Develop audio compositions according to set algorithmic parameters. Upload files and process them automatically. Select the range, tempo, and other parameters of a track, then preview the results before rendering a complete file. The suite has access to the universal component library.
The AC Toolbox is a Macintosh application to assist the algorithmic composition of music. Version 4.5 requires system 10.3.9 or higher. It is a universal binary (Intel and PPC). Older versions which will run in MacOS 10.3, 10.2 and 8.6-9.x are also available.
Several models for defining musical events are included. They can be used by defining objects such as sections, shapes, masks, or note structures. It is also possible to play, plot, modify, and examine objects in a number of ways. Extensive online help is available.
In addition to Midi input and output, the AC Toolbox can write files suitable for use as data in other programs. Score files for Csound and binary OSC files for SuperCollider can be produced. Files for formatting musical notation with FOMUS can be written. Realtime floating-point Midi output via a firewire interface to a Capybara or Pacarana is supported.
An important method of creating data in the Toolbox is the use of generators. A number of generators have been included reflecting various approaches to the creation of musical material including tendency masks, stochastic functions, chaotic systems, transition tables, recursive subdivisions, metric indispensabilities, morphological mutations, etc. more
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