribution is OSX (carbon) only, so no more confusion with
accidentally installing the OS9 (classic) version.  however, please read
the installation instructions as the STK instruments require some
supporting files and whatnot.  

anyway, we hope you enjoy these.  

all the best.

dan trueman and luke dubois

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There’s a new suite of granular, spectral, filter/delay plug-ins called Hipno. It’s from Cycling ’74, and can be very useful for electroacoustic composition, IMHO. I just tried out the demo and quite a few of these are outstanding:

http://www.cycling74.com/products/hipno.html

Ned

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