In preparation for a discussion of probabilistic decision making as used in the piece Entropy, read the articles on “Randomness“, “A simple probabilistic decision“, and “Probability Distribution“, and try out the example Max patch that accompanies each article.

In preparation for a discussion of the ‘granulation’ technique used in the piece Insta-pene-playtion, read section 2.1 of the article “Programming New Realtime DSP Possibilities with MSP“.

In preparation for the upcoming discussion of the computerized evaluation of ‘gesture’ in music, read the “Gesture Follower” presentation made by the research team on Realtime Musical Interactions at IRCAM.