BoxMan (for Trombone)

Commissioned by Miles Anderson, N.E.A. Inter-Arts Program, Hallwalls, Inc., Ars Electronica Festival of Linz, Austria.

1986 – 1988, 1999

13 minutes

electronics

Required Hardware:

Computer: at minimum Mac G4/400 with 264Mb RAM
Max/MSP 5.1.9
MOTU i/o audio card (or another multi-channal ADC/DAC, but you have to be able to set the samples per buffer to 64 or 128)
1 large condensor mic
Mixing console with at least 4 outputs, corresponding with the 4 DAC outputs in Max/MSP
4 speakers
External reverb unit for the trombone (optional, but highly recommended)

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