MATRIXSYNTH: IRCAM ISPW (Ircam Signal Processing Workstation)


Tuesday, April 17, 2012

IRCAM ISPW (Ircam Signal Processing Workstation)


YouTube Published on Apr 17, 2012 by jbfairlight

via jbrairlight in the comments of 1996 MARS (Musical Audio Research Station) Synthesizer
IRCAM stands for the Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique and is located in Paris. See the IRCAM label below for more including Buchla. Some posts that stand out include a Q&A on the Acxel II Resynthesizer and the Sogitec 4X and Spaceware on the PDP-1.

You'll spot a Fairlight and Synclavier in the above video as well.

Googlish translation of the YouTube description (original in French below):

Here is a short film that has several SIM (Computer Music Station). The soundtrack "gross" is totally a result of this station, there is no further treatment!

About the work performed with the SIM (Musciales Station Computer) or ISPW (Ircam Signal Processing Workstation) you can read my blog, a section devoted to it!

http://mustudio.fr/?cat=31 [Googlish]

Simplifying we can say very quickly that the SIM is an advanced version of Integrated and 4A, 4B, 4C and famous 4X has developed and used at IRCAM in the 70 to 90. The SIM has the democratization of the "DSP" (MSP) software Max!

And at a price and volume NeXT cube with 1, 2 or 3 cards M860 was much more affordable ($ 15K) that buying a 4X (?? $)!

When speaking of this card in the technical literature it is often one of these acronyms: SPW (Signal Processing Workstation), I.S.P.W. (IRCAM Signal Processing Workstation) and S.I.M. (Computer Music Station) but they are misleading. In fact the correct name is certainly rather M860 card. Understand that these acronyms are in fact the name of the solution, that is to say a NeXTComputer (cube) and one or more (maximum 3) M860 cards and other peripherals (MIDI Interface audio DSP, etc.) and software (Max / TSP, SpecDraw, Spat, Circle, Animal, etc ...) of IRCAM for the operation of all!

These software can process dynamically all MIDI and audio events. To make digital synthesis (VST early, granular, etc.) of multi-channel spatialization, etc. ..."


French:
"Voici une petit film qui présente plusieurs SIM (Station d'Informatique Musicale). La bande son "brute" est totalement issue de cette station, il n'y a aucun traitement additionnel !

A propos du travail réaliser avec les SIM (Station d'Informatique Musciales) ou ISPW (Ircam Signal Processing Workstation) vous pouvez consulter mon blog, une rubrique lui est consacrée !

http://mustudio.fr/?cat=31

En simplifiant très rapidement on peut dire que la SIM est une version évolués et intégrée des 4A, 4B, 4C et fameuses 4X développées et utilisées a l'IRCAM dans les années 70 a 90. La SIM a permis la démocratisation de la partie "DSP" (MSP) du logiciel Max !

Et au niveau volume et prix un cube NeXT avec 1, 2 ou 3 cartes M860 c'était beaucoup plus abordable (15K$) que l'achat d'une 4X (???$) !

Lorsque l'on parle de cette carte dans la littérature technique c'est souvent sous l'un de ces acronymes : S.P.W. (Signal Processing Workstation), I.S.P.W. (IRCAM Signal Processing Workstation) et S.I.M. (Station d'Informatique Musicale) mais ceux-ci induisent en erreur. En effet le nom correct est plutôt certainement carte M860. Il faut comprendre que ces acronymes représentent en fait le nom de la solution complète; c'est-à-dire un NeXTComputer (cube) et une ou plusieurs (au maximum 3) cartes M860 ainsi que d'autres périphériques (interface MIDI, interface audio pour DSP, etc), ainsi que les logiciels (Max/FST, SpecDraw, Spat, Circle, Animal, etc... ) de l'IRCAM nécessaires au fonctionnement de l'ensemble !

Ces logiciels permettent de traiter dynamiquement tous événements MIDI et audio. De faire de la synthèse numérique (VST avant l'heure, granulaire, etc) de la spatialisation multi-canaux, etc..."

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