Music 102: Formal Systems

Prof. Michael Casey, Dartmouth College, Winter 2009

Week 2: Dynamical Systems

Topics

• Iterated Function Systems
  
• Cellular Automata
  
• Swarm Algorithms
  
• Fractal Music
  

Assignment

Thoroughly read / listen to any two of the topics above (ITER, CA, SWARM, FRACTAL). The listening is posted on the music examples web site.


• Write a critical response to ONE topic vis-a-vis the musical use of the systems. Pay particular attention to composer intention (as declared in articles) and your reception of the work.
  
  
• Using one of the available implementations (or making your own in a language of your choosing), make a study that explores two contrasting parameter spaces for your chosen algorithm.