SOFTWARE AGENTS AND CREATING MUSIC/SOUND ART: FRAMES, DIRECTIONS, AND WHERE TO FROM HERE?
Ian Whalley · University of Michigan Library Repository · 2005
Practitioners have begun to use software agents to compose music and sound art in linear and non-linear idioms: 'non-linear' being defined here as demonstrated when a composer does not set the form/structure and/or content of a work, so there are varying realisations of it.Agent technology is first introduced, then a conceptual framework for its use in composition given.Recent creative work using the technology is summarized, and possible directions for continuing research put forward.The conclusion suggests a hybrid approach based on non-linear generative improvisation, coupled with a conversational model of human/computer interaction, taking into account music/sound as an affective language.