2003: Recursive Heretics

Scott Looney, Aaron Bennett

Recursive Heretics explores the concept of feedback at all levels between a performer and a processor in a live improvisational setting. Together they explore the concept of feedback in live performance as the saxophone sound is transformed by live, automated and manipulated signal processing using a customized Max/MSP setup. The results of this processing vary from subtle shifts in the original sound to a completely unique and distinct voice. The processed sound is then fed back to the player, who alters his playing to react to the processed reaction, which is then reacted upon by the processor, and so on, achieving a conversation of ever widening scope and depth, larger than either player or processor could create alone.

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