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DIFFERENT STROKES ================= by Mark Zadel, 2006 http://www.music.mcgill.ca/~zadel/ zadel@music.mcgill.ca (current version modified to compile+run on Ubuntu 14.04) ## Overview Different Strokes is a software system for performing music on a computer. It aims to allow a performer to create much of his or her performance sequences on-stage instead of relying on prepared control material. The program resembles a freehand drawing application. The drawn strokes create animated figures whose motion is mapped to sample playback. The musician performs by assembling networks of strokes live, generating audio patterns. ## Documentation Some documentation about the program is available at the main program site: http://www.music.mcgill.ca/~zadel/ Currently, there's a conference article and a Master's thesis available. ## Compiling and Running the Application The application was written and tested on Mac OSX 10.3.9 using GNU Make and g++ 3.3. It probably won't work out of the box on other setups, but the code could probably be made to compile on other unix platforms with some amount of effort. To build the application, just unpack the source files and run make in the source directory. The application has to be run in the terminal (for the time being) like so: % ./ds ## Specifying Samples You can point the application at your samples using the dssamples.txt file. It should reside in the same directory as the application binary. It contains sample filenames, one file per line. Filenames can be specified with paths relative to the source directory, or with absolute paths. You may specify up to eight samples in the dssamples.txt file. ## Keystrokes The keyboard commands are - 0: switch to silent stroke mode - 1: switch to sample stroke 1 mode - 2: switch to sample stroke 2 mode - 3: switch to sample stroke 3 mode - 4: switch to sample stroke 4 mode - 5: switch to sample stroke 5 mode - 6: switch to sample stroke 6 mode - 7: switch to sample stroke 7 mode - 8: switch to sample stroke 8 mode - r: switch to removal mode (to erase strokes) Sample stroke 1 is the sample that was listed first in the dssamples.txt file. Sample stroke 2 is the second one, and so on. ## Watch Out For... - Feedback loops -- you'll know when you trigger one. The whole interface locks up and gets unresponsive. Go to the terminal window where it's running and hit ctrl-c. You just have to avoid the sorts of shapes that trigger this feedback for the moment. - Clipping -- the audio doesn't do any compressing or anything, so dense sets of samples clip easily. Use quietish, not-so dense samples. - Moving the window -- don't move or resize the window when there are any strokes on the screen. It'll cause the application to close. Maximize the window before you start working. These are all temporary problems that will be corrected in future revisions of the application. ## Questions / Comments / Feedback Please send these to zadel@music.mcgill.ca.
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