CAMUS
Cellular Automata MUSic generator
By Eduardo Reck Miranda

Tutorial by Tim Conrardy

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1. Open CAMUS by double clicking on CAMUS.PRG. Program loads

2.Set first screen parameters

A. Life rules/Death rules: for now leave these alone.
B. Orchestration: decides how many tracks will be generated.Selection is from 1
to 9. For this tutorial:Select 4 by using the - and + buttons.
C. Loop Limit: set at 40.
D. Articulation: set to 20
E. Distribution:Click in the small box by the word "distribution" to view the
different choices:Uniform,linear,and triangular. Select Triangular.

3.Click into SETUP. The main screen turns black.

Next screen parameters can now be set:

A.Start step: leave at 1
B. End step: set to 10 (using the - and + buttons )
C. Speed: keep at 9999, with Variation at 20.
D.Dynamics: set to 30 with Variation set to 30 as well.
E. Pitches:click into one of the numbers. Change it with the - and + buttons.
Then RIGHT CLICK into the same box. It is released.Chose another number, left
click into box, change the value with the - and + buttons , Right click into
the same box, and so on.
F.When completed, click into OK

4.Click into SETUP again.A grid appears.Using the mouse, draw into the grid any
shape or lines you want.

5.When completed, click into START.The screens change and starts to play the
image you have just drawn into the grid.Listen to the "soundscape" for a while.
It will play indefinitly until stopped.

6.Click on STOP, to stop the music from generating.You now see two new buttons:
BREAK and GO ON. To continue playing the music, select GO ON. To start again,
select BREAK by RIGHT CLICKING into the button.

7.You now see two new buttons: SAVE and SKIP.Left click into SAVE, and at the
top of the screen, it asks for a file name. Give it one and add .cam as an
extension. For example: "stars.cam". If you do not add the extension it will
not save the file.Then press RETURN. It saves the file.

8.Select SKIP. You are back to the drawing grid.Change the Screen One
parameters again. Then select SETUP again, and you are back to the black screen
for you to enter the second screen parameters.Selecting SETUP again will
present the grid ready for drawing into.Select START again and listen for
variations. STOP, then BREAK, then SKIP as above. You now see the QUIT Button.
A Right Click into this button will end your session with CAMUS, the Cellular Automata MUSic
Generator.

At present, the only way to record the session is to use an external sequencer
or computer sequencer to record CAMUS's Output.

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