FMOL USER`S MANUAL
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1. 1 Operating mode The Bamboo environment can operate in three different modes PLAY PRACTICE AND RECORD e Play Mode Play back Bamboo plays back a theme already composed The strings and segments move automatically under the effects of the sequenced file but it is not possible to add or modify any sound The user cannot do anything This mode is enabled when we want to listen to themes already generated e Practice Mode Rehearsal The user has all the strings and segments at his disposal but it is not possible to sequence e Record Mode Multi user recording This is the mode used to compose and send themes to the server Each user only has two strings at his disposal and their corresponding segments for effects When entering into recording mode Bamboo is in standby position until the user presses SPACE This allows to carefully configure the segments values 2 Horizontal segments effects The three upper segments control the effects reverb resonant filter pitch shift etc selected on the previous configuration window by the first composer Effects are always applied to the instrument or string at its right These segments can be moved with the mouse This action modifies two of their parameters Moving the mouse horizontally across one segment modifies its first parameter while moving it vertically shifting the segment up and down modifies a second one Some effects like panning have only one parameter In this case th2. 18 53 practice RoLoCo 12 03 98 1 31 10 aes praxis 20 03 98 21 17 41 MUSIC ON LINE naia 5 03 98 23 13 17 S P dd 5 03 98 23 22 46 pandora 6 03 98 1 22 36 about TechnoMan 6 03 98 0 29 56 s E El rbol Bamb actual consta de 11 exit download 12 13 Figure 1 FMOL main screen 1 HOT asks the server for the UPDATED THEME TREE If there is no connection to the Internet it tries to set it up 2 GLOBAL In order to facilitate communications in the event of both trees growing at a fantastic rate the Fura dels Baus may conceal some of its branches This concealment does not entail the physical elimination of the themes in the server nor does it mean that the themes of this branch have been ruled out for final selection The only restriction affecting a concealed branch is that of not being able to continue growing The complete tree display option is restricted to registered users who could have some of its themes distributed in already concealed branches To become registered you should first collaborate with a theme If there is no connection to the Internet it tries to set it up 3 DEMO allows us to load and play back themes saved on disk The program shifts to the next configuration screen in PLAY mode 4 TOP allows us to see the list of finished themes in which four authors have already participated and which therefore cannot go on growing
3. A SYNTHESIZER capable of generating sounds and modulations never heard before on your computer For this you only need a 16 bit sound card and a compatible PC based on a Pentium 100 with Windows 95 or Windows NT 4 0 This means that the main task of the composers taking part will not consist merely of going on adding notes but of sculpting sound on line in a way much more in keeping with current trends in electronic music in general and in the music of the Fura dels Baus in particular On line synthesis should not be confused with the transfer of digital audio over the Internet by means of Real Audio type extensions Owing to the still low transfer speed rates of the net the latter calls for very considerable compressions that reduce the quality of the end sound enormously To the contrary when we talk of real time synthesis the whole process is done on the composer s computer and the files that are used to perform this synthesis may be very small sized The user listens and composes with peak quality 16 bits at 22 or 44 KHz but the file that handles loads and unloads may occupy very few KB Interactive composition Composition is done in real time by way of attractive graphic interfaces The program does not handle traditional musical concepts and it is therefore open to people whom does not possess this knowledge The whole control is executed in real time with the aid of the mouse on animated graphic objects that evolve on the comput
4. already generated Practice Mode Rehearsal The user has the four instruments at his disposal but it is not possible to sequence To change between instruments he has to select the 1 2 3 or 4 keys Record Mode Multi user recording This is the mode used to compose and send themes to the server Each user only has one instrument at his disposal Sequences Medusa also admits MIDI sequences The sequences are personalized as they may be loaded by the user from standard MIDI files Each instrument has a personalized pallet of 10 sequences 10 tracks which are triggered with the QWERTYUIOP keys Q triggers track 1 W track 2 E track 3 Upon releasing it the sequences rewind automatically If the sequence is short it is executed in LOOP mode Refer to previous documentation about the MIDI sequences characteristics Silence The SPACE key silences the current user s strings although strings may keep moving On releasing it everything continues as it was before pressing it Panic The TAB key interrupts message generation in the user strings and stops the LFOs filters sequences and instruments Recording and instant play back In Practice mode and in Record mode by keeping the CONTROL key depressed all the messages generated by the current user are sequenced Each new sequencing erases the previous one This sequence can be retrieved with loop by keeping the ALT key depressed Every time ALT is pressed it plays back again fro
5. two very different composition environments While Bamboo represents the intellect Medusa on its side symbolizes the intuition and the lan vital If Bamboo can be learned mastered and controlled Medusa shows a much more chaotic behavior Medusa sounds according to the mouse movements but always in unexpected manners Also as opposed to Bamboo clean lines Medusa graphics and sound are much more magmatic The Medusa Configuration Screen The basic fundamentals are similar to bamboo s This screen allows the composer to configure the environment and choose an instrument It also allows saving and loading compositions and orchestras score compositions and load MIDI files The active functions vary depending on the selected mode PLAY PRACTICE or RECORD In PRACTICE mode the user can configure the four instruments while in RECORD mode each user can only one PRACTICE PLAY and RECORD modes e In PRACTICE you may choose four instruments The practice time is unlimited but the themes are not sequenced so it is not possible to save themes nor is multilayer recording permitted It is the mode intended for learning how to handle the different instruments To record you will need to switch to RECORD mode e In PLAY mode you can listen to themes downloaded from the Internet or themes saved on the hard disk It is not possible to carry out any change in the themes or in the setup If you want to continue and modify the theme you have listene
6. use as sequences that may be enabled from the MEDUSA instrument IMPORTANT FOR THE SEQUENCES TO BE PLAYED BACK PROPERLY the MIDI files should be at a tempo of 100 and a resolution of 48 ticks black If the setup of these files is different the sequences will continue to be used but they may possibly sound MUCH SLOWER than on the sequencer This is due to the latency of real time audio synthesis The sequence files will be standard MIDI files of up to 10 tracks If the file has more tracks only the first 10 will be used Only NOTE ON messages are used the others are ignored Shows On Line Help Loads disk ORCHESTRA An orchestra is made up of six instruments one for each string and three effects This action is only possible in PRACTICE mode These files have the extension FOM Faust orchestra medusa Saves ORCHESTRA on disk An orchestra is made up of six instruments one for each string and three effects Saving orchestras enables us to retrieve our more interesting instrument setups quickly Loads a THEME from disk A theme is made up of notes and events and also includes the ORCHESTRA definition These files have the extension FAM 11 Saves a THEME to disk The themes saved include the notes and events together with the ORCHESTRA they use They can only be played back through this program 12 Displays Goethe s words on the information zone 7 Mephistopheles I am the shadows breathed by bodies The shadows that cling to the fle
7. was before pressing it SPACE Start Recording When Bamboo goes into recording mode it is in standby position until the user presses SPACE TAB Panic The TAB key silences and finally interrupts everything that was sounding CONTROL and ALT Recording and instant playback Keeping the CONTROL key depressed all the messages generated by the current user are sequenced Each new sequencing erases the previous one This sequence can be retrieved with loop by keeping the ALT key depressed Every time ALT is pressed it plays back again from the beginning This facility is very useful for generating and repeating motifs or phrases F1 HELP Brings a HELPS screen that shows all the action keys F10 Monitoring speed Pressing this function key shows the actual frame rate speed The maximum possible value is 25 frames second When this value is lower than 18 the sounds are crapped See Possible Problems on this manual ESCAPE EXIT Exits Bamboo and returns to the configuration window works in all three modes Managing Takes When the recording process is completed a new dialog window appears that allows the user to make new takes hear the recorded ones save them to disk or send them one the server oam eA instruments Que filters amp fx 0 Pre Sia_ ____ I a Otra toma Guardar ltima toma 96 Long Fdbk Dela ioc neepa Otra toma Sustituir ltima toma 3 Slide Sin ween Moc 5 Rind High Sin j Reescuc
8. 0 tracks If the file has more tracks only the first 10 will be used Only NOTE ON messages are used the others are ignored For real time latency questions the speed at which the messages are read is 25 times per second irrespective of the file time To prepare the sequences in a sequencer and to listen to them at the speed at which they will be used in the end it will be necessary to configure the sequencer with timebase 48 and tempo 100 Any change of these values in the sequencer does not affect the performance of the application but it will produce different results normally slower than those obtained on the sequencer 5 Strings On pulling or dragging a string instrument with the left button the position of the mouse constantly modifies the pitch y and the amplitude x of the sound As in a guitar higher Y positions correspond to lower pitches In PRACTICE mode the composer can act over the six strings while on RECORD mode it can only play two The first user uses the two strings on the left the second the next two the third the last two and the fourth can control the mix and post production The second user listens and sees while he plays what the first one did and so on Usable strings and segments appear in green while those reserved for other users are in red However any user may also modify and apply effects to the tracks generated by his predecessors The fourth user the post producer cannot add new ins
9. E mode the user can configure the six strings and three effects while in RECORD mode each user can only configure two strings In this mode the first user should furthermore select the three effects that will be applied to the whole branch In PLAY mode no configuration is allowed PRACTICE PLAY and RECORD modes e In PRACTICE you may configure everything the 6 instruments the 3 effects and the sequences The practice time is unlimited but the themes are not sequenced so it is not possible to save themes nor is multilayer recording permitted It is the mode intended for learning how to handle the different instruments To record you will need to switch to RECORD mode e In PLAY mode you can listen to themes downloaded from the Internet or themes saved on the hard disk It is not possible to carry out any change in the themes or in the setup If you want to continue and modify the theme you have listened to you can switch to RECORD mode unless the theme already has 4 layers and is therefore completed When playback is finished the user may e Listen to it again e Score it add a mark to it from 0 to 10 e Continue this theme selecting RECORD e In RECORD mode it is possible to record new themes or continue existing themes For reasons pertaining to the FAUST 3 0 show recordings only last 20 seconds although it is possible to do several up to 10 different takes First composer Besides the first two strings you should al
10. FMOL USER S MANUAL THE PROJECT Introduction Faust v 3 0 The performance Copyright THE SOFTWARE Concepts Introduction A stand alone program Real time sound synthesis Interactive composition Collective composition Evolving composition THE SOFTWARE Description and Performance Main components Registered users Performance Installing the software Possible problems The main screen THE BAMBOO Description The Configuration Screen PRACTICE PLAY and RECORD modes Buttons and options in the Configuration Screen Playing and composing with Bamboo Using the Mouse and the keys in Bamboo a Recapitulation Managing Takes Sending compositions THE MEDUSA Description The Configuration Screen PRACTICE PLAY and RECORD modes Buttons and options in the Configuration Screen Playing and composing with Medusa Using the Mouse and the keys in Medusa a Recapitulation THE PROJECT Introduction Faust Music On Line is an open invitation to participate through the Internet in the musical composition of a part of the sound track of the forthcoming show of the drama group La Fura dels Baus entitled Faust version 3 0 based on the world famous play by the German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe In Faust v 3 0 a few brief musical fragments will go on sounding one after another by way of a leitmotif whenever the leading character Faust distraught and tormented feels in the depths of his spirit the fierce battle taking plac
11. If there is no connection to the Internet it tries to set it up 5 PRACTICE switches to PRACTICE mode to rehearse and experiment with the selected instrument Bamboo or Medusa In this mode music may be produced without recording without any time limitation 6 HELP opens help file 7 ABOUT shows a screen with information about this program 8 EXIT exits the program 9 10 THEME INFORMATION Clicking on a theme from the tree shows additional information such as the full names and electronic mail addresses of its four authors 11 DOWNLOAD the selected theme from the server to listen to it and or record a new version This is because the musical information of each theme takes up some KB and when a complete tree is downloaded this data is not included This theme loading process should not take more than a few seconds Once loaded the program switches automatically to PLAY mode and plays back the sound and its animations 12 The MESSAGE WINDOW is used both for showing additional information on the subject selected in the tree and for offering an interactive help 13 The THEME TREE shows the compositions available at the time This tree is being constructed with the information from the web server that handles the database every time it is requested when clicking the HOT GLOBAL or TOP buttons The tree form enables the dependencies between themes which derives from which to be represented clearly Click on to ope
12. d to you can switch to RECORD mode unless the theme already has 4 layers and is therefore completed When playback is finished the user may e Listen to it again e Score it add a mark to it from 0 to 10 e Continue this theme selecting RECORD In RECORD mode it is possible to record new themes or continue existing themes For reasons pertaining to the FAUST 3 0 show recordings only last 20 seconds although it is possible to do several up to 10 different takes In RECORD mode after setting and personalizing the instrument the user has 20 seconds the total duration of each fragment to make his contributions and modifications This recording process may be repeated as often as he likes until the piece is to his liking When a theme has been done the user can send it to the server saving it to disk or rendering it storing it as an audio WAV file The Configuration Screen Buttons and Options 10 Bass Clarinet Broken Modem Dark Life il Flushing Water Deconstruction ili Ice Rain Flying Metal Turmix ici Laser Storm i Obi Screaming Airplanes 1 Seaside gt More Soon 4 5 rd Figure 7 Medusa Configuration Window List of available instruments for the first composer List of available instruments for the second composer Shows current state PLAY RECORD or PRACTICE List of available instruments for the fourth composer List of available instruments for the third composer Loads standard MIDI files to
13. e between the chaotic forces of life and the efforts of his intelligence to understand and dominate them The music of these parts of the show is precisely what we are inviting creators from all over the world to compose by playing the Bamboo intelligence and Medusa life instruments included in this software During the months prior to the first performance a web server will store and update the database with the compositions received and will permit the audition and ongoing development of these composttions as described below All communication with the server takes place through the software that you are consulting Faust v 3 0 The performance During the live performances of the Faust version 3 0 show and at the times when we hear the music comp osed by the two instruments Bamboo and Medusa provided by this program the Left and Right front speakers of the theatre stage will undergo a change of scenery produced by mobile sculptures in the form of aerials The movement of these sculptures will sometimes be reinforced by the projection of real time graphic animations by these virtual instruments This new show by the Fura dels Baus will have its first performance in Barcelona on 28 April 1998 next and it is planned to do a tour of Spain and the other European countries giving some 200 performances Copyright The question of intellectual property rights in the new communication media such as the Internet CD ROMs or other formats i
14. e vertical position is not important Low frequency oscillators LFO On moving the segments with the added SHIFT key the associate effect enters in oscillation mode The horizontal position of the mouse on the segment determines the oscillation frequency whereas the vertical position of the segment determines the range of the oscillation A first click with the right button stops the oscillation A second click cancels the effect bringing it to its default values 3 Central segments glissandi and arpeggios The centerline does not control any additional effect but it applies LFOs to the master parameter of the vertical string normally pitch 4 Sequences lower segment The lower segment is used to control MIDI sequences which as in the previous cases are applied to the vertical instrument on its right The sequences are personalized as they may be loaded by the user from standard MIDI files Each instrument has a personalized pallet of 10 sequences 10 tracks which are triggered with the QWERTYUIOP keys Q triggers track 1 W track 2 E track 3 Upon releasing it the sequences rewind automatically If the sequence is short it is executed in LOOP mode Sequence transposition y and loop length x can be controlled with the mouse moving the segment Positioning the mouse at the right end of the segment plays the sequence back entirely Sequence characteristics The sequence files will be standard MIDI files of up to 1
15. er screen However we have also thought of more advanced and professional musicians and we have tried to ensure that these interfaces should not just be a simple banal interactive game but potent sound experimentation tools We may confidently claim that composition and interpretation with Faust Music On Line is not like that with any other current software or hardware tool Nor the sound results either The instruments potential is not confined to enabling or disabling a note with a particular timbre They are macroinstruments that behave as interactive composing tools and which permit a wide range of experimentation both at the sound quality and formal level Collective composition Each of the compositions done with the program and stored in the server is the product of cooperation between various authors up to four and not the work of a single composer We consider that group creation is one of the most important aspects of this project and one of the most interesting capabilities still unexplored offered by the net Whenever a participant accesses the web with the intention of composing a theme he will in fact be modifying enriching themes in which other composers will have participated already In this way a musical game is established in the form of an exquisite corpus where several composers can create one or more musical themes together Every intervention by a fresh composer is recorded in the web so that we may know at any t
16. fore pressing it TAB Panic The TAB key silences and finally interrupts everything that was sounding CONTROL and ALT Recording and instant playback Keeping the CONTROL key depressed all the messages generated by the current user are sequenced Each new sequencing erases the previous one This sequence can be retrieved with loop by keeping the ALT key depressed Every time ALT is pressed it plays back again from the beginning This facility is very useful for generating and repeating motifs or phrases F1 HELP Brings a HELPS screen that shows all the action keys F10 Monitoring speed Pressing this function key shows the actual frame rate speed The maximum possible value is 25 frames second When this value is lower than 18 the sounds are crapped See Possible Problems on this manual ESCAPE EXIT Exits Medusa and returns to the configuration window works in all three modes
17. h orch Figure 2 Bamboo Configuration Window Instruments or presets available to allocate to any of the vertical strings Each instrument may correspond to a different method of synthesis or sampler or merely to different setups of the same method Applies the instrument selected in the list of instruments on the left to this vertical string The number and position of the strings available depends on the mode selected PRACTICE or RECORD and on the number of layers this theme already possesses 0 1 2 or 3 Shows current state PLAY RECORD or PRACTICE Applies the filter selected in the list of effects on the right to this horizontal segment The composer of the first layer is the only one who may select the filters The authors of the other layers have to apply the filters selected by the first one Filters or effects available to allocate to any of the horizontal lines Loads standard MIDI files to use as sequences that may be enabled from the BAMBOO instrument IMPORTANT FOR THE SEQUENCES TO BE PLAYED BACK PROPERLY the MIDI files should be at a tempo of 100 and a resolution of 48 ticks black If the setup of these files is different the sequences will continue to be used but they may possibly sound MUCH SLOWER than on the sequencer This is due to the latency of real time audio synthesis The sequence files will be standard MIDI files of up to 10 tracks If the file has more tracks only the first 10 will be used Only NOTE ON
18. har toma seleccionada Eulz Laa an Enviar toma seleccionada eee a Exportar toma seleccionada a WAV 1 TE a 10 0b Swp Snap 106 Strong Fbk M Tety Salvar toma seleccionada 107 Strong Fbk L 12 Dark Ambient q A 108 Loop Record e 109 Gran And Loo Bambul tak 110 Ultima toma 1i 112 z 113 18 Spr Lop Deep B 114 19 Spr Lop High 20 Spr Lop Sertch 21 Bass Clarinet Dejarlo para cuando est mas inspirado Figure 5 The Takes List Dialog Another take Keep Last adds this last take to the take list and switches back to the Bamboo screen in RECORD mode Another take Substitute Last goes back to the Bamboo record screen in RECORD mode without keeping this take only 10 takes are allowed on a session Listen again goes back to the Bamboo play screen in PLAY mode and plays the take selected on the list the last by default It then comes back to this dialog Send Selected Take opens the send dialog Export Selected Take renders it to a 22 050 Hz 16 bit WAV file Save Selected Take in the native FAB format Shows the takes list Selected take is marked in blue Leave it for later goes back to the Bamboo Setup Window All the takes can be played back exported or rendered as many times as the user wants but only one take per session can be sent to the server After sending one take the program switches back to the Bamboo Setup Window Sending Compositions If the user decides to send a composition to the server a new dia
19. ime who the authors of a given theme are and in what percentage the authorship of a particular theme would be divided if the theme in question were selected Evolutionary composition When an author retakes the piece produced by another to enrich modify distort deconstruct it he will not be modifying the original but working on a copy Thanks to this mechanism an idea or musical germ generated by one author may evolve in countless directions at the same time although all of them including the initial one are equally accessible in the form of a tree like the Windows Explorer in the database Owing to hardware limitations the maximum number of users or layers per piece is reduced to four but there is no limit to the number of variations that each layer may generate This means that we have a maximum of four generations but with an unlimited number of offspring in each one of them Similarly the number of initial themes highest level is not limited either and any participant will be able to initiate one when he likes THE SOFTWARE DESCRIPTION AND PERFORMANCE Main components The software consists of three parts e A standard Windows master program responsible for all communications with the server and for showing the theme tree and all related information on the screen This master program also allows the setup of the following two graphics environments e Two graphics screens for theme playback and composition Bamboo and Med
20. is right string Mouse right button Its chief function is to stop and initialize strings and segments e On Strings On pressing it ceases to sound and if in SUSTAIN mode it ceases to be so e On segments On pressing it on a segment that is oscillating its oscillation ceases If it was not oscillating its effect is disabled Mouse left right buttons e On strings When both buttons are used together first press left then right its effect is not anymore of stopping sound but of controlling other sound parameters 1 2 3 4 5 6 String Sustain On off Normally when a string ceases to be pulled it returns to its central position thereby silencing the sound it was producing In SUSTAIN mode we can leave a string sounding and go on to pull another This is useful for applying effects to the string conveniently The SUSTAIN indicator of each string appears at the top of it in the form of a little light or marker QWERTYUIOP Prerecorded sequences There is a possibility of using prerecorded sequences of notes stored in a standard MIDI file This file may have as many as 10 tracks which are triggered with the Q track 1 W track 2 E track 3 etc keys The sequences will be enabled as long as the key is pressed On releasing it the sequences rewind automatically If the sequence is short it is executed in LOOP mode SPACE Instant mute The SPACE key silences the current user s channels On releasing it everything continues as it
21. it plays back again from the beginning This facility is very useful for generating and repeating motifs or phrases Mixer The fourth composer is not allowed to use any string Instead it can mix all the previous tracks altering the volume of each just moving with the mouse the sliders that appear on the figure Values of 100 do not alter the original volume It can also modify the effects that have not been used by any previous composer horizontal segments which remain green Figure 4 The Mixer Using the Mouse and the keys in Bamboo a Recapitulation Mouse left button e On Strings It takes a string on pressing it and holds it as long as it is pressed It modifies the two primary controls of the instrument pitch and amplitude e On segments It takes a segment on pressing it and holds it as long as it is pressed It modifies its two primary parameters In combination with SHIFT it graduates the oscillation of the main parameter e SHIFT On Segments Segment oscillation On pressing SHIFT while pulling a segment this switches to oscillation mode and the horizontal and vertical values switch to controlling its oscillation frequency and amplitude respectively e SHIFT On Lower MIDI Segment Alternate string When a prerecorded sequence is sounding with the QWERTYUIOP keys by defect it will sound over the current users first channel his left string On pressing SHIFT the sequence will sound over the second channel h
22. llation proceeds as in any standard W95 program clicking the setup program This program installs all required files to the hard drive and creates a program group FMOL needs the libraries DirectX v3 0 or higher and the libraries MFC v4 2 or higher both from Microsoft installed on your computer DirectX libraries are due to speed up image and sound in multimedia applications You may already have them but if you didn t you can download them at http www microsoft com msdownload directx dxf enduser5 0 default htm You can also get further information if necessary at http www microsoft com directx default asp Both DirectX5 0 and the mfc42 dll come also with the installation CDROM but are not automatically installed To install if needed DirectX follow the on line instructions If your computer does not have already the mfc42 dil file just copy it together with msvcrt dil in the windows system directory Troubleshooting Problem When you launch the application the following message appears The file FMOL1 EXE is linked to the non existent exported MFC42 DLL 6453 Cause The MFC42 DLL version installed in your computer is not the correct one Solution Copy the files that come in the CDROM into the application s folder usually Program Files Fundacion Autor FMOL Installing it there may allow you to have the two versions in case the program that installed the old one needs this version Problem Some buttons and cont
23. log appears The process to send a composition is the following 1 To send a composition the user has to be registered 2 To become registered it is necessary to enter a user alias and optionally the full name and electronic mail address on the lower side of the dialog Only the alias is obligatory but the user should bear in mind that if he does not enter the remaining data he will not be registered at the Sociedad General de Autores in case any of his themes are selected for the Faust show 3 If however he enters his full particulars he may still specify that he wishes them to remain confidential so that other users may not know his identity and or electronic mail address Selecting the desired checkboxes does this Clicking the Register User button sends the data to server A four character password is received from the server and shown on the dark edit box Using his alias and this password he can submit as many compositions as wants Once a new composition is received on the server it will be shown on the themes tree at its corresponding place as a son of the composition the composer choose to expand the next time any user downloads the tree IDWS Enviar tema 4suario Contr Titulo usuario Nombre Correo electri Ocultar nombre al r Ocultar correo al resto de Registrar usuario Cancelar Figure 6 The Register and Send Dialog MEDUSA Too illustrate Faust dilemma FMOL brings
24. m the beginning This facility is very useful for generating and repeating motifs or phrases Mixer Contrary to bamboo the fourth composer can still add new sounds but he can still control the mixing This is done moving the mouse with the right button clicked between four points that draw an inner rectangle on the screen Each point represents of one of the four tracks The closer the mouse is to one point the higher becomes its volume Consequently staying in the middle of the rectangle does not modify these volumes Managing Takes and sending composition works the same as in Bamboo Using the Mouse and the keys in Medusa a Recapitulation Just move the mouse Click left click right click right and left Do not click Change its position Move it faster Move it slower Draw circles Draw ellipses The mouse position the mouse velocity the mouse acceleration the mouse drawings everything can count QWERTYUIOP Prerecorded sequences There is a possibility of using prerecorded sequences of notes stored in a standard MIDI file This file may have as many as 10 tracks which are triggered with the Q track 1 W track 2 E track 3 etc keys The sequences will be enabled as long as the key is pressed On releasing it the sequences rewind automatically If the sequence is short it is executed in LOOP mode SPACE Instant mute The SPACE key silences the current user s channels On releasing it everything continues as it was be
25. messages are used the others are ignored Shows On Line Help Loads disk ORCHESTRA An orchestra is made up of six instruments one for each string and three effects This action is only possible in PRACTICE mode These files have the extension FOB Faust orchestra bamboo Saves ORCHESTRA on disk An orchestra is made up of six instruments one for each string and three effects Saving orchestras enables us to retrieve our more interesting instrument setups quickly 10 Loads a THEME from disk A theme is made up of notes and events and also includes the ORCHESTRA definition These files have the extension FAB 11 Saves a THEME to disk The themes saved include the notes and events together with the ORCHESTRA they use They can only be played back through this program 12 Displays Pessoa s words on the information zone 7 The whole world of beings and ties dissolves into unrealities before my eyes and into empty admirations of being I am horrified that there is existence and existences and through meditation I lose myself in profound thoughts that are the basis of other even more profound ones until I cease to understand Iam consciousness that hates the unconscious a symbol of pain and naked hatred a piece of soul of the possible God cast down to this world by fearful nostalgia for the homeland at the horror of which I tremble on thinking of returning but with none of the expectation and hopefulness at living this exile Faus
26. n close branches The name of the latest author and the time and date of delivery are displayed in each item of the tree Only one tree Bamboo or Medusa is displayed at a time and to change tree you only have to select one of the two corresponding icons 14 Selects BAMBOO tree 15 Selects MEDUSA tree THE BAMBOO Introduction The Bamboo environment is composed of six vertical strings and five horizontal lines The main feature of Bamboo is flexibility and control Bamboo can generate or adapt to innumerable sound environments but as always power has a price mastering it is not easy Each vertical string is associated with a different instrument The strings may be plucked like those of a guitar or rubbed like those of a violin and when they sound they draw wave patterns like an oscilloscope The horizontal lines are divided into segments defined by the vertical strings and they are used for generating effects controlling filters low frequency oscillations LFOs or sequences which are always applied to the vertical instrument situated to the right of the segment The Bamboo Configuration Screen This screen allows the composer to configure the environment assigning instrument to every string and effects to the horizontal lines It also allows saving and loading compositions and orchestras score compositions and load MIDI files The active functions vary depending on the selected mode PLAY PRACTICE or RECORD In PRACTIC
27. rols appear to be moved Cause Your Video display is probably configured for BIG FONTS Solution Go to SCREEN PROPERTIES and select SMALL FONTS instead Problem The application cannot communicate with the server Solution Select PROPERTIES at the Internet Icon from your desktop and in the CONNECTION tab activate Connect to the Internet as needed If you prefer so you can also establish the connection yourself as with any mail or browser application Problem An Unknown Error appears when sending compositions to the server Cause You probably have or even had Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 0 installed on your computer We detected this incompatibility when the program was already being distributed but we have made a correction release since then Solution Copy the file fmol1l exe that comes on the CDROM or download it from the web page Substitute the old file with this new one Problem Speed problems with sound and or graphics Cause Real time audio synthesis and exhaustive graphic treatment push to the maximum the possibilities of your computer This application can run on a Pentium 100 with 16 MB of memory as long as it is correctly configured mainly concerning DirectX video and audio card drivers Solution If you find any speed problems with a superior computer try to update the Direct X compatible drivers of your video and or audio cards Some cards like the Gravis Ultrasound do not have real DirectX compatible drive
28. rs In this case we cannot do anything Both Bamboo and Medusa instruments show when pushing F10 their processing speed The optimum speed is 23 frames second Values below 18 frames second will produce a cropped sound Notice that independently of how they sound in your computer the themes will be correctly recorded and resynthesized The same occurs when you do a sound render because this process it is not done in real time Bug A bug has been detected which has not been corrected yet When rendering to a wave file if the destination file WAV path contains names with spaces the file is not saved but no warning is shown Solution Do no render to directories containing spaces i e Program Files If you still find any problem or have any technical question or suggestion please mail the author at sergi iua upf es THE MAIN SCREEN FMOL s main screen shown on figure consists of a window with the theme tree like the Windows 95 Explorer a message region and a certain number of buttons 14 15 medusa 4 03 98 10 32 41 i 9 praxis 6 03 98 1 02 57 i praxis 6 03 98 1 07 19 praxis 6 03 98 1 13 35 Terminado KTON 19 03 98 20 06 56 H KTON 19 03 98 20 11 40 KTON 19 03 98 20 14 49 Terminado dd 4 03 98 10 37 32 dd 4 03 98 10 41 03 pandora 6 03 98 1 11 10 Faust 3 0 KTON 19 03 98 19 57 38 no ha sido puntuado 1 0 KTON 19 03 98 20 02 01 Terminado 4 03 98 10 46 20 poe praxis 6 03 98 1
29. s arousing a great deal of confused discussion It is necessary for initiatives to appear that will provide fresh examples that may be observed and which will create precedents that may shed a ray of light on this new situation Being aware of the need for these shake ups the Sociedad General de Autores y Editores S G A E Spanish Society of Authors and Publishers backs and produces this project and will simplify formalities for all the writers of the compositions selected by the Fura dels Baus to be registered at the society if not already members in order that they may receive their lawful rights THE SOFTWARE CONCEPTS Introduction The musical composition of all the pieces for this project should be done by means of this program responsible for audio synthesis and control of the graphic interface and all the communications with the server A stand alone program The program is not a web page with a few multimedia options It is an independent application which when executed is automatically linked to the page set aside for this purpose in the S G A E server and interacts with it to exchange information The page in question controls access to a database resident in the server Real time sound synthesis The program does not use the MIDI properties of your sound card To assure an innovative and interesting sound irrespective of the sound card installed in your computer the program works with synthetic sound in real time It is
30. sh adhere to the bodies The shadows that bring them together mix them merge them confuse them unite them I am the saliva the sweat the sperm of the clouds that dribbles over the flesh Faust This accursed thing that is the earth repugnant rotting place of men and beasts Always fresh new blood The germs the bacteria the virus of life multiply in the air the water the earth 13 Converts the last theme into digital audio format WAYV so as to be able to be edited and used from a sampler a digital audio multitrack etc The output format is 16 bit stereo 22 KHz WAVE 14 Switches to RECORD mode from which it is possible make a recording of a new theme Before proceeding to record you have to configure the instrument that has been allocated to you 15 Enables you to score 0 10 the last theme you have listened to and send the mark to the server which goes on storing the mean mark of each theme on the tree 16 Returns to the FAUST MUSIC ON LINE master screen 17 Switches to the MEDUSA screen in the mode selected PRACTICE PLAY or RECORD Playing and composing with MEDUSA See Possible problems on this manual for a related bug Figure 8 Medusa in action Operating mode The Medusa environment can also operate in three different modes PLAY PRACTICE AND RECORD Play Mode Play back Medusa plays back a theme already composed The user cannot do anything This mode is enabled when we want to listen to themes
31. so select the 3 effects Do not forget to select one of your MIDI themes LOADSEQS button if you want to be able to launch prerecorded sequences Second or third composer you have to configure the two strings that have been allocated to you but you cannot select new effects you may use the already existing ones Do not forget either to select one of your MIDI themes LOADSEQS button if you want to be able to launch prerecorded sequences Fourth composer You will not be able to configure any string Your job is that of POST PRODUCER You have to control the final mixes and you may apply new effects to any of the tracks already recorded In RECORD mode after setting and personalizing the instrument the user has 20 seconds the total duration of each fragment to make his contributions and modifications This recording process may be repeated as often as he likes until the piece is to his liking When a theme has been done the user can send it to the server saving it to disk or rendering it storing it as an audio WAV file The Configuration Screen Buttons and Options instruments d 7 MOU filters amp fx 96 Long Fdbk Dela 97 Short Flanger 98 Short Robotic 99 Medium Fdbk De 100 Reverb all R 1 WS igh Si 101 Reverb Short al i 102 Reverb Med dod Sin 103 Reverb Long Oberheit eep y 104 Echo all Ran 9 Ob Swp Scratch 5 oop Record 109 Gran And Loo rO 116 Resonance 17 Spring Loop ng Loo 117 Res And omn load save orc
32. t Fernando Pessoa 13 Converts the last theme into digital audio format WAV so as to be able to be edited and used from a sampler a digital audio multitrack etc The output format is 16 bit stereo 22 KHz WAVE 14 Switches to RECORD mode from which it is possible make a recording of a new theme Before proceeding to record you have to configure the instruments that have been allocated to you The number and position on the strings of these instruments depends on the number of layers or previous users that the theme already possesses The first user chooses two instruments three effects and a MIDI sequence file the second and the third choose two instruments and a sequence file the fourth and last user THE POST PRODUCER cannot choose a new instrument 15 Enables you to score 0 10 the last theme you have listened to and send the mark to the server which goes on storing the mean mark of each theme on the tree 16 Returns to the FAUST MUSIC ON LINE master screen 17 Switches to the BAMBOO screen in the mode selected PRACTICE PLAY or RECORD Playing and composing with BAMBOO As told before Bamboo main features are flexibility and control Bamboo can generate or adapt to innumerable sound environments but as always power has a price mastering it is not easy See Possible problems on this manual for a related bug 1 PRACTICE 2 0943114 3 057 002 006 018 OFT 07 Re 86089 4 Figure 3 Bamboo in action
33. truments but he can apply new effects to the sounds already recorded as well as control the final levels of each channel Controlling other instrument s parameters On pressing the right button without releasing the left one the user act on another two sound parameters the effect of which varies for each instrument without changing pitch or amplitude Stopping sound By pressing only the right button on a string or any segment the sound is silenced or the effect cancelled If the string is in SUSTAIN mode it will cease to be so 6 Sustain Normally on releasing a string it returns to its central position and the sound stops This does not happen when it is sustained Keys 1 6 enable disable this function for each of the strings of the instrument When a string is on SUSTAIN the circle at its top left is illuminated Other features Silence The SPACE key silences the current user s strings although strings may keep moving On releasing it everything continues as it was before pressing it Panic The TAB key interrupts message generation in the user strings and stops the LFOs filters sequences and instruments Recording and instant play back In Practice mode and in Record mode by keeping the CONTROL key depressed all the messages generated by the current user are sequenced Each new sequencing erases the previous one This sequence can be retrieved with loop by keeping the ALT key depressed Every time ALT is pressed
34. usa These last two uses Microsoft DirectX technology both for video Direct Draw and for audio Direct Sound Registered users The mere fact of installing the software allows any user to practice with the composition screens as well as to access the theme database to listen to the compositions already produced However in order to be able to participate in the Faust On line project and add your own versions to the theme tree you have to become a registered user This registration is done automatically free of charge to the user Performance By means of the Direct Sound and Direct Draw technologies the program is capable of synthesizing in real time eight 16 bit 22 Khz stereo voices with different fully parametric effects reverb panning delay pitch shift resonant filters ring modulation etc for each of these voices as well as to control and generate all the graphic interface animations at the same time For this the minimum requirements are a Pentium 100 with 16 Mb RAM and a 16 bit sound card It is also necessary to have Microsoft DirectX libraries installed versions 3 0 or higher Installation The application can be downloaded at http www sgae es fmol Spanish and English versions are available After downloading the compressed file aprox 2 MB you will have to decompress it using Winzip Pkzip or any other compatible program If the software came with a CD ROM files will not be compressed In both cases the insta
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