NLN-live, an application for live nonlinear and interactive instrumental music
N.J. van Nispen tot Pannerden · University of Michigan Library Repository · 2014
NLN-live is a dynamic score system for nonlinear and interactive instrumental music performances, based on music technologies used in video games. The goal of NLN-live is to facilitate dynamically controlled collaborative performances that make live interactive video games music possible. The principle of NLN-live is simple: every musician of an ensemble repeatedly plays two fragments of music that are presented on a screen, say X and Y, with the musical content for X and Y being variable and changing, for example, in relation to the interaction with a video game. The continuously varying music fragments are controlled remotely by the NLN-live application, while the speed of these changes is controlled by the conductor. NLN-live has successfully been used with single musicians, ensembles, as well as a symphonic orchestra.