Music102: Formal Systems

Prof. Michael Casey, Dartmouth College, Winter 2009

Week 7 Concatenative Synthesis

Required Reading (by Tuesday 24th Feb.)

• Diemo Swartz, Concatenative sound synthesis: The early years, Journal of New Music Research, Volume 35, Number 1, March 2006 , pp. 3-22(20)
  
  
• Michael Casey, Soundspotting: a New kind of Process?, in R. Dean (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Computer Music and Digital Sound Culture, Oxford University Press, 2009.
  
  

  Background Reading on Music Information Retrieval (optional)

• M. Casey et al., Content-Based Music Information Retrieval: Current Directions and Future Challenges, in Proceedings of the IEEE, 96(4), April 2008, pp. 668-696.
  

Guest Speaker Required Reading (by Thursday 26th Feb.)

• David Casal, Time After Time : Short-circuiting The Emotional Distance Between Algorithm And Human , in Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference, 24-29 August 2008, Belfast.
  
  
• David Casal and Davide Morelli, Remembering the Future : and Overview of Co-Evolution in Musical Improvisation, in Proceedings of International Computer Music Conference, 27-31 August 2007, Copenhagen, Denmark. Tampere, Finland: The International Computer Music Association , Volume I, pp.200-206.
  
  

  Listening

• David Casal's Improvised Music Recordings
  

Software

• SoundSpotter Download
• CataRT Download