Sound and Music Computing
Dr Charles Martin
This lecture is about practical matters for the final LENS performance.
You will create a computer music system that can be performed live by a group of students at a live concert. This could take the form of a new computer music instrument or composition that a group of performers can control.
This means:
a computer music system created by you performing original music with your group.
Do not play covers or music created by other people. That is not acceptable in this assessment or this course.
Your ensemble performance:
Time | 28/5 | 29/5 | 30/5 |
---|---|---|---|
900 | setup | setup | setup |
1000 | setup | C5 | C11 |
1100 | setup | C6 | C12 |
1200 | C1 | C7 | C13 |
1300 | C2 | break | break |
1400 | break | C8 | C14 |
1500 | C3 | C9 | C15 |
1600 | C4 | C10 | C16 |
We will have some arrangement to test your setup on a duplicate system in the hour before the concert.
We will have bookable rehearsal times from Tuesday–Thursday before the first concert for rehearsals.
You will need to be flexible and organised. We cannot guarantee you won’t have a concert on the same day as another exam.
We will provide for each laptop:
We will also provide a WiFi router with internet.
You need to provide whatever adapters or cables that are necessary to connect HDMI to your computer, you should also bring your power adapter.
By default, we expect every member of the ensemble to connect their laptop to all of: HDMI and a power point and leave it plugged in for the duration of your setup and performance. You may not move your laptop during the concert.
You are allowed to use equipment external to your laptop for the purpose of controlling your computer music software in the final performance. This includes MIDI controllers, human-interface devices, microbits, etc. There are a few caveats:
Keep in mind that you are creatinng an ensemble performance and any equipment used should contribute to how your ensemble works together to create music.
You are allowed to use libraries or extensions for the comupter music systems used in the course, but these should be clearly documented and listed as a reference in your performance materials.
You are allowed to use middleware that goes in between computer music software and an external or internal hardware interface (e.g., Osculator, Wekinator or MobMuPlat).
You are not allowed to use music production software such as Ableton Live, ProTools or Logic in your performance.
Any external libraries that you use should be used in a sophisticated, original, and independent way in order to show your attainment of the learning outcomes.
Use of external non-referenced software in your performance is a breach of academic integrity at ANU.
You must reference:
We expect collaboration in this course—the tradeoff is we expect precise and complete referencing.
Don’t claim other’s work is your own—even by accident!!
The big challenge in a LENS performance:
Give each performer less to do than you think you need to. Expect performers to think and communicate. Give performers creative control. Good performance is risky!
CONCERT DAY!
(times relative to your concert time)
N.B.: Concert order is on the posters (see following slides), this is not negotiable.
Groups with 5 will get a little more time in their concert, we have capacity to flex the start times a bit as needed.