Oasis Rose the Composition - Real-time DSP with AudioMulch

Oasis Rose is a composition incorporating live instrumentalists and real-time signal processing. The work makes use of algorithmically controlled non-linear signal processing techniques while attempting to maintain the “signal processing as extension of instrument” aesthetic. Real-time signal processing is implemented using the authors AudioMulch interactive music environment for Windows 95/NT™. This paper discusses the algorithms utilised in Oasis Rose, and documents the authors experiences in bringing traditionally “studio” or “non real-time” signal processing techniques to the stage.