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This site is a place to share topics, reviews, resources and anything else that might be of interest to the discipline of computer music. The approach adopted is historiographic, through which highlight the historical route of a discipline born in the early fifties.
The contents ranging from exposure to specific topics of historical interest to book or compact disc reviews, through the presentation of previews to read or listen to, where on the web. The resources section contains the external references to various kinds of materials that may be of interest for teaching, students or simple fan.
Topics
Music V is a sound synthesis software. It is among the best known of the Music N family of computer music programming language. Certainly the first one that had a spread beyond the boundaries of the United States..................................................
Aura, a computer music software, is designed as a flexible work environment useful for the development of virtual synthesizers. Aura is the direct heir of WWWW.
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The Music II is a sound synthesis software for computer music. It is an updated version of The previous Music I, and as the latter belongs to the family of Music N.
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Reviews
In 2004, to celebrate thirty years of the INA, the Groupe de Recherches Musicales promotes publication of a collection that documents the musical activities held at the center in Paris..................................................
James Tenney - Selected Works 1961-1969
Although it was one of the pioneers in computer music, for many years his name has been associated with this field of music just for two works: Analog # 1 (Noise Study) and Stochastic String Quartet, which were published in the album Music from Mathematics..................................................
This book is the reference text for all those who compose or are interested in composing music through Csound, the software developed in the mid-eighties by Barry Vercoe at M.I.T.
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Resources
Acousmographe is a software dedicated to the graphical representation of electronic music. Acousmographe was developed in Paris by researchers from the Groupe de Recherches Musicales (GRM). It is designed as a tool to support teaching for study and analysis of electro-acoustic repertoire. Developed in three versions over more than two decades, is still affected by research and development. The latest version is 3.6. Read item Acousmographe..................................................
The Synthetic Performer is a computer system for virtual performer, able to provide live accompaniment during performances involving traditional instruments. Read item Synthetic Performer for more info.
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Sensorband is a musical project involving Edwin van der Heide, Atau Tanaka and Zbigniew Karkowski. It is characterized by the use of computers with devices such as bioelectric sensors, infrared and ultrasound used in order to transform the human body into a musical instrument. Read item Sensorband for more info.
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