Djazz 2.0

Djazz is a generative music program that (co-)improvises using material from pre-recorded scores or live human contributions. Born of jazz improvisation, it has been extended to world music and electro, and uses a data structure known as the factor oracle to improvise beat by beat. It can accomadate a scenario such as a harmonic template, and is thus well adapted to "idiomatic" improvisation s.a. jazz, classical or traditional music, pop or electronic musics.

Requirements

• processor Intel x86 or ARM with Rosetta (Djazz version 2.0)
• processor ARM (Djazz version 2.1)
• macOS 10.13 or later
• Max 8.5 or later

Installation

Djazz needs no special installation; just follow these steps:

• Go to the Djazz repository and download the djazz folder.
• Unzip the extracted folder into the Packages folder in your Max folder (by default, this is "~/Documents/Max 8/Packages")
• From the "Options" tab in the Max menu bar, select "File Preferences," and then add the path to the Djazz folder you just put in your Packages folder.

Getting Started

The main Djazz application is the patch djazz_2_0_0.maxpat. You can open this patch from inside Max or directly from Finder.

Documentation and Resources

The documentation, including the manual, tutorials, and API, are online here

License

Djazz is licensed under the GNU GPLv3 license.

Credits

Djazz 2.0 (c) Ircam, CAMS (EHESS) 2009-2024

Djazz was created by Marc Chemillier in collaboration with Gérard Assayag, Jérôme Nika, Mikhail Malt, Jean-Louis Giavitto, Georges Bloch IRCAM REACH Project IRCAM Musical Representations Team
Djazz 2.0 was coded by Daniel Brown

Djazz is part of the research project ERC REACH (Raising Co-creativity in Cyber-Human Musicianship) directed by Gérard Assayag.

Contacting the team

See Project Page.