Interesting algo-comp tool for Macintosh

http://mrac12.com/scom/

"Symbolic Composer is a complete music language and covers all aspects of
music composition. It will provide the composer years of fun to explore the
art of algorithmic composing interactively. Symbolic Composer functions are
selected from hierarchical menus and pasted on the editor. Each function has
one output and several inputs. Functions are nested into each other to
achieve the proper functionality. Symbolic Composer lets any function can be
connected to any other function maximises the creative freedom and allows to
develop new compositional ideas.

New music functions can be programmed on-line by the composer with build-in
industry-standard Common Lisp. The extensions can be included in the score,
and made available for other user as plug-ins.

Symbolic Composer function library covers 500 musical and mathematical
building blocks, chaos, fractals, series, progressions, morphs,
interpolations, a complete scale and chord system, orhestral and section
hierarchies, 300 experimental tunings, ZIPI-like instrument control structure
and 256 MIDI channels realized in standard MIDI protocol. Programming
environment allows graphical examination and manipulation of compositional
data."

-Carl

Add from their website, under news:

"The PC version for Windows 98/2000 will be available later this year."

Darren

>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Carl Lumma [mailto:CLUMMA@NNI.COM]
>>Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 12:10 AM
>>To: tuning@egroups.com
>>Subject: [tuning] Interesting algo-comp tool for Macintosh
>>
>>
>>http://mrac12.com/scom/
>>
>>"Symbolic Composer is a complete music language and covers all aspects of
>>music composition. It will provide the composer years of fun to
>>explore the

>"The PC version for Windows 98/2000 will be available later this year."

Thanks Darren, I hadn't seen that! Woohoo!

-C.