schedule – io 0.0.1 beta++ interactive, semi-autonomous technological artifact, musical automaton, machine musician and improviser Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:27:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 25192515 beta test 11-10-08: audio recordings /2008/11/16/beta-test-11-10-08-audio-recordings/ /2008/11/16/beta-test-11-10-08-audio-recordings/#comments Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:27:20 +0000 //www.busterandfriends.com/io/?p=213 I will be returning with more detailed reports within the coming days, but, in the meantime, here is the audio documentation of the io++ beta test with Franziska Schroeder on November 10th 2008.

beta test 11-10-08_00 [mp3″]

beta test 11-10-08_01 [mp3″]

beta test 11-10-08_02 [mp3″]

beta test 11-10-08_03 [mp3″]

beta test 11-10-08_04 [mp3″]

beta test 11-10-08_05 [mp3″]

Performers are io 0.0.1 beta++ (itself), Franziska Schroeder (saxophone) and Han-earl Park (guitar).

Thanks again to the Arts Council of Ireland for supporting this project, to the UCC Department of Music for providing a space in which to carry out this work, and to Franziska for lending her time and expertise to this enterprise.

]]> /2008/11/16/beta-test-11-10-08-audio-recordings/feed/ 4 213 schedule 0.0.1 /2008/01/05/schedule-001/ Sat, 05 Jan 2008 14:27:15 +0000 //www.busterandfriends.com/io++/?p=6 Okay, let’s quickly revise the proposed timetable by shifting the start back by four months (i.e. to the present), deleting one of the breaks, repositioning the other, and see what we get.

intermediate objectives (projected)

initial design phase: january 2008–

Software: design, preliminary implementation and testing of software components.
Analog electronics: design and testing.

alpha build: may 2008

Software: initial working system.
Electronics: begin final build.
Hardware: begin construction.

break: june-july 2008
beta build: november 2008

Complete working system: testing carried out with beta testers.

final build: march/april 2009
]]> 6 schedule 0.0.0 /2008/01/05/schedule-000/ /2008/01/05/schedule-000/#comments Sat, 05 Jan 2008 07:04:58 +0000 //www.busterandfriends.com/io++/?p=5 This is/was the timescale as proposed in the grant application. With the (then unforeseen) delays of the funding process, all this will need to be revised.

intermediate objectives (projected)

initial design phase: september 2007–

Software: design, preliminary implementation and testing of software components.
Analog electronics: design and testing.

break: november 2007
alpha build: february 2008

Software: initial working system.
Electronics: begin final build.
Hardware: begin construction.

break: may–june 2007
beta build: august 2008

Complete working system: testing carried out with beta testers.

final build: november/december 2008
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