A Mathematical, Graphical and Visual Approach to Granular Synthesis Composition

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Authors

  • Fernando Falci de Souza Universidade Estadual de Campinas
  • Adolfo Maia Jr. Universidade Estadual de Campinas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33871/23179937.2021.9.2.4

Keywords:

Granular Synthesis, Sound Gestures, Graphical Score, Mathematical Modeling

Abstract

We show a method for Granular Synthesis Composition based on a mathematical modeling for the musical gesture. Each gesture is drawn as a curve generated from a particular mathematical model (or function) and coded as a MATLAB script. The gestures can be deterministic through defining mathematical time functions, hand free drawn, or even randomly generated. This parametric information of gestures is interpreted through OSC messages by a granular synthesizer (Granular Streamer). The musical composition is then realized with the models (scripts) written in MATLAB and exported to a graphical score (Granular Score). The method is amenable to allow statistical analysis of the granular sound streams and the final music composition. We also offer a way to create granular streams based on correlated pair of grains parameters.

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Author Biographies

Fernando Falci de Souza, Universidade Estadual de Campinas

Fernando Falci de Souza has a Doctor in Music (2016) by University of Campinas, in the area of Technological Interfaces and Musical Processes. He had research stages at Centre for Musical Research, Bath Spa University (UK) on Visual Music and at Input Devices for Music Interaction Lab (IDMIL), McGill University (Canada) on design and construction of Digital Musical Instruments. He is graduated both in Popular Music by Faculdade Santa Marcelina, and in Computer Science by Universidade de São Paulo. Granular Visual Music is the focus of his research in which he creates audiovisual works of art from correlations of tiny fragments of sound and image. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8605-8531. E-mail: fernando_ffs@yahoo.com.br

Adolfo Maia Jr., Universidade Estadual de Campinas

Adolfo Maia Jr. is a retired professor from the University of Campinas (UNICAMP). He holds a Dr. Sc. in Theoretical Physics. He was invited researcher at the University of Oxford (Theoretical Physics), Brown University (Astrophysics and Cosmology) and University of Plymouth (Computer Music). He is currently invited researcher at the Interdisciplinary Nucleus for Sound Communications (NICS/UNICAMP) and his research is in the area of Formal/Mathematical Models for Music Composition and Analysis. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7224-8310. E-mail: maia.adolfo@gmail.com

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2021-11-30

How to Cite

Souza, F. F. de, & Maia Jr., A. (2021). A Mathematical, Graphical and Visual Approach to Granular Synthesis Composition. Vortex Music Journal, 9(2), 4. https://doi.org/10.33871/23179937.2021.9.2.4

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 2 (2021): Vortex Music Journal

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Dossier "Creative practices in Sound Art"

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