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[sh[i]e[l]d] is not an improvised performance. The music evolves from a drony ambient background to a noisy, glitchy climax before cooling back down again. For that reason the set works better with true bass speakers with high end twitters. The audio output works better on a 8-channel loudspeaker system, where ThrenoScope can perform better, but it works very well also in 4-channel and stereo systems. If there are more than 2 output channels I need to understand if you can provide a USB3 soundcard or if I must bring my own. For the stereo mode, the laptop stereo output will do the work.
For the visual, I need a monitor to mirror the projector signal. I use my laptop screen for the musical codes and need an extra screen for the hydra code, that will be projected. For that reason I need a passthrough monitor or a HDMI splitter. If that cannot be arranged I can bring it myself.
For this perfomance I use the browser console to insert JavaScript and CSS code live in the newspaper front page while live code the music using either Sonic Pi, TidalCycles or ThrenoScope, and blend it all in one video source with the use of Hydra.