MËSH

Network systems can be used to transmit audio signals in local or remote scenarios. This allows rehearsals and performances across long distances with large numbers of participants. But beyond this, however, network technologies can be an integral part of the creative process.

Formerly called AnarX, the Atlanta Network Audio Reasearch Experience, explores the use of local and global networks for the composition and performance of music and sound art.

Spring ‘24

In Spring 2024 we conducted an initial test with a group of four undergraduate students for their capstone project.

Fall ‘24

In Fall 2024, the experiment was opened as a course called Technology Ensemble. Throughout the semester students learned concepts such as jack, jacktrip, and supercollider. They tested different network map configurations to interactively make music with their peers. Specifically, they tested ring and mesh configurations.

The class concluded with a network audio concert at The Goat Farm in Atlanta.

SC Symposium 2025

In March of 2025, the lab hosted a workshop at the Supercollider Symposium. The workshop featured five access points and was split into three parts.

The first part explored manually setting up access points in a ring topology. The second part let participants build their own Supercollider processing node using the ring topology. Lastly, the third part of the workshop introduced Ansible to automate a mesh-like network topology for the access points.

The workshop has ten participants and lasted around an hour. It was inspired by the concepts taught in the Network Ensemble class (Fall 2024).

The BIKES Network Team