#Replay player generator#
#Replay player manual#
#Replay player registration#
#Replay player software#
#Replay player license#

#Replay player software#

Departing from theoretical concepts that have been formulated by Karlheinz Stockhausen and Gottfried Michael Koenig in the late 1950ies, he started to dig into the field of algorithmic music where he and Gerhard Eckel started to develop a software library for musical composition in realtime - the so-called Realtime Composition Library for MAX. The concept of music that is created at the moment of its sounding ('realtime composition') and the vision of a composition that is not provided in form of fixed notation has been haunting Karlheinz Essl since the mid 1980ies. Here is a list of the available MIDI controls:Ĭhn #6: crossfade between original and shreddered sound By this, you can literally turn this program into an instrument! Please take care that the MIDI controller sends on controller number 7. With a MIDI controller attached to your computer, you can use it to control many of the REplay PLAYer system parameters. Furthermore, you can control many of the system parameters by MIDI. As a registered user, you can also store your creations directly to disk, you can access the advanced control features and use the built-in effects and VST or AU plugins. Furthermore, those grains can also be transposed either by transposition algorithms or manually. The position on the sound file from which the grains are taken is determined by a separate algorithm which various modes you can control in manyfold ways. Then the program will overlap these particles according to the density parameter which can also be changed there. The length of the particles is determined by the 'granularity' parameters which can be changed in the grey square field. REplay PLAYer loads an entire sound file in the computer's RAM from which it cuts out particles of varying length from different positions of the file.

#Replay player registration#

You can purchase a registration code for $ 25.00 by sending an e-mail request to Only registered users can use the program without any restrictions: if not registered, REplay PLAYer will quit after 5 minutes. Please register your copy to ensure the further development of this program.

#Replay player license#

License REplay PLAYer is released as shareware.

#Replay player manual#

improved manual control of the granulation process.

#Replay player generator#

It can also be regarded as a computer based instrument for live performances, as an interactive sound installation or a generator for ambient music. REplay PLAYer can be used as a tool to generate an infinite and every-changing sonic stream from a single sound file for artistical, compositional or mere recreational purposes. With this project, the author is following once again his vision of a music 'that is composed, as if from itself (auto-poetic), at the moment of its sounding.' The program de-constructs a given sound file and re-composes it by using realtime composition algorithms - a field of research that has been investigated by Karlheinz Essl since the mid 1980ies. REplay PLAYer is a computer program based on the paradigms of granular synthesis. (Andy Murkin)Įxtreme time stretch of Silent Night with REplay PLAYer Improvisation, looping and manipulation of sound and music samples are all part of the same field, and chance can play a significant role.

His main preoccupation is one that I’ve become interested in recent years: ’music that is created at the moment of its sounding (“realtime composition”)’. I haven’t used this feature up to now, but it is MIDI controllable, and can be used with VST plugins. It costs a bit to buy it, but I’ve found it very useful in the past. It can also be regarded as a computer based instrument for live performances, as an interactive sound installation or a generator for ambient music.’ The program de-constructs a given sound file and re-composes it by using realtime composition algorithms can be used as a tool to generate an infinite and every-changing sonic stream from a single sound file for artistical, compositional or mere recreational purposes. REplay PLAYer is a program ‘based on the paradigms of granular synthesis. The other program I’ve found useful, for detailed manipulation of a single sample, is REplay PLAYer, which is described as a ‘generative sound file shredder’. REplay PLAYer generative sound file shredder Karlheinz Essl: REplay PLAYer - generative sound file shredder