Algorithmic Composition
Roberto M.F.
@h4ckademy alumni
Who (the heck) am I?
Almost all my base is belong to the music:
12 years studying music and playing the oboe
Software tinkerer and Math lover since I was born:
programmer nowadays
What's an oboe?
Returning to Algorithmic Composition...
what is IT*?
Is a technique for composing music
that involves the use of algorithms
Thanks, Captain Obvious! (¬¬)
That's not new!
Isorhythmic motets from the 13th century were composed this way
Medieval music composers taught their pupils with this technique
Algorithms are slow to calculate
We are not on the 13th century
We now have computers!
We can make Computer Music* based on algorithms
What type of music is produced by this technique?
Completely automatic
The computer is able to make choices of its own
As a help to the composer
The computer is a tool managed by a human
Self-played
The computer is the one who plays its music
In sheet form
The music is played by musicians or on another form
Physical examples
The Well-Sequenced Synthesizer
Self-played & user-controlled
Iamus
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352-processors supercomputer
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Sponsored by the University of Málaga
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Biomimetic and evo-devo
Sheet-producer & automatic
Software examples
Computer Music Lab (computermusiclab.org):
Federico Guardabrazo (@guardabrazo):
Fracmus
Sheet-producer & user-controlled
Mathematical formulas
Raw music data
DM-D
Sheet-producer & user-controlled
(and runs well on Linux with Wine!)
- Methodology of composition
- Parallels between Music and Plastic Arts