Modular composition environment: A tool for improvisation of conventional electronic music.

dc.contributorAalto Universityen
dc.contributorAalto-yliopistofi
dc.contributor.advisorTahiroğlu, Koray
dc.contributor.authorAldunate Infante, Joaquin
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Mediaen
dc.contributor.departmentMedian laitosfi
dc.contributor.schoolTaiteiden ja suunnittelun korkeakoulufi
dc.contributor.schoolSchool of Arts, Design and Architectureen
dc.contributor.supervisorReunanen, Markku
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-12T13:18:20Z
dc.date.available2018-12-12T13:18:20Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractThis production thesis sets out to create a tool for live improvisation of music that allows musicians to create and modulate musical patterns in real-time and reduces the need for pre-recorded or pre-sequenced material. It starts by defining the scope of *conventional electronic music* and then explores the shortcomings of current tools in relation to the divergency of music making. The project is based on the author's previous experiences in the live improvisation of conventional electronic music, and thus it starts by surveying the currently existing tools. After that, it focuses on the iterative design process of modular environment, taking the modular synthesizer as a conceptual starting point. These processes led to the development of composition devices which are expressed through a hardware user interface, in a modular environment. This project finds that the shortcomings in divergency of current music improvisation tools come from the fact that musical modulations in an improvisation tool are inherently limited by the available procedures of any given system. While composition tools such as modular synthesizers lack this limitation they do not have the discrete musical abstractions required for conventional electronic music. The production project thus focuses on the design of a modular environment that could permit re-purposing of procedures that process discrete musical events. The outcome of this project is a new performance environment that can be used to generate more diverse improvisations of conventional electronic music.en
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dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttps://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/handle/123456789/35389
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:aalto-201812126404
dc.language.isoenen
dc.locationP1 OPINNÄYTTEET D 2018 Aldunate Infante
dc.programmeNew Media Design and Productionen
dc.subject.keywordNIMEen
dc.subject.keywordelectronic musicen
dc.subject.keywordproduct designen
dc.subject.keywordimprovisationen
dc.subject.keyworddivergencyen
dc.subject.keywordnew mediaen
dc.subject.keyworddance musicen
dc.subject.keywordclubbingen
dc.titleModular composition environment: A tool for improvisation of conventional electronic music.en
dc.typeG2 Pro gradu, diplomityöfi
dc.type.ontasotMaster's thesisen
dc.type.ontasotMaisterin opinnäytefi
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