Roads: Composing Electronic Music
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Quotes
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)