http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/computer_music_journal Project MUSE®: Latest articles in Computer Music Journal. daily 1 2011-12-02T00:05:02-05:00 text/html en-US The Johns Hopkins University Press Vol. 25 (2001) through current issue Latest Articles: Computer Music Journal Music TWO Project MUSE® Computer Music Journal 1531-5169 0148-9267 Latest articles in Computer Music Journal. Feed provided by Project MUSE® http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/computer_music_journal/v035/35.4.smith.html <p>By Jordan Smith, Isaac Schankler</p> The Third International Conference on Mathematics and Computation in Music (MCM) took place 15-17 June 2011 in Paris, France. [The conference Web site is located at mcm2011.ircam.fr.] Hosted by the Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique (IRCAM), many of the sessions took place next door at the Centre Georges Pompidou. The packed program included nine paper sessions on topics ranging from scale theory to cognitive musicology, as well as two poster sessions, two panel and discussion sessions, and concerts each night after the conference programming. The conference as a whole was deftly organized, with a tight schedule that nonetheless gave enough breathing room to attend IRCAM's evening Agora ... <a href="http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/computer_music_journal/v035/35.4.smith.html">Read More</a> Project MUSE® http://muse.jhu.edu/ 2011-12-02T00:05:02-05:00 The Third International Conference on Mathematics and Computation in Music 2011-12-02 text/html en-US The Johns Hopkins University Press The Third International Conference on Mathematics and Computation in Music Music 2011-12-02 2011 TWO Project MUSE® 0 2011-12-02T00:00:00-05:00 2011-12-02 http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/computer_music_journal/v035/35.4.geers.html <p>By Douglas Geers</p> Dan Hosken's An Introduction to Music Technology is a well-written book that would be an excellent choice of textbook for university courses on music technology. Hosken covers topics including acoustics and psychoacoustics, digital audio, audio equipment, software for composing, notation, mixing, pedagogical applications, sampling, synthesis, and how computers function. He explains these subjects in a clear, accessible style and includes numerous figures and photos. The text is aimed at a wide range of college-level students with no background in music technology, and seems appropriate for conservatory performers, composers, and beginning audio production students.The text is divided into five main sections: ... <a href="http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/computer_music_journal/v035/35.4.geers.html">Read More</a> Project MUSE® http://muse.jhu.edu/ 2011-12-02T00:05:02-05:00 An Introduction to Music Technology 2011-12-02 text/html en-US The Johns Hopkins University Press An Introduction to Music Technology Music 2011-12-02 2011 TWO Project MUSE® 0 2011-12-02T00:00:00-05:00 2011-12-02 http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/computer_music_journal/v035/35.4.hinkle-turner.html <p>By Elizabeth Hinkle-Turner</p> The four pieces on Priscilla McLean's Cries and Echoes DVD are a welcome addition to the previous three DVDs released last year by TheMcLean Mix, and reviewed in Volume 34, No. 3 (Fall 2010) of Computer Music Journal. For decades, the McLean Mix, longtime creative and lifetime partners Barton and Priscilla McLean, have toured internationally, performed, taught, and experimented musically. Though primarily known as "The Mix," both artists maintain active and busy independent careers as well. Priscilla, often the principal performer in the McLean Mix duo, demonstrates here her technical proficiency and interests, with a series of works involving audio and video creation, processing, and mixing, as well as ... <a href="http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/computer_music_journal/v035/35.4.hinkle-turner.html">Read More</a> Project MUSE® http://muse.jhu.edu/ 2011-12-02T00:05:02-05:00 Cries and Echoes 2011-12-02 text/html en-US The Johns Hopkins University Press Cries and Echoes 2011-12-02 2011 TWO Project MUSE® 0 2011-12-02T00:00:00-05:00 2011-12-02 http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/computer_music_journal/v035/35.4.boyd.html <p>By Michael Boyd</p> Roger Reynolds's DVDWatershed IV, released by Mode Records in 1998, was the first contemporary music DVD to feature spatialized sound specifically designed for home 5.1 channel diffusion. Since that time, DVDs featuring 5.1 surround-sound have become an increasingly popular way for composers to release multi-channel music. Space/Sound is a striking 2008 release from Capstone Records that continues this practice. This DVD features music by six composers, Thomas DeLio, Thomas Licata, Agostino Di Scipio, Kristian Twombly, Kees Tazelaar, and Linda Dusman, whose works were created between 2004 and 2008 and represent a broad range of technical and aesthetic approaches. This diversity and the overall quality of each ... <a href="http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/computer_music_journal/v035/35.4.boyd.html">Read More</a> Project MUSE® http://muse.jhu.edu/ 2011-12-02T00:05:02-05:00 Space/Sound: Multichannel Electroacoustic 2011-12-02 text/html en-US The Johns Hopkins University Press Space/Sound: Multichannel Electroacoustic 2011-12-02 2011 TWO Project MUSE® 0 2011-12-02T00:00:00-05:00 2011-12-02 http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/computer_music_journal/v035/35.4.article01.html Mechanized musical instruments have often been cited as forerunners of computer music. Most everyone is familiar with player pianos and music boxes, but less well known is the fact that the tradition of self-playing mechanical instruments extends back at least to the ninth century, when the Banú Músà brothers of Baghdad described the workings of an automated organ in The Book of Ingenious Devices. Centuries earlier, the ancient Greeks had the technological knowhow to construct sophisticated machinery such as the Antikythera mechanism; so it is conceivable that they, too, built mechanized musical instruments. In the twentieth century, the legacy of mechanical musical automata was greatly enriched through the ... <a href="http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/computer_music_journal/v035/35.4.article01.html">Read More</a> Project MUSE® http://muse.jhu.edu/ 2011-12-02T00:05:02-05:00 About This Issue 2011-12-02 text/html en-US The Johns Hopkins University Press About This Issue 2011-12-02 2011 TWO Project MUSE® 0 2011-12-02T00:00:00-05:00 2011-12-02 http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/computer_music_journal/v035/35.4.article.html The 2011 International Computer Music Conference (ICMC) took place 31 July-5 August 2011 in Huddersfield, UK. The conference was hosted by the Centre for Research in New Music at the University of Huddersfield and focused broadly on technical, creative, and aesthetic issues arising in the use of computers in music. The conference began with a day of workshops on audio object design in Max/MSP, the Puredyne operating system for creative multimedia, the FTM & Co suite of Max/MSP software, and the SuperCollider programming language. The other five days of the conference included a mixture of oral paper presentations, concerts, posters, demos, listening rooms, and installations. The first of the 13 concerts began with ... <a href="http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/computer_music_journal/v035/35.4.article.html">Read More</a> Project MUSE® http://muse.jhu.edu/ 2011-12-02T00:05:02-05:00 News 2011-12-02 text/html en-US The Johns Hopkins University Press News 2011-12-02 2011 TWO Project MUSE® 0 2011-12-02T00:00:00-05:00 2011-12-02 http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/computer_music_journal/v035/35.4.leitman.html <p>By Sasha Leitman</p> Trimpin (born Gerhard Trimpin, 1951, in Istein, Germany—now part of Efringen-Kirchen) has been creating engaging sound sculptures and musical instruments for almost 40 years. His pieces combine unique explorations of physical elements such as fire, water, and glass with a ubiquitous sense of play and wonder. In addition to engaging with the physical world of acoustic resonators, Trimpin (see Figure 1) has been actively involved in computers, microcontrollers, and MIDI for most of his career. [Editor's note: The original transcript was heavily edited, with the interviewee's approval.]Classically trained on flugelhorn, Trimpin developed an allergy to metal. This condition sent him on a journey that began with ... <a href="http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/computer_music_journal/v035/35.4.leitman.html">Read More</a> Project MUSE® http://muse.jhu.edu/ 2011-12-02T00:05:02-05:00 Trimpin: An Interview 2011-12-02 text/html en-US The Johns Hopkins University Press Trimpin: An Interview Trimpin, 1951- 2011-12-02 2011 TWO Project MUSE® 0 2011-12-02T00:00:00-05:00 2011-12-02 http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/computer_music_journal/v035/35.4.maes.html <p>By Laura Maes, Godfried-Willem Raes, Troy Rogers</p> This article provides an overview of the various automata of the Man and Machine robot orchestra found at the Logos Foundation in Ghent, Belgium (see Figure 1). The motivation for their creation is discussed, as well as the way in which these automations of existing and new instruments distinguish themselves from precursors and other contemporary musical robots. This extensive orchestra features over 45 organ-like instruments, monophonic wind instruments, string instruments, percussion instruments, and noise generators. In this article, at least one automaton of each instrument family is discussed in depth; the design, construction, expressive capabilities, and limitations are treated; and the various ways in ... <a href="http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/computer_music_journal/v035/35.4.maes.html">Read More</a> Project MUSE® http://muse.jhu.edu/ 2011-12-02T00:05:02-05:00 The Man and Machine Robot Orchestra at Logos 2011-12-02 text/html en-US The Johns Hopkins University Press The Man and Machine Robot Orchestra at Logos Mechanical musical instruments 2011-12-02 2011 TWO Project MUSE® 0 2011-12-02T00:00:00-05:00 2011-12-02 http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/computer_music_journal/v035/35.4.kapur.html <p>By Ajay Kapur, Michael Darling, Dimitri Diakopoulos, Jim W. Murphy</p> This article introduces the Machine Orchestra, a mixed ensemble of human and robotic performers. The Orchestra is coordinated through technical and musical classes at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), where the pedagogical focus is to combine the musical elements of a laptop orchestra with the technical skills required to create a robotic ensemble. As of this publication, seven electromechanical instruments have been developed by members and collaborators of the Orchestra. The ensemble has given notable international premieres and performances at venues including the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater (REDCAT) in Los Angeles and 01SJ, the biennial music and arts festival in San Jose, California. ... <a href="http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/computer_music_journal/v035/35.4.kapur.html">Read More</a> Project MUSE® http://muse.jhu.edu/ 2011-12-02T00:05:02-05:00 The Machine Orchestra: An Ensemble of Human Laptop Performers and Robotic Musical Instruments 2011-12-02 text/html en-US The Johns Hopkins University Press The Machine Orchestra: An Ensemble of Human Laptop Performers and Robotic Musical Instruments Computer music 2011-12-02 2011 TWO Project MUSE® 0 2011-12-02T00:00:00-05:00 2011-12-02 http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/computer_music_journal/v035/35.4.chuan.html <p>By Ching-Hua Chuan, Elaine Chew</p> In this article we present a hybrid approach to the design of an automatic, style-specific accompaniment system that combines statistical learning with a music-theoretic framework, and we propose quantitative methods for evaluating the results of machine-generated accompaniment. The system is capable of learning accompaniment style from sparse input information, and of capturing style over a variety of musical genres. Generating accompaniments involves several aspects, including choosing chords, determining the bass line, arranging chords for voicing, instrumentation, etc. In this article we focus on harmonization: selecting chords for melodies, with an emphasis on style. Given exemplar songs as MIDI melodies with ... <a href="http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/computer_music_journal/v035/35.4.chuan.html">Read More</a> Project MUSE® http://muse.jhu.edu/ 2011-12-02T00:05:02-05:00 Generating and Evaluating Musical Harmonizations That Emulate Style 2011-12-02 text/html en-US The Johns Hopkins University Press Generating and Evaluating Musical Harmonizations That Emulate Style Computer music 2011-12-02 2011 TWO Project MUSE® 0 2011-12-02T00:00:00-05:00 2011-12-02