New Strategies for Computer-Assisted Composition Software: A Perspective

Kevin Dahan; Guy J. Brown; Barry Eaglestone

New Strategies for Computer-Assisted Composition Software: A Perspective

Kevin Dahan ^{1, *} Guy J. Brown ² Barry Eaglestone ²

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Abstract : The most prominent problem of designing a computer-assisted composition system lies in the fact that composers do not have a common way of expressing themselves. Hence there is a tension between the composers themselves and the software they use, which usually relies on a specific grammar and may implicitly assume a specific way of composing. Moreover, the many formats for music representation that can be used in a composition environment produce another difficulty for the designer, who must deal with a large number of heterogeneous and unpredictable formats. We believe that computer-assisted composition systems can overcome these difficulties by placing more emphasis on rich representations of electroacoustic music. An object architecture for achieving this is described.

Keywords : computer music computer assisted composition

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Humanities and Social Sciences / Musicology and performing arts

Computer Science [cs] / Multimedia [cs.MM]

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