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Imaginary Landscape No. 5 for the Jonas Brothers

by Nick Seaver/John Cage/Jonas Brothers

I made a version of John Cage’s Imaginary Landscape No. 5 in MaxMSP. The original score calls for a set of 42 records to be recorded and arranged together in a precise organization (derived from the I Ching). My patch arranges selections from any 42 audio files according to the score, and when finished, allows you to export an .aiff file of the whole 3 minutes. (It also displays the divisions Cage notated in the score, and which tracks are playing at what time, so you have something to look at.)

Supposedly Cage used the score with jazz records to help him overcome his aversion to jazz. The version here uses 42 Jonas Brothers songs.

update: it seems that by using the [normalize~] object in MaxMSP, I’ve messed up some of the subtle amplitude variation from the score. I’ve made a new version of the app with manual volume control instead, and when I have a moment, I’ll swap that in and put up a new audio file with fewer sudden, unscored amplitude shifts.

update 2: audio file fixed, still need to polish up the app.

update 3: app fixed, uploaded, rejoice, etc.

The patch [download if you have Max]

The app [should work with any folder of 42 audio files, mp3, aiff, or wav, but probably only on Intel Macs]