A final reflection will be made on a piece of electronic music borne out of this system, critiquing its musical integrity, and evaluating the role of the system as a compositional tool. The following endeavors to illustrate the genesis of the project before providing a detailed account of the design process, discussing and justifying key decisions with regard to their impact on the author’s compositional aspirations. Complex and varied compositions are formed in real-time as the program systematically and simultaneously triggers sound from a collection of these unique instruments the output from which can serve as a live performance of electronic music.
Can a system be designed that, using this software, plays instruments of this type in such a way as to fulfill their sonic potential? Furthermore, can this same system aid in the composition and real-time performance of electronic music? This document details the design and development of a computer-assisted composition system which uses Max/MSP as a control surface for circuit-bent toys. Using electronic switches, in conjunction with micro-controllers, circuit-bent instruments can be controlled and operated from a computer running the necessary software.
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