Anna Xambó @ Perspectives on Multichannel Live Coding 2013

Live set. Perspectives on multichannel live coding. PHONOS. Sala Polivalent, UPF. Barcelona. October 4, 2013.

About the event

Perspectives on multichannel live coding.

In live coding, many resources of computer music tools become available for real time improvisation. One of them is playing with the spatial dimension. In this concert, 16 loudspeakers will be controlled in real time by the performers from their respective language interpreters.

PERFORMERS:

  • Graham Coleman
  • Alex McLean
  • Miquel Parera
  • Gerard Roma
  • Anna Xambó

with the support of:

  • Generalitat de Catalunya: Departament de Cultura
  • Ajuntament de Barcelona: Barcelona Cultura
  • Universitat Pompeu Fabra
  • SGAE Fundación Autor

Technical resources:

  • El Sindicato de Altavoces de Pablo Fredes

  • More info on the event here.
  • More info on the full program here.

About the venue and concert setup

This concert was conceptually suggested and technically developed by Gerard Roma, so that all performers, including two remote performers (Graham Coleman and Alex McLean) could perform using a synthesis server running in the same machine. This has the technical challenge of setting a server and map the audio source to the 16 speakers, which was done using SuperCollider. We, the performers who performed in the venue, set all the system up with the direction of Andrés Lewin Richter, Gerard Roma, and José Lozano.

Sala Polivalent, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, adapted for the concert.
Schematics on how to set the 16 speakers at the Sala Polivalent. Handwritten diagram by Andrés Lewin Richter.

Program notes of my piece (CAT)

Anna Xambó s’interessa per les freqüències baixes, els sons electrònics crus, i les textures sorolloses. La seva experiència amb el live coding va comencar l’any 2012 conjuntament amb Gerard Roma com a part del duo Pulso en el context de les Live Coding Sessions. En aquest concert explorarà el diàleg amb el sistema multicanal mitjançant impulsos repetitius i sèries periòdiques des d’una perspectiva afí al minimalisme. Els seus treballs són publicats habitualment a través del segell de música electrònica experimental Carpal Tunnel.

Audio / Video

Portable setup to rehearse for the piece.