TechTet: EPK

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Project Summary

TechTet is a live performance project centered on Organum Engine, a system created by Cameron Summers that listens to live acoustic input and generates harmonies in real time. Performed solo, in trio format, and as an expanded 5-piece ensemble, the project explores technology as a way to deepen live human musicianship rather than replace it.

Planning Materials

Presentation formats can be scaled to venue, audience, and program goals.

Production Formats

Featured Performance

  • Trio: trumpet, bass, and drums with live system integration. Core featured performance format and the configuration of most live performances to date. Approximately 45-60 minutes.
  • 5-piece ensemble (Hymnus): trumpet, second horn, piano or guitar, bass, and drums. Full Hymnus program available as the expanded flagship format. Approximately 45-60 minutes, with program shape adjusted to context.

Lecture-Demo + Performance

  • Available solo or with ensemble, usually 60-90 minutes depending on format and context.
  • Designed for universities, museums, and interdisciplinary contexts combining performance, discussion, and system demonstration.

Collaboration / Residency Format

  • Can be structured with regional musicians or university faculty, with rehearsal, workshop, and performance around real-time interaction with the system. Scope is custom to the institution and program goals.

Solo Format

  • Best suited to artist talks, lecture-demonstrations, and intimate exploratory presentations.
  • One performer with the full live system and minimal production requirements.

Programming scope and budget vary by format; contact Cameron Summers to discuss the best fit.

Production at a Glance

  • Portable live performance system.
  • Standard sound support.
  • Stereo output by default.
  • Small stage footprint.
  • Setup and soundcheck requirements vary by format.
  • Detailed rider and stage plot available.

Technical Notes

  • Low-latency local processing with performer control.
  • Stereo by default, expandable for spatialized setups.
  • Signal path integrates acoustic input, real-time harmony processing, and additional rhythmic or spatial processing as needed.