Csound Instruments On Stage

Alex Hofmann, Bernt Waerstad, and Kristoffer Koch

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract:

Low cost, credit card size computers like the Raspberry Pi allow musicians to experiment with building software-based standalone musical instruments. The COSMO Project aims to provide an easy-to-use hardware and software framework to build Csound based instruments as hardware devices. Inside the instrument, the Csound software is running on a Raspberry Pi computer, connected to a custom designed interface board (COSMO-HAT) that allows to connect potentiometers, switches, LED's, and sensors. A classic stomp box design is used to demonstrate how Csound can be brought on stage as a stand-alone hardware effect instrument.

Citation:

Alex Hofmann, Bernt Waerstad, and Kristoffer Koch. 2016. Csound Instruments On Stage. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1176030

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{Hofmann2016a,
 abstract = {Low cost, credit card size computers like the Raspberry Pi allow
musicians to experiment with building software-based standalone musical
instruments. The COSMO Project aims to provide an easy-to-use hardware and
software framework to build Csound based instruments as hardware devices. Inside
the instrument, the Csound software is running on a Raspberry Pi computer,
connected to a custom designed interface board (COSMO-HAT) that allows to connect
potentiometers, switches, LED's, and sensors. A classic stomp box design is used
to demonstrate how Csound can be brought on stage as a stand-alone hardware
effect instrument.},
 address = {Brisbane, Australia},
 author = {Alex Hofmann and Bernt Waerstad and Kristoffer Koch},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1176030},
 isbn = {978-1-925455-13-7},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 pages = {291--294},
 publisher = {Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University},
 title = {Csound Instruments On Stage},
 track = {Papers},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2016/nime2016_paper0057.pdf},
 year = {2016}
}