Cooperation with Martin Gretschmann
Reset the preset
With the possible combinations of music, images and interaction seeming not only to be inexhaustible but also extremely difficult this topic fascinates me again and again. In the case of PLAY PARTS I was privileged to cooperate with an extraordinarily gifted musician. We produced an interactive CD ROM application to appear as a bonus track on his double album "Reset the Preset".
The most important part in this application is played by interaction. The declared goal was to create six different interaction paradigms which deal with musical aspects in a playful way. In addition to that the instruments were provided with a possibility of orchestration to enable simultaneous playing. PLAY PARTS allows the user to create music intuitively and to go into musical aspects. And although PLAY PARTS is not a "professional" music tool but more of a light and playful application it also holds the potential to create tempting musical results.
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Images
Video
PLAY PARTS - Quicktime (40 MB)
PLAY PARTS - Quicktime (29 MB)
Downloads
PLAY PARTS - Mac OS X (9 mb)
PLAY PARTS - Mac OS9/Classic (9 mb)
PLAY PARTS - Windows (11 mb)
Credits
Concept, design, programming: Ralph Ammer
Sounds, lyrics: Martin Gretschmann