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RE: dancing loops - D2? Ambiloop? KYMA?

Hi Marc!

Some researchers use Kyma for data sonification.  The idea is to take huge
amounts of data and transform it into an immersive sound field.  By
navigating through the field you can perceive patterns.

By picking up telemetry from dancers, you could use similar techniques.
Kyma is quite good at analyzing data and sonifying it.  Probably something
like MAX/MSP will also do a good job.

Something more on my list to have fun with!

- Dennis Leas



-----Original Message-----
From: RandomLFO@aol.com [mailto:RandomLFO@aol.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 8:52 PM
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Subject: Re: dancing loops - D2? Ambiloop? KYMA?


     Richard, thanks very much for these links. I will forward these to the
VCU Dance Dept's music director. The use of these kinds of technology is 
the
one thing that is really lacking in VCU's Dance program.
     I will also pass this info on to the faculty and students. We do have 
a
videography class, and many of the students have been using video, etc. in
their performances. Isadora may be something that the students will want to
work with.
     For Looping and delays in conjunction with dance, I wonder if the TC
Electronic D2 has the necessary flexilbility. Since one can tap in a rhythm
to be used by the delay(s), I would think that this would be a very useful
device.
     Ambiloop? KYMA? how responsive are these to tap tempo? Can either 
allow
you to start a loop, then tap in a new tempo for the loop? I will check out
Ambiloop very soon. If all goes well I can get a chance to work with KYMA 
as
well.
     Marc

In a message dated 9/24/2002 9:19:29 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
zvonar@zvonar.com writes:



For those in the Los Angeles area, we'll be having an American Composers
Forum Technology Salon on October 15th, devoted to Interactive Media
Performance and featuring Mark Coniglio and his partner Dawn Stoppiello,
along with Clay Chaplin. Mark is the inventor of the MidiDancer hardware 
and
Isadora software used by their dance theater company Troika Ranch.



<http://www.troikaranch.org>


<http://www.troikaranch.org/technology.html>


<http://www.troikaranch.org/mididancer.html>


<http://www.troikatronix.com/isadora.html>



There are many composers, dancers, and choreographers working in various
forms of dance technology. There is even a dance technology mailing list
<http://art.net/%7Edtz/maillist.html> and an International Dance and
Technology organization <http://idat.org/idat/>. I don't know how active
this organization is, since their Web site is a bit out of date, but they 
do
have a useful set of links at <http://art.net/%7Edtz/links.html>