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Download
You will need Winzip
or another zip uncompressor to extract the files in the following
archives.
You may download a Musical Agent by clicking on
the link below. Also included in the zip file is the complete source
code.
Musical Agent
(Zip) ~ 480Kb
As part of my research in cellular automata, I wrote
a simple application in Visual Basic that allows one to experiment
with the 'Game of Life' automaton.
Game of Life
(Zip) ~ 24Kb
Running the
Agent
To run the Musical Agent, you must have Java
2 Version 1.3 already installed. After installing Java
and uncompressing the zip file, go to the directory you uncompressed
the files and type the following to run the agent.
java -jar MusicClient.jar
If you are using a Windows system and you installed
Sun's
JVM, you may be able to start the musical agent by double
clicking on the MusicClient.jar file in Explorer. For detailed information
on using the musical agent, refer to the manual.
Getting
the Source
To obtain the source code for the Musical Agent,
just uncompress the musical agent zip file. The source code can
be found in the source directory. DOS batch files are provided
that can be used to compile the source code. These batch files can
be easily modified for other operating systems.
Recorded
Algorithmic Music
The following recordings are MIDI files that were
recorded using the Musical Agent's own recording functionality.
This is a stochastic
recording generated by a stand-alone agent.
The recording of Paragraph
7 of the Great Learning was generated by 7 computers (all performers
playing a piano).
Paragraph 7
again, but this time the performers are playing different instruments.
My own composition, Instrument
Rush.
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