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}
}