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Why a laptop orchestra
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The Princeton Laptop Orchestra (PLOrk) as discussed by the authors is an ensemble of fifteen laptop-based meta-instruments, which was founded in 2005 and began its first season.Abstract:
In 2005, the Princeton Laptop Orchestra (PLOrk), an ensemble of fifteen laptop-based meta-instruments, began its first season. In this article, the author explores the motivations for starting a laptop orchestra, both in musical and cultural terms, and some of the aesthetic, technical, and compositional issues that face those interested in working with such an ensemble.read more
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The chuck audio programming language. a strongly-timed and on-the-fly environ/mentality
Perry R. Cook,Ge Wang +1 more
TL;DR: ChucK is argued for, a general-purpose programming language tailored for computer music that provides a syntax for representing information flow, a new time-based concurrent programming model that allows programmers to flexibly and precisely control the flow of time in code, and facilities to develop programs on-the-fly —as they run.
Real-time human interaction with supervised learning algorithms for music composition and performance
Perry R. Cook,Rebecca Fiebrink +1 more
TL;DR: This thesis presents a general-purpose software system for applying standard supervised learning algorithms in music and other real-time problem domains, called the Wekinator, which supports human interaction throughout the entire supervised learning process, including the generation of training examples and the application of trained models to real- time inputs.
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Do mobile phones dream of electric orchestras
TL;DR: The motivation and making of MoPhO, the first repertoireand ensemblebased mobile phone performance group of its kind, is described and the ensemble demonstrates that mobile phones orchestras are interesting technological and artistic platforms for electronic music composition and performance.
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Composing for laptop orchestra
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Stanford laptop orchestra (slork)
TL;DR: The instantiation and adventures of the Stanford Laptop Orchestra (SLOrk), an ensemble of laptops, humans, hemispherical speaker arrays, interfaces, and, more recently, mobile smart phones, are chronicle.
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Digital Lutherie Crafting musical computers for new musics' performance and improvisation
TL;DR: The use of the ordenador as an instrumento musical for ejecucion and improvisation of musica in real time real is studied in this article, where the authors evaluate the potencial, the posibilidades, and the diversidad of instrumentos musicales.
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Interconnected Musical Networks: Toward a Theoretical Framework
TL;DR: An historical overview of technological innovations that were instrumental for the development of the field is presented and a number of paradigmatic musical networks that are based on these technologies are discussed.
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The Aesthetics and History of the Hub: The Effects of Changing Technology on Network Computer Music
TL;DR: The author, a member of the Group the Hub, discusses the aesthetic and performance history of the group and related San Francisco Bay Area live interactive music performance practices.
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Motor-Mimetic Music Cognition
TL;DR: For instance, this paper found that non-sonorous sensations seem to be inseparable from the experience of music, and that music appeals to more than just our sense of hearing, and clearly we often associate other sensations with music.