MUSICAL WORKS

SHIMAZU Takehito / 嶋津 武仁

1992

Void main

Birth Y: 1949 Birth C: JAPAN Gender: Male

Dest: Concert

Media Specification: Mixed music

First perf.: Sept. 2, 1992. Summer Symposium '92 (Pre-ICMC); Waseda University Center for Scholarly Information, Japan Music and Computer Science Society

Perf. Country: JAPAN

Instruments: Shakuhachi-Player and computer music system

Perf media: Equipments:
Computer: Toshiba Dynabook(J-3100ss)+2MB HardDisk
Machintosh SE/30 +40MB HardDisk
Interface: Ultic MIDI Station(UMS-1)...for DynaBook
Opcode MIDI Translator ...for Mac.
Compiler & Software: Borland TurboC, MASM, MAX
Synthesizer: Yamaha T

Prog. notes: "void main" means a command used in C language,in which these words are set at the beginning of executed program, namely all programmer who use this language must start their program with this words. Such an elemental Idea was reflected as the start point of this piece and from there this piece forms a composition as a result of the series of musical actions. The player plays his part accompanied with the computer whitch controles a Reberberator and a Synthesizer. There are used 2 computers in this piese, one of Japanese "note" personal computer and one of American "Disk" computer. The player controlles "Japanese" and "American" also controls "Japanese".
The both of player(Man) and computers (Mashine) create an interactive piece at real time.
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See Music Session Proceedings, Summer Symposium '92 (Pre-ICMC); Waseda University Center for Scholarly Information, Japan Music and Computer Science Society; p. 12-13.

Editor: MB