frmscrtch/nt. 3

frmscrtch/nt #3 20250710

This bunch of consonants is an obvious encryption of “from scratch or not” – format and name of an unofficial computer music concert series.

What does from scratch mean?

A couple of examples from wiktionary:

- When the writer finished writing his book, it was stolen and now he has to rewrite it from scratch.

- She said she wanted to build a new house from scratch.

- There were so many errors in the program that the programmer decided to rewrite it from scratch.

- He was out of pancake mix so he had to make the batter from scratch.

So in similar situations, computer musician would start composing and improvising their music from a blank sheet.

Nothing prewritten – really? Well, like the mandelbrots used to quote from Carl Sagen:

If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.

Now for the 4th edition:

grainn

Jia Liu

Elmo

Michele Samarotto

This concert is a special meetup of toplap Karlsruhe (sometimes Totally Over Produced Lonely Acoustic People), where you are invited to listen to live computer music, so no tickets are required. Welcome, curious ears 👂

keep it boring :)

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