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Instrument interface and control

Instrument interface and control

May 12, 2017 · by danielformo · in Instrument, Reflection

I knew early that I needed a very intuitive way of controlling this complex instrument I was developing, in order to achieve any meaningful performance results. This is a common issue when designing digital musical instruments (DMI’s), and dependent on…

Interface design

Interface design

December 19, 2014 · by danielformo · in Instrument, Reflection

System and interface design The methods for interfacing and controlling my software became really important when I first had developed a stable minimum of functionality and started using it for improvisation. It was then clear that it needed a very clear layout with few…

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CONTENTS

  • PROJECT OUTLINE
    • Introduction
    • Background
  • WORK AND RESULTS
    • Speech gestures as material
    • Methods of abstraction
    • Software Instrument system
    • Sound and Orchestration
    • Performance methods
    • Final Artistic Results
  • REFLECTIONS
    • Design and development
    • Possibilities and limitations
    • Speech sources and concept
    • Perception of speech and music
    • Form, meaning and language
    • Reflections on the results
  • APPENDIX
    • Essay on Artistic Research
    • Technical background
  • RESOURCES
    • References
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    • Research blog
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This site presents the doctoral artistic research project The Music of Language and Language of Music by Daniel Formo. The project was carried out between 2013-2017 at the Music Department of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, as a part of the Norwegian Artistic Research Fellowship Programme.

Contact: daniel.formo [at] ntnu.no

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