NRCI: SOFTWARE TOOLS FOR LAPTOP ENSEMBLE
Christopher G. Burns, Greg Surges · University of Michigan Library Repository · 2009
NRCI is a suite of Pd tools designed to facilitate laptop ensemble performance, and to foster a culture of group music-making which emphasizes custom software design and improvisational practice. NRCI provides a large library of abstractions with a consistent interface; these modules ease the challenge of instrument design for novices, and aid in rapid development and live coding for advanced users. NRCI also implements a network protocol (using OSC) which provides for the wireless exchange of control data and messaging in both improvisational and pre-structured situations. NRCI is designed for and tested by MiLO (the Milwaukee Laptop Orchestra), and is freely available online.