that's what i referred to on the second point:
>2. what sound is triggered?
> we can devise a 'library' of sounds in every RL computer, say a hundred
>sounds. then a choice can be made at random (each 'order' gets a random
>sound) or can be a result of the sender's adress. i've seen in some www
>pages that when i visit a site the owner has some info about me (i'm
>guessing here, but i think you can know the name or IP adress of my
>server, the program and the OS i'm using). in this way a relation exists
>between the origin and the sound.
some method like the one i mentioned regarding actor position could be
programmed so that each sender's adress get's a non random sound. something
like a function of the ASCII values on the sender's adress, or the like.
>> > i'd suggest a cocktail of noises (nature noises: sea roars and whispers,
>> >rain, birds; city noises: cars, avenues, men at work, etc; computer noises:
>> >printers, booting sounds, disks, etc), texts (from the odyssey: in greek
>> >and other languages; from joyce's 'ulysses'; from other related works), and
>> >'musical' sounds (notes and phrases by different instruments: lyre,
>> >aborigin -didjeridoo, siku, bata, etc.-, classic -violin, piano, etc.- and
>> >modern -synth, electric guitars, electroacoustic).
>
>well, personally I maintain two positions regarding this project: the position
>of a technician and the position of a rather conservative audience. from the
>first one I'd like to say that I don't see any problems in realizing this
>"sound library" (I don't know how to implement this yet, but I'll figure
>it out).
>From the latter position, I wouldn't want oudeis to go this rather "freaky"
>way: keep it plain, keep it consistent and don't confuse the audience (what
>has odysseus to do with booting computers ?)
i think i overacted on the selection of examples, but anyway i would for
sure use computer sounds. isn't the play an anology between the odyssey
(sea roar here, please) and internet (modem cry here, please :> )?
a list of sounds whould be prepared by anybody who wishes to collaborate.
the city part i would leave, for it will be provided by each city the RL
play is on.
>But I'm the technician of the project, so I'll reduce myself to this position.
i'm sure we're all crossing boundaries here. (i never thought about being
in the management of a play, and i'm somehow dealing with it, learning
about it, and happy). please don't reduce yourself to any position... at
least for me.
i can program a very-little bit (HyperTalk, Lingo, html), maybe help with
the sound selection algorythm or web design. tell me if it will help.
more cheers,
santiago
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