A computer environment for polymodal music

Authors:
Adolfo Maia, Jr.;Paul Do Valle;Jonatas Manzolli;Leonardo N. S. Pereira
Affiliations:
Interdisciplinary Nucleus for Studies on Sound Communication (NICS), University of Campinas, 13.081–970 Campinas, SP, Brazil adolfo/raul/jonatas/leonardo@nics.unicamp.br;Interdisciplinary Nucleus for Studies on Sound Communication (NICS), University of Campinas, 13.081–970 Campinas, SP, Brazil adolfo/raul/jonatas/leonardo@nics.unicamp.br;Interdisciplinary Nucleus for Studies on Sound Communication (NICS), University of Campinas, 13.081–970 Campinas, SP, Brazil adolfo/raul/jonatas/leonardo@nics.unicamp.br;Interdisciplinary Nucleus for Studies on Sound Communication (NICS), University of Campinas, 13.081–970 Campinas, SP, Brazil adolfo/raul/jonatas/leonardo@nics.unicamp.br
Venue:
Organised Sound
Year:
1999

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Abstract

KYKLOS, an algorithmic composition program, is presented here. It generalises musical scales for use in composition as well as in performance. The sonic output of the system is referred to as polymodal music since it consists of four independent voices playing ‘synthetic modes’. KYKLOS is suitable for computer-assisted composition because it generates MIDI files which can be altered later by the composer. It can equally well be used in live performance for dynamic modification of parameters enabling realtime musical control.