Tagged: 2005
CNMAT MaxMSP Nigh School Student Evaluation Results
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Course evaluation form results from 2005, 2006 and 2007, with 38 out of 62 students responding to the survey.
A PDF version of CNMAT’s MaxMSP Night School Student Evaluation is here.
CNMAT MaxMSP Night School Student Evaluation
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Evaluation form for the students of CNMAT’s annual MaxMSP Night School. Course syllabus and materials are here: 2005, 2006, 2007.
The”main instructor” refers to you Ali Momeni, whereas the guest lecturers refer to the invitees who began the classes and presented on Friday night.
Most questions are to be answered on a scale of 1 to 7; unless otherwise noted, 1 represents the worst rating and 7 the best. Ideally you should leave no questions unanswered!
Click here for the evaluation results.
aLib
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A library of abstractions and java scripts for Max/MSP; part of my doctoral dissertation from UC Berkeley. aLib is organized by category and folders and contains many help-files as documentation. aLib is currently under beta testing. Please forward all comments to Ali. Update 06.2009: new slim and friendly aLib; many things removed, the best kept; includes latest pattr space interpolation work…
aLib java
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Be the sherbert by Ali Momeni & Pär Frid
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For electronic (created at the Electronic Music Studio in Stockholm with composer Pär Frid for Eskil–Pär's baby boy–to accompany his baths in blue, Swedish winter morning light.)
Bee the bounce up by Ali Momeni & Pär Frid
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For electronic (created at the Electronic Music Studio in Stockholm with composer Pär Frid for Eskil–Pär's baby boy–to accompany his baths in blue, Swedish winter morning light.)
Video: frelia time lapse
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Video: frelia
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2005 ENSAD ARi courses taught by Ali Momeni
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In the 2005 academic year, I taught interactivity design and real-time programming at ENSAD‘s ARi program.
My Max/MSP/Jitter patches for the initial intensive workshop are here by day:
–Monday
–Tuesday
–Wednesday
–Thursday
My students’ projects are documented here.
b chill too by Ali Momeni & Pär Frid
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For electronic (created at the Electronic Music Studio in Stockholm with composer Pär Frid for Eskil–Pär's baby boy–to accompany his baths in blue, Swedish winter morning light.)
Composing Instruments
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Composing Instruments: Inventing and Performing with Generative Computer-based Instruments
Abstract
This dissertation describes music composition as an act of composing instruments. The building blocks of such instruments are discussed: the fundamentally interdisciplinary approach, the role of gesture, the role of real-time generative software, the mappings between gesture and generative processes, and the interaction between performer and instrument. A real-time performance instrument that was composed to accompany the opera Takemitsu: My Way of Life is described. Key constraints imposed by this project are described, namely: the need for the real-time electronic sound to blend and relate musically to the rest of the music, the need to create a stateless and playable instrument, and the need for an instrument that is robust, adaptable, portable. Design and compositional decisions that address these constraints are proposed and the actual implementation is discussed. As a contrasting example of a composed instrument, a second project is presented: an interactive installation named …in memory of Leah Deni created in memory of Leah Deni. This project serves as an example of the same compositional interest in instrument building and interactivity, but applied to an installation setting where the performer is the audience member. Connections between the conceptual and technological aspects of the installation are drawn. Finally, a set of software modules for real-time creative work named _aLib is presented. The modules in _aLib (a set of abstractions for the Max/MSP environment) were used extensively in the described instruments and will hopefully make a contribution to the real-time computer performance community.
Bibliography
Momeni, A., Composing Instruments: Inventing and Performing with Generative Computer-based Instruments, PhD Dissertation, in Music. 2005, University of California: Berkeley. p. 51.
Facilitating Collective Musical Creativity
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Facilitating Collective Musical Creativity
Abstract
We present two projects that facilitate collective music creativity over networks. One system is a participative social music system on mobile devices. The other is a collaborative music mixing environment that adheres to the Creative Commons license [1]. We discuss how network and community infrastructures affect the creative musical process, and the implications for artists creating new content for these formats. The projects described are real-world examples of collaborative systems as musical works.
Bibliography
Tanaka, A., Tokui, N., and Momeni, A. Facilitating Collective Musical Creativity. Proceedings of ACM Multimedia, 2005.
Dynamic Independent Mapping Layers for Concurrent Control of Audio and Video Synthesis
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Dynamic Independent Mapping Layers for Concurrent Control of Audio and Video Synthesis
Abstract
The work in the present article is primarily motivated by a desire for intimate and expressive control over creative processes implemented in real-time performance software. We seek a manner of control that offers a “low entry fee with no ceiling on virtuosity”, allows expressive control of musical and visual control structures (Wessel and Wright 2001); and like many colleagues, we believe that the answer is in enriching the approach to mapping (see (Winkler 1995), (Rovan, Wanderley et al. 1997), (Arfib, Courturier et al. 2002), (Hunt, Wanderly et al. 2002)). Our notion of a dynamic independent visual mapping layer concerns any independent system with Time-Variable behavior that takes data-input from the user and produces output to drive audio/video synthesis. This modification can be a change of dimensionality as well as what is commonly considered “mapping”: changes in numerical ranges, interpretation of “triggers” for setting off events and mathematical analysis and modification of the input, be they one-to-one, convergent, or divergent (Rovan, Wanderley et al. 1997). This modification, however, can be more complex if the mapping system is dynamic, that is, it changes over time. Notably, the internal behavior of the system can produce output variation without variation in the user input. The system is visual because first, we choose mapping spaces that have clear graphical foundations. In the case of our two examples, mass-spring physical models and interpolations systems in perceptual spaces, both have clear visual interpretations that we believe are a significant strength of this approach.
Bibliography
Ali Momeni, Cyrille Henry. Dynamic Independent Mapping Layers. Computer Music Journal, 30:1. 2005.
Video Interview on Cycling 74
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A video profile produced by Sue C. and posted on Cycling 74.
2004 ENSAD ARi courses thought by Ali Momeni
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In the 2004 academic year, I taught interactivity design and real-time programming at ENSAD‘s ARi program.
My Max/MSP/Jitter patches for the initial intensive workshop are here by day:
–Monday
–Tuesday
–Wednesday
–Thursday
–Friday
–One more day
My students’ projects are documented here.
2005 CNMAT MaxMSP Night School, taught by Ali Momeni
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Between July 11-15 of 2005, I thought the 10th annual MaxMSP Night School, hosted by CNMAT.
A few related links:
–Course Syllabus and Patches
–Course Evaluation Form (please fill it out if you took the course!)
–Evaluation Results