Immerse is a network distributed synthesis engine suitable for improvisation, performance and composition activities. Currently only suitable for competent Max/MSP users Immerse operates on both MacTel and XP Boxes.
Below is information about the development and design decisions of the application.
(If your just interested in using it go here.)
The Max/MSP patches are . To use these patches you need either Max/MSP or the Max runtime available from www.cycling74.com and also the osc-route object available as part of the CNMAT Max externals here.
* noiseSynth
* sineSynth
* swellSynth
All Application network traffic is encapsulated beneath
/app/ii/immerse
Synthesis commands are located either below
/’user_id’ for individual users
or
/all for all clients
eg. /app/ii/immerse/all/audio 1
Starts audio on all clients
Specific synthesis engine commands are sent within context
/noisesynth1 /sinesynth1 /swellsynth
eg. /app/ii/immerse/all/noisesynth1/volume 22
Sets volume to value 22 on all noisesynth1 synthesis engines
eg. /app/ii/immerse/10.0.0.98/swellsynth 440 4000
Directs numerical values to swellsynth on client with id 10.0.0.98
Going forward the intention is to improve the user interface for the synthesis engines. My intention is that the noise_synth will be retired and replaced. Also multi sever clients will be fully supported and state-full querying established.