A Score-Based Interface for Interactive Computer Music.
David W. Litke, Keith Hamel · 2007
The creation of interactive computer music often requires composers and performers to work within the paradigms of both instrumental music and responsive electroacoustics. The obstacles inherent in uniting these modes of operation have led the authors to develop an integrated working environment for interactive composition. NoteAbilityPro, a comprehensive music notation application, has been augmented to support real-time interaction with Max-MSP-Jitter or Pd. Control messages and notes with additional attributes can be embedded in a NoteAbilityPro score and sent to a network of computers running Max-MSP and/or Pd during an interactive performance. In order to allow the instrumentalist a degree of expressive freedom, score following using the suivi.score object in Max-MSP can be used to synchronize the score playback to the live performer. By integrating interactive performance controls in the notated score, a number of improvements have been realized, both in the working methods employed throughout the various processes of musical creation, as well as in the reliability and expressivity of the final performance. 1.