project: >3f.schönberg
author: n3krozoft mord
released: 1/2004
category: software

An autonomous, entropic & irrational CD player and remix utility for max/msp.

Once the software is started, the user is requested to insert a music CD of his choice into the computer. >3f.schönberg loads a number of random segments from this CD, which are then looped and arranged into a semi-chaotic composition, following a preset of complex rythmical and tonal paradigms. A visual interface, whose appearance bears trace elements of 20th century modernism, allows the user to influence the outcome of the ongoing processes.

Note: as some of the routines used to access the CD content have no equivalent in OSX, the software runs exclusively in macos9. It is incidentally the last n3krozoft product written for that operating system.