OLGA NEUWIRTH - Le Encantadas

Instructions for Live Electronics

Electronics - Olga Neuwirth, Gilbert Nouno, Markus Noisternig

Live Electronics - Gilbert Nouno, Markus Noisternig

Sound Engineering - Sylvain Cadars

gilbert dot nouno at ircam dot fr, markus dot noisterning at ircam dot fr, sylvain dot cadars at ircam dot fr

Le Encantadas was premiered in Donaueschingen

About Le Encantadas - Setup

Due to the complexity of the audio and computer setup different annexes are describing the important parts of it. Refer to the main score, the Elektroni Particell and the keyboard parts for the midi program changes and notes indications, for both event trigger and sampler keyboards.

• Midi configuration
• MidiConnect routing
• ADC (audio input)
• DAC (audio output)
• Loudspeakers setup studio 1 (reference setup)
• Groups of musicians
• Computer Requirements
• Mixing desk routing, Keyboards, Click Video and Stage Setup (external document from the sound engineer)

Installing and Running the patches on the MacPro main computer

It is a good idea to create a new OS X user account as Encantadas.

You need to create the following instances of Max Application (version 8 or above):

• Max.app (should be in rosetta mode)
• Max 64 II.app (should be in rosetta mode)
• Max IV.app (should be in rosetta mode)
• Max 64 III.app (should be in arm native)

Before runninig the script set the max preferences (both file as the whole Olga Neuwirth folder and audio) Copy the folder Olga Neuwirth in your document folder from the image file Encantadas_Neuwirth_MacProMain.dmg In a terminal window run the script ./paris_run_max8_encantadas_dec22.sh as the following :

cd /users/encantadas/documents/Olga Neuwirth/encantadas max67 ./paris_run_max8_encantadas_dec22.sh

The following patches open after about 2 minutes :

• encantadas main score 10 paris : this is the patch controlling and distributing via OSC all the events. In the midi_triggers subpatch the red message Kill_exec_proc is stopping all the running events. The midiconnect is patched as the following : sy77 and KX88 on USB1, BCF2000 on Host2, extra keyboard HST4)

• encantads player HOA 21 paris (Max II), this is a direct to disk ambisonics sound file player.

• encantadas spats hoa 41 paris (Max III), this is for the real time and sound ambisonics spatialisation

• encantadas csl-o4 24 paris (max IV), this is the real time convilution 3D reverberation sampled from the Chiesa San Lorenzo in Venezia.

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About the midi inputs - see also the Annexe about the midi configuration.

• the max patch encantadas main score 10 paris receives "iconnectMIDI4+ USB 1" for the sy77 on midi channel 16 (program change and event keys), KS88 ignored as channel 1
• the max patch encantadas main score 10 paris receives "iconnectMIDI4+ HST 2" for the BCF2000 (ctlin 76, tutti CSL key)

Running the macBookPro main sampler

Two samplers (macBookPro) are needed, one is a spare. They run the Kontakt plugin (Version 6) inside an Ableton Live 10 session. Copy the folder from the image file Encantadas_Neuwirth_Sampler_macBookPro2417_Wien.dmg The Kontakt5 folder contains the sound banks used by the Kontakt sampler. Run the following Ableton Live session on K5 test 11 main 2017 strasbourg.als from the folder /Live Encantadas/on K5 test 01 Project Which opens as the following, with one track for each keyboard player :

• Sampler1 Keyboard 1 routing

• Sampler1 Keyboard 2 routing

• Sampler1 Keyboard 3 routing

Each of the three keyboard players plays samples on a KX88 and triggers events on the SY77 keyboard (program changes and notes are in the score for both keayboards).

Please refer to the sound engineer stage setup for the connection of the midi keyboards. The 3 samplers should be set on 3 individual stereo outputs routed in the mixing desk with the Dante controller.

Please refer to the score for the midi triggering of both the sampler KX88 keyboard and the event trigger keyboard (SY77).

The sound bank should be as the following :

Annexes

A Midi Configuration

MidiConnect physical connections

• The midi sampler keyboards must be set on midi channel 1
• The midi triggering (SYY77) keyboards must be set on channel 16.

See the midi connecting pdf for the connections : normally the SY77 midi out goes into the midi in of the KX88 and KX88 midi out goes to the midi interface.

The iconnect interface is configured as the following

• input port DIN1 midi keyboards 1 (SY77 channel 16 + KX88 channel 1 merged together)
• input port DIN2 midi keyboards 1 (SY77 channel 16 + KX88 channel 1 merged together)
• input port DIN3 midi keyboards 1 (SY77 channel 16 + KX88 channel 1 merged together)
• mac sampler 1 is on USB device Jack 1
• macPro 1 is on USB device Jack 2
• macPro 2 is on USB device Jack 3
• the BCF2000 midi mixer is connected on the USB host jack 1 or on a USB hub connected to the USB host jack 1
• the Ethernet port is connected to the ethernet port of the sampler 2 macbookPro

B MidiConnect Routing

• DIN1 routing

• DIN2 routing

• DIN3 routing

• Host 1 (BCF200) routing

• Host 4 (extra mini keyboard for test) routing

Midi controllers

From the BCF2000

• CC 1 main level
• CC 2 main relative level plus or minus 6 db
• CC 3 HOA relative level plus or minus 6 db
• CC 4 3D convolution reverb relative level plus or minus 6 db
• CC 5 samples from patch III relative level plus or minus 6 db
• CC 6 instrument transformation level from -100 to +6db
• CC 7 sub relative level plus or minus 6 db
• CC 8 (button) tutti to 3D reverb

From the triggering keyboards (SY77)

• CC 8 on midi channel 16 of the SY77 is stoping everything (useful for rehearsal)
• the note C5 of the SY77 is also stoping everything

C ADC

Below are the ADC input number seen from the max patches. The audio In/Out is using the Dante protocol.

(group I)

• 1 sax
• 2 basson
• 3 trumpet 1
• 4 guitare electric

(group II)

• 5 Kl 1
• 6 trumpet 2
• 7 vc 1 (keyb 1)

(group III)

• 8 Fl.
• 9 Ob.
• 10 Hrn. 11 Tb.
• 12 Perc. 1

(group IV)

• 13 Vl. 3
• 14 vl. 4.
• 15 Va. 2
• 16 vc. 2

(group V)

• 17 fl. 1
• 18 Kl. 2
• 19 hrn. 2
• 20 tb. 2
• 21 perc. 2

(group VI)

• 22 vl. 1
• 23 vl. 2
• 24 va. 1
• 25 Kbass
• 26 Perc. 3
• 27 glass (for transformation)
• 28, 29, 30 are not used

KEYBOARDS (sampler)

• 31 & 32 KEYBOARD (sampler) 1
• 33 & 34 KEYBOARD (sampler) 2
• 35 & 36 KEYBOARD (sampler) 3

D DAC

The Output Dac seen from the max patches are 1-25 for a 4th order ambisonics sound projection. The nth order requires (2^(n+1)) loudspeakers. DAC 42 is the send to the 3D convolution reverb, routed by the mixer to come back into the Max CSL patch. DAC 37 and 38 are the sub send channels (to the mixing desk)

E Audio Click Tracks

• click 1 : dac 39 conductor audio click track (high and low pitch) , also dac 51-52 for visual audio click track
• click 2 : dac 40 group II audio click track (high and low pitch) , also 43-44, 45-46, 47-48 and 49-50 for visual audio click track group II (not used any more as the video is enough)
• click 3 :dac 41 group III audio click track (high and low pitch)
• click 1 goes to conductor
• click 2 goes to Cl. 1 (group II), perc. 1 (group III), flute 1 (group III), oboe (group III)
• click 3 goes to Perc. 2 (group V), keyboard 3 (Group VI) and guitare (Group I)

See also the video click setup and the score to refer each click track to each group of musicians.

F Loudspeakers studio 1 Setup

The following is the reference HP setup loudspeaker used for the ambisonics sound projection.

G Groups of Musicians

Six groups of musicians with different tunings are surrounding the audience as below, please also refer to the score.

....... I

IV .......... V

III ......... VI

...... II

Group I

Sax ,Fagot, Trumpet 1, Electric Guitare

Group V (+33 cents)

Perc. 2, Pos. 2, Hn 2, Kl. 2, Fl. 2

Group VI (+33 cents)

Perc. 3, vl. 1, vl. 2, Va. 1, KEYBOARD 3

Group II (-66 cents)

Kl. 1, Trp. 2, Vc. 1, KEYBOARD 1

Group III (-33 cents)

Fl. 1, Ob., Hn. 1, Pos. 1, Perc. 1

Group IV (-33 cents)

Vl 3., Vl 4., Va. 2, Vc. 2, KEYBOARD 2

H Computer Requirements

• 1 MacBookPro M1 OS X 12 main)
• 1 MacPro OS X 10.11.6 or 10.12.6 ( spare)
• 2 MacBookPro OS X 10.11 or 10.12 for the samplers (one is a spare)
• Max8.1 from Cycling 74'
• DANTE Dante audio network
• BCF2000 midi fader
• Digital mixing desk Yamaha CL5 + Yamaha CL1 (see sound engineering document)
• 3 KX88 midi keyboards, for the samplers
• 3 Yamaha SY22 keyboards (or equivalent), used for the event triggering
• 3 midi sustain pedal
• 3 midi volume control pedal

Mixing desk routing, Keyboards, Click Video and Stage Setup

• see external pdf document by the sound engineering team.