Stage set-up:

Loudspeakers set-up:

HP1 and HP2 are placed respectively back stage left and right.

HP3 and HP4 are placed respectively front stage left and right.

HP5 and HP6 are placed respectively middle left and right

HP7 and HP8 are placed respectively rear left and right

Mixing console patch:

Software presentation:

The electronics consists in manually cued soundfiles. The events that triggers the soundfiles are triggered by hand (space bar) by the computer musician.

There are 20 events. There is a printed score on which events to be triggered are placed on the exact beat (events are represented by circled numbers above the staff).

Inputs/Outputs:

There are no inputs.
There are 8 outputs: loudspeaker 1..8

Software installation:

Copy the folder 'fanfare-chimerique' on your hard disk.
Launch max/msp, and select this folder (and only this one) in the 'file preferences' menu of max/msp.

Open the patch 'fanfare-chimerique.maxpat' in max-msp.

Description of the patch 'fanfare-chimerique.maxpat':

The patch is composed of:
- Top right: master volume, dac control and interface for events triggering. Events are represented by a number corresponding to the bar number reported in the score.
- Top left: main sub-patchers (audio, midi, libraries, reset, matrix connections).                     
- Bottom: live mixing faders.

Initialization routine:

1. Click on '1-load files'.
2. Click on '2-config' to configure the usb connection with the control-surface and eventually midi connection with the pedal (if a pedal is used to trigger the events).
If you save the patch, the selected values will be recalled next time you make initialization (step 3).
3. Click on '3-init' (it is recommended to turn the DAC off when you initialize the patch during rehearsal)
4. Turn on the dac (click on the toggle button)

Performance notes:

The 8 faders of the control surface are mapped to the 5 soundfiles (fader1..5) and to three of the stereo outputs (fader6..8): stereo 1-2 (back stage), stereo 3-4 (front stage) and stereo 5-6 (middle).

There is no particular mixing indication for electronics, except that levels should be adjusted in order for the soundfiles to be always distinguished.
There is a score for the sound engineer that can be provided by Ircam.