Abstract
Computer music is a truly interdisciplinary field; practitioners are well
known for experimenting with new and developing technologies from a wide span of
disciplines. Such experimentation is a tradition that stems back to the genesis of
computer music, where a mathematician with a musical background programmed an
early computer in the early 1950s to play a tune. The area of computer music has since
evolved in tandem with advances made in computing technology. We are interested in
studying how new unconventional models of computation may provide new pathways
for music and related technologies. Unconventional computing develops new
algorithms and computing architectures inspired by or physically implemented in
chemical, biological and physical systems (e.g., DNA computing, quantum computing,
reaction-diffusion and excitable media computing). Until recent years, this area of
research has been left untouched by computer musicians. Today, interest and research
momentum in unconventional computation is building due to our growing need for
different kinds of computers: faster, bigger and non-linear. Resulting from this, in hand
with technologies becoming more accessible, projects investigating how unconventional
models of computation may be used in music are beginning to emerge. In this paper, we
discuss some of these initiatives in order to gain an understanding of how this
developing area of computer science may impact future music.
| Original language | English |
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| Number of pages | 0 |
| Journal | Symmetry: Culture & Science |
| Volume | 0 |
| Issue number | 0 |
| Publication status | Published - 20 Jan 2017 |