Ixi software
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Experimental Music Software.
ixi is a small international collective of musicians that work mainly with improvisation and live music.
The aim with ixi software is to explore abstract screen based interfaces as controllers for synth
engines written in open source programming language
s such as Pure Data
or SuperCollider
.
ixi software is an open source experimental project concerned with building musical instruments where the
interface is at the same time a meta-composition. The instrument becomes a pattern generator
suitable for the performance of generative music
. ixi runs a label as well where music is released under
the Creative Commons
license.
One of the aims of ixi software is to resist the constraints of commercial music software. From the ixi website:
"We are interested in free and open music software in all senses. Free as in "free beer", free as in "free speech" and free as in "free jazz". The last "freedom" being the most important one. We acknowledge the constraints that software puts on the musician, the limits that the tool sets for the creative process and we therefore promote and try to disseminate technologies which open up the limits of the software (or defines new boundaries). Our belief is that it should be the artist that defines the scope of his or her instrument (and therefore music), not a commercial software company."
The latest software release is called ixiQuarks
which is built on top of SuperCollider
, allowing for much of the expressive computational power of that environment. The user is faced with the simplicity of ixi software with seamless access to SuperCollider both within the ixiQuarks and at the side.
The software can be found and downloaded for free on the ixi website.
ixi is a small international collective of musicians that work mainly with improvisation and live music.
The aim with ixi software is to explore abstract screen based interfaces as controllers for synth
engines written in open source programming language
Programming language
A programming language is an artificial language designed to communicate instructions to a machine, particularly a computer. Programming languages can be used to create programs that control the behavior of a machine and/or to express algorithms precisely....
s such as Pure Data
Pure Data
Pure Data is a visual programming language developed by Miller Puckette in the 1990s for creating interactive computer music and multimedia works. While Puckette is the main author of the program, Pd is an open source project with a large developer base working on new extensions to it. It is...
or SuperCollider
Supercollider
A Supercollider is a high energy particle accelerator. The term may refer to:* Superconducting Super Collider, planned 80 km project in Texas, canceled in 1993...
.
ixi software is an open source experimental project concerned with building musical instruments where the
interface is at the same time a meta-composition. The instrument becomes a pattern generator
suitable for the performance of generative music
Generative music
Generative music is a term popularized by Brian Eno to describe music that is ever-different and changing, and that is created by a system.- Theory :There are four primary perspectives on "Generative Music" Generative music is a term popularized by Brian Eno to describe music that is ever-different...
. ixi runs a label as well where music is released under
the Creative Commons
Creative Commons
Creative Commons is a non-profit organization headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several copyright-licenses known as Creative Commons...
license.
One of the aims of ixi software is to resist the constraints of commercial music software. From the ixi website:
"We are interested in free and open music software in all senses. Free as in "free beer", free as in "free speech" and free as in "free jazz". The last "freedom" being the most important one. We acknowledge the constraints that software puts on the musician, the limits that the tool sets for the creative process and we therefore promote and try to disseminate technologies which open up the limits of the software (or defines new boundaries). Our belief is that it should be the artist that defines the scope of his or her instrument (and therefore music), not a commercial software company."
The latest software release is called ixiQuarks
IxiQuarks
ixiQuarks is a experimental music software released by the ixi software team.ixiQuarks is a software environment designed for live musical improvisation that allows for user interaction on hardware, GUI and code level. The environment enables innumerable setups with flexible loading of tools and...
which is built on top of SuperCollider
Supercollider
A Supercollider is a high energy particle accelerator. The term may refer to:* Superconducting Super Collider, planned 80 km project in Texas, canceled in 1993...
, allowing for much of the expressive computational power of that environment. The user is faced with the simplicity of ixi software with seamless access to SuperCollider both within the ixiQuarks and at the side.
The software can be found and downloaded for free on the ixi website.