Roads – Composing Electronic Music

Book page: roads-composing-electronic-music

From: Quotes batch 21

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Concept

“The concept of the ‘sound object’ (objet sonore) allows us to treat any recorded sound as a discrete, plastic entity independent of its source.” (p. 24)

Behavior

“Stochastic composition uses mathematical laws to govern the behavior of thousands of individual sound grains, creating a shimmering whole.” (p. 112)

Game Theory

“Real-time interaction between a performer and a computer is a game of feedback loops, where the machine’s response dictates the human’s next move.” (p. 342)

Cognition

“Our auditory cognition is wired to find patterns in noise, a process known as ‘auditory scene analysis’ that electronic music often subverts.” (p. 88)

Memory

“Timbre functions as a form of cultural memory; a specific synthesizer patch can evoke an entire decade of aesthetic history.” (p. 156)