A compositional approach to analysis re-synthesis
This report summarises the work achieved in the framework of a composer in research project in the IMTR team at IRCAM. In this project we have experimented with different realtime processing techniques for the analysis, transformation, and resynthesis of particular morphological aspects of live performed voice and instrumental sounds. Based on segment-wise sound descriptions, the developed tools allow for re-orchestrating and re-organising particular morphological aspects of the live performer's sound using concatenative synthesis of pre-analysed sound materials driven by the real-time analysis. The relationship between the morphology of live performance and the synthesised sound materials is controlled by a set of compositional tools manipulating the extracted sound descriptions in real-time.
First Steps in Relaxed Real-Time Typo-Morphological Audio Analysis/Synthesis
This paper describes a real-time audio analysis/resynthesis system that we developed for a music piece for ensemble and electronics. The system combines real-time audio analysis and concatenative synthesis based on the segmentation of sound streams into constituting segments and the description of segments by an efficient set of descriptors adapted to the given musical context. The system has been implemented in Max/MSP using the FTM & Co and MuBu libraries and successfully employed in the production and performance of the piece. As more and more research in the domain of music information retrieval, we use the term of typo-morhpology to designate the description of sounds by morphologic criteria including the temporal evolution of sound features that also can provide pertinent means for the classification of sounds. Although, the article mainly insists on the technical aspects of the work, it occasionally contextualizes the different technical choices regarding particular musical aspects.
The Wrath of Athena: Gods and Men in the Odyssey
Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Introduction to the Paperback Edition Chapter 3 Introduction Chapter 4 The Beginning of the Odyssey Chapter 5 Odysseus Chapter 6 Gods and Men Chapter 7 The Encounter of Odysseus and Athena Chapter 8 The Double Theodicy of the Odyssey Chapter 9 Appendix: Demodocus and Homer Chapter 10 Bibliography Chapter 11 Index of Sources Chapter 12 Index of Names and Subjects