Genophone: An Evolutionary Approach to Sound Synthesis and Performance
James Mandelis · 2001
Genophone is a hyperinstrument implementing an Artificial Life paradigm for the creation of new sounds and the way they change during performance. The project addresses the problem of required intimate knowledge of sound synthesis techniques in order to design sounds that are novel and of musical interest, and suggests the “selective breeding” paradigm as a solution. This approach can be used successfully for various different synthesis techniques. The level of abstraction of the parametric space used also facilitates the utilisation of different external synthesisers via System Exclusive MIDI messages. 1.