> it was fun, thanks Alex and Dave for letting me join in. Sorry we
> missed you Amy.
>
> Entering the building two minutes before we were due on stage really
> added to the atmosphere.
>
> We actually performed quite well I'd say, but unfortunately only had
> one projector, so whilst Dave was TOPLAP manifesto compliant and put
> on a good show, Alex and I were a too secretive and it surely could
> have been better if we'd been projecting too.
>
> (and usual provisos about not enough hardcore algorithm writing, but
> hey, we do our best under these stressful conditions)
I abstained from "writing from scratch" as I had during the sonar
performance. What I found however, was it was actually quite successful
loading from my library of scripts and modifying them to suit the music. I
could concentrate more on the quality of the sounds and make stuff happen
according to what you two were playing. Due to this, I think the actual
results were better :)
I guess a large part of how "pure" your live coding should be depends on
the setting and the time availible. Longer and purer live coding
performances are likely to be slow moving and more suitable for specialist
audiences, who are actually interested in seeing a program written in
front of them. In a club on a saturday night, you need things to be faster
moving, but live coding still gives you much more flexibility than fader
tweaking.
> nice rounds of applause at the end- I think they want more live coding
> in their lives in the future?
Too right!
Thanks again u-sun, for putting up with our late appearance - and putting
on a great night :)
cheers,
dave
Received on Tue Aug 30 2005 - 13:13:29 BST