2 Compositions by Warren Burt
Herbert and Arun Go To Homer
for any bowed string instrument and 2 CD players.
- HerbertAndArun.pdf - the score in pdf form
- CD1.zip - the contents of CD 1 in mp3 format.
- CD2.zip - the contents of CD 2 in mp3 format.
- BurstMix.zip - the contents of
the rehearsal CD in mp3 format.
These zipped folders contain the sound files, in mp3 format, of the electronic sounds parts.
The folder marked CD 1 should be unzipped, and then you'll have 74 mp3 format sound files. These should be put into an mp3 player, or else converted to WAV files, and burned onto a CD. This will be CD 1 of the set of 2 performance CDs, 1 rehearsal CD and a score that make up the materials of this piece.
The folder marked CD 2 should be unzipped, and then you'll have 74 more mp3 format sound files. Unzip it to a different folder than the one into which you unzipped the CD1 zip file. These mp3 files should also be put into a second mp3 player, or converted to WAV files and burned onto a CD. This will be CD2 of the set of 2 performance CDs, 1 rehearsal CD and a score that make up the materials of this piece.
The folder marked "Burst Mix" should be unzipped. It has 1 eight minute sound file in it. This can be used in mp3 format, or converted to a WAV file and burned to a separate CD, as a rehearsal sound file, to emulate the approximate sound of the 2 performance CDs being played together. This will be the rehearsal CD of the set of 2 performance CDs, 1 rehearsal CD and a score that will make up the materials of this piece.
The score was composed using Arun Chandra's WIGOUT program. The wiggly lines the string player plays are some small parts of the actual waveforms that are in the electronics part, although they will sound very different than the electronic sounds.
Arrows for William
for performers and electronic sounds
- ArrowsForWilliam.pdf - the score in pdf form.
- MasterCDPart.zip -
the electronic sounds part of the piece in mp3 format.
The sounds could be used as an mp3 file, or converted to a WAV file and burned to a CD.
The score uses two typefaces: Arrows 1 and Arrows 2. I used the IChing program by Andrew Culver and John Cage to generate
1) the number of arrows on the page
2) the size of each arrow - from 12 point to 144 point
3) the level of red, green, and blue for each arrow - from 0 to 255
4) where on the x axis the arrow will fall (from 50 - 700 pixels)
5) where on the y axis the arrow will fall (from 150 to 500 pixels)
6) will the character be a Capital or not
7) what character on the keyboard (what arrow)The electronics part for this score is made by taking each arrow drawing, making the blackground black, and then using Coagula (a free program) to make sound from it.
