Discussion:
Eno "Generative Music" and Koan Plus software
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Trystero
2008-09-08 00:24:57 UTC
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Hello,
I am looking for an old version of Koan software to play the Brian Eno
generative music files.

With Internet Archive it is possible to find and download the KOAN
PLAYER
http://web.archive.org/web/19980529173018/www.sseyo.com/browser.html
and also the three Eno free demo tracks (Methane 2, Organa 2, Babylon
Papillaris)
http://web.archive.org/web/19970216005439/www.sseyo.com/genmus1.html

But I am looking for another free SSEYO software, a player called
"Koan Plus". It can contain many tracks to play, not only one as
KoanPlayer. In an old article I read that it was published in PC
FORMAT magazine MARCH 1996, together with the three Eno pieces:

http://groups.google.it/group/alt.music.brian-eno/browse_thread/thread/85a302cc43a865e0/1a87dfdb3109ce5f?hl=it&lnk=st&q=#1a87dfdb3109ce5f
Hot Badger Deluxe
2008-12-08 12:42:38 UTC
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On Sun, 7 Sep 2008 17:24:57 -0700 (PDT), Trystero wrote:

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Post by Trystero
But I am looking for another free SSEYO software, a player called
"Koan Plus".
Only just noticed this, for some reason. Koan Plus wasn't free (I have it).
IIRC Koan Silver may have been. See here for more details:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koan_(program)

NB: Generating MIDI files with Koan, then processing them with KeyKit can
be fun:

http://nosuch.com/keykit/

Generative composition, followed by Markov chain processing = big fun.
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