**Audio setup**
No input
Out 1 : Front Left (L)
Out 2 : Front Right (R )
Out 3 : Surround Left (Ls)
Out 4 : Surround Right (Rs)
Audio equipment for the playback of four audio tracks surrounding the audience (cf. Audio setup) Ensemble should be lightly amplified to make the tape and acoustic sound blend together. Speakers were positioned at bottom stage for blending and tape monitoring for musicians, monitors were used for the conductor and the horn.`
Midi setup
Optional midi devices : midi mixer for tape volume. Optional pedal for triggering
Software installation
Max software version higher than 6.0 is required.
1. Add the whole folder to your file prefs
2. that's it.
System calibration and tests
In Max, tests for quadriphonic setup may be done using patcher '2MaxTest/test-quadriphonic.maxpat'
Initialization routine
1. Set sampling rate to 48000 Hz in Menu 'Options/Audio status...' ;
3. Launch file '04-Bhakti-2017_New.maxpat' ;
4. In the main patcher window 04-Bhakti-2017_New.maxpat, follow steps 1 to 3 (step 0 is optional : see Performance notes bellow).
Patch presentation
choose the score, then do the init and audio config.
the blue menu shows the current file. you can play this file with spacebar.
the yellow message is the next file to come. Next are triggered by right arrow
esc will stop sounds. you can make pause and resume but no scrubbing.
Previous version of the sounds with no editing is provided for documentation information.This is the old edit for the piece. This version uses « Sons_Bhakti_newcues_edit » folder sounds to provide more cue points.
The files can be triggered manually or automatically : many cues have been added in this version for rehearsal and synchronization purposes.
The syntax of the score is the following :
LineNumber, {filename level_in_dB optionnal_argument} ;
For optional arguments :
- the keyword "pass" will automatically trig the next file at the end of the current file
- an int as a third element will fade out the previous file with the specified duration in ms
Mixing :
- The tape has always to blend with the ensemble.
- Loudest level @ cues 17-19
- Be very subtle for all the resonances and spatialization effects.
- The dynamics of the tape have to be adjusted with the ensemble, emerging sometimes but never covering. Disappearing of the tape has to be followed manually.
- Refer to score and dynamics for precise information.
Cues :
Here is a list of the cues and their positions in the score:
• Mvmt I
- Cue-02-1.aif : bar 22 (Automatic)
- Cue-03.aif : bar 36 as written (echo of the trumpet)
• Mvmt II
- Cue-04-0-1.aif : bar 22 (Automatic)
- Cue-04-0-2.aif : bar 38 (Automatic)
- Cue-04-1-1.aif : bar 70 (Automatic)
- Cue-04-1-2.aif : bar 72 (Automatic)
- Cue-04-1-3.aif : bar 77 last 8th note
•Mvmt III TACET
• Mvmt IV
- Cue-06.aif : bar 3 as written (conductor)
•Mvmt V
- Cue-12.aif : bar 38 (harp relay)
- Cue-13-1.aif : bar 59 (after fermata)
• Mvmt VI (omitted in short version)
•Mvmt VII (omitted in short version)
- Cue-14-2.aif : bar 10 (Automatic, in tape solo)
•Mvmt VIII
- Cue-14-3-0.aif : bar 1. In Short version first bar is omitted and Cue-14-3-0-short.aif is played attacking directly on the clarinet 8th Ds
- Cue-14-3-1.aif : bar 12 (Automatic)
- Cue-15.aif : bar 31, after Harp fermata
- Cue-16-1.aif : bar 41 last 8th
- Cue-16-2.aif : bar 43 3rd beat
- Cue-16-3.aif : bar 44 last 8th
- Cue-16-4.aif : bar 46 third beat
- Cue-16-6.aif : bar 50 last 8th
•Mvmt IX
- Cue-17.aif : bar 1 (In short version, Cue-18.aif is played here)
- Cue-18.aif : bar 3 (In short version, this bar and the following is omitted)
•Mvmt X
- Cue-19-1.aif : bar 1 (Automatic)
•Mvmt XI
- Cue-20-0-1.aif : bar 22 (Automatic)
- Cue-20-0-2.aif : bar 35 (Automatic)
- Cue-20-1-2.aif : bar 63 las beat
•Mvmt XII