{"id":6328,"date":"2026-07-04T14:17:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T14:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/composers-inside-electronics.net\/cie-wp20\/?p=6328"},"modified":"2026-07-05T16:17:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T16:17:52","slug":"thoughts-on-intallation-sonic-architecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/composers-inside-electronics.net\/cie-wp20\/thoughts-on-intallation-sonic-architecture\/","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts on Centralized and Distributed Sonic Architecture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">work in progress<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a59c9e5e2c2d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a59c9e5e2c2d\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/composers-inside-electronics.net\/cie-wp20\/thoughts-on-intallation-sonic-architecture\/#Purpose\" >Purpose<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/composers-inside-electronics.net\/cie-wp20\/thoughts-on-intallation-sonic-architecture\/#Introduction\" >Introduction<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/composers-inside-electronics.net\/cie-wp20\/thoughts-on-intallation-sonic-architecture\/#Centralized_vs_Distributed\" >Centralized vs. Distributed<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/composers-inside-electronics.net\/cie-wp20\/thoughts-on-intallation-sonic-architecture\/#Background_and_Scope\" >Background and Scope<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/composers-inside-electronics.net\/cie-wp20\/thoughts-on-intallation-sonic-architecture\/#Rotating_Loudspeakers\" >Rotating Loudspeakers<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/composers-inside-electronics.net\/cie-wp20\/thoughts-on-intallation-sonic-architecture\/#Rainforest_IV\" >Rainforest IV<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/composers-inside-electronics.net\/cie-wp20\/thoughts-on-intallation-sonic-architecture\/#Rainforest_V\" >Rainforest V<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/composers-inside-electronics.net\/cie-wp20\/thoughts-on-intallation-sonic-architecture\/#Cluster_Fields\" >Cluster Fields<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/composers-inside-electronics.net\/cie-wp20\/thoughts-on-intallation-sonic-architecture\/#Gestures_and_Murmurations\" >Gestures and Murmurations<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/composers-inside-electronics.net\/cie-wp20\/thoughts-on-intallation-sonic-architecture\/#Interfeed_Driscoll_Edelstein_1974\" >Interfeed (Driscoll, Edelstein ~1974)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/composers-inside-electronics.net\/cie-wp20\/thoughts-on-intallation-sonic-architecture\/#Pepscillator_D_Tudor_ca_1970\" >Pepscillator (D. Tudor ca. 1970)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/composers-inside-electronics.net\/cie-wp20\/thoughts-on-intallation-sonic-architecture\/#Microphone\" >Microphone<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/composers-inside-electronics.net\/cie-wp20\/thoughts-on-intallation-sonic-architecture\/#Shared_Convolutions\" >Shared Convolutions<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/composers-inside-electronics.net\/cie-wp20\/thoughts-on-intallation-sonic-architecture\/#Prototype_App\" >Prototype App<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/composers-inside-electronics.net\/cie-wp20\/thoughts-on-intallation-sonic-architecture\/#Proposed_Installation\" >Proposed Installation<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-16\" href=\"https:\/\/composers-inside-electronics.net\/cie-wp20\/thoughts-on-intallation-sonic-architecture\/#Keywords_and_Concept\" >Keywords and Concept<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Purpose\"><\/span>Purpose<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The is intended to identify common terms and context for various works and techniques categorizing differences and hybridization combining degree of central vs. distributed architecture. Implications to composition, installations, performance and spatial sound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is intended as an aid to the nature of creative systems and CIE works which combine both centralized and distributed aspects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Points of reference include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>classical sound re-inforcement which tends to central control.  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Most pre-1950&#8217;s classical western orchestras are centralized. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Individual performers tend to centralized paradigms.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Folk&#8221; music verbal traditions tend to distributed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Centralization tends to control and authoritarianism  though can be essential to individual expression.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Distributed model tend to be more influence organized.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Self-organizing systems often have an underlying algorithm that define the behavior of the elements of the system<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Introduction\"><\/span>Introduction<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Collecting here various thoughts and material regarding technical architecture for installations and performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Considerations include :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Centralized vs. Distributed terms of reference and concepts\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>degree of connectivity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>hierarchical and non-hierarchical<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>self-organizing systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>central authoritative<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>independence of action<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>collaboration<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>improvisation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>open vs. closed system <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>feedback<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Background<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Centralized_vs_Distributed\"><\/span>Centralized vs. Distributed<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I survey here thoughts on distributed vs. centralized architecture for perforance and installations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Background_and_Scope\"><\/span>Background and Scope<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Noting here various project and pieces and where they exist on the spectrum between Centralized and Distributed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Rotating_Loudspeakers\"><\/span>Rotating Loudspeakers<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To date, many of the rotating loudspeaker works have tened to be centralized (e.g. Stall, Gestures and Murmurations) have tended towards centralized models.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Future works may explore more distriburted models and principles of self-organizing systems that rely on modulatirized components interacting by influence rather that explicit control .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Rainforest_IV\"><\/span>Rainforest IV<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The early realization for Rainforest IV by CIE were largely de-centralized. Each participant would prepare their own objects and source material. Depending upon the venue, there was variation in the amplification and loudspeakers. Often fixed loudspeakers were share often base don proxmity to the individual performers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In some later realization of Rainforest IV under Matt Rogalsky&#8217;s leadership, de-entralized performance was recorded and then played back centrally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/composers-inside-electronics.net\/cie-wp20\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/composers-inside-electronics.net\/cie-wp20\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image.png 700w, https:\/\/composers-inside-electronics.net\/cie-wp20\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-300x153.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Rainforest_V\"><\/span>Rainforest V<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rainforest V variations 1-4 use a central Mac Mini that has a library of sounds for each object for each variation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cluster_Fields\"><\/span>Cluster Fields<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To date, Cluster Fields realizations use a central point of signal generation to drive a distributed network of sound emitting objects.  The point of signal production is an Ableton set with structure mutually agreed and separate elements provided individuatlly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Gestures_and_Murmurations\"><\/span>Gestures and Murmurations<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230; to be supplied &#8230;  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Interfeed_Driscoll_Edelstein_1974\"><\/span>Interfeed (Driscoll, Edelstein ~1974)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As originally conceived by Drisoll and Edelstein arround 1974, two performers produce signal and send and receive signals from each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pepscillator_D_Tudor_ca_1970\"><\/span>Pepscillator (D. Tudor ca. 1970)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pepscillator as orignally conceived used centralized signal generation and distributed audio output.i<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/composers-inside-electronics.net\/cie-wp20\/pepscillator\/\" height=\"1200\" width=\"1300\"title=\"Pepscillator page\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Microphone\"><\/span>Microphone<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sound generation for Microphone is centralized for performance with distibuted dissemination<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"629\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/composers-inside-electronics.net\/cie-wp20\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/39.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2098\" srcset=\"https:\/\/composers-inside-electronics.net\/cie-wp20\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/39.jpg 629w, https:\/\/composers-inside-electronics.net\/cie-wp20\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/39-184x300.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Shared_Convolutions\"><\/span>Shared Convolutions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Prototype_App\"><\/span>Prototype App<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The prototype app has a central algorithm that is realized by independent actors with smartphones<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Proposed_Installation\"><\/span>Proposed Installation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A realization of the Shared Convolution app as an installation is envisioned where the visitors influence an array of sonic elements<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Keywords_and_Concept\"><\/span>Keywords and Concept<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">network, reticulated, authoritarian, control, influence, self-organizing sytesms, feedback, diversity, hybrids, environmental constraints, Modularity, Ableton, Max, Max for Live, Raspberry pi (RPI, PiZero), Arduino, DMX<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>work in progress Purpose The is intended to identify common terms and context for various works and techniques categorizing differences and hybridization combining degree of [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"h5ap_radio_sources":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[228,5,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-notebooks","category-technical","category-uncategorized"],"post_type":"post","author_name":"Philip Edelstein","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/composers-inside-electronics.net\/cie-wp20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/composers-inside-electronics.net\/cie-wp20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/composers-inside-electronics.net\/cie-wp20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/composers-inside-electronics.net\/cie-wp20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/composers-inside-electronics.net\/cie-wp20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6328"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/composers-inside-electronics.net\/cie-wp20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6338,"href":"https:\/\/composers-inside-electronics.net\/cie-wp20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6328\/revisions\/6338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/composers-inside-electronics.net\/cie-wp20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/composers-inside-electronics.net\/cie-wp20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/composers-inside-electronics.net\/cie-wp20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}