Transmission
Software Training
Interactions, Improvisations, and the Generative Pro-cess in Composition
Discover and master the basics of OMax & DYCI2
salle Nono
Practical information
Programme de la formation
After the first morning of this training devoted to the general context and history of creative companions, participants will dive successively into the mechanisms and the concrete use of the OMax and DYCI2 software (2 days per software). They will tackle these tools both theoretically and through hands-on practice, in pairs and collectively.
Monday
| Morning | General introduction: discovering the history of improvisation and the tools of co-performance Discover the genealogy of the tools of IRCAM's Musical Representations team Understand the interaction situations in which Omax and DYCI2 are used: free improvisation and interactive activation of "meta-composed" behavior. |
| Afternoon | Omax: introduction to the environment and concepts Omax, computer skills: learning the environment, inputs/outputs, simple game control, description modes (pitches, timbres, harmony). |
Tuesday
| Morning | Omax, computer skills: improvisation modes, time and form management, expert settings |
| Afternoon | Omax, hands-on session in pairs: apply the concepts discussed, practice your skills alternately as an acoustic instrumentalist and as a software manipulator |
Wednesday
| Morning | Omax, hands-on session: sharing, debriefing |
| Afternoon | DYCI2: Introduction to the environment and concepts DYCI2, computer skills: getting to grips with the tutorials |
Thursday
| Morning | DYCI2, computer skills: learning to use the tutorials, building your own databases |
| Afternoon | DYCI2: hands-on session in pairs DYCI2, computer skills: using your own databases |
Friday
| Morning | DYCI2, hands-on session: sharing, debriefing |
| Afternoon | Evaluation General debriefing |