Visual Representation in GENESIS as a tool for Physical Modeling, Sound Synthesis and Musical Composition

Jérôme Villeneuve, Claude Cadoz, and Nicolas Castagné

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

• Year: 2015
• Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
• Pages: 195–200
• DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1179190 (Link to paper)
• PDF link
• Supplementary File 1: 0204-file1.mov

Abstract:

The motivation of this paper is to highlight the importance of visual representations for artists when modeling and simulating mass-interaction physical networks in the context of sound synthesis and musical composition. GENESIS is a musician-oriented software environment for sound synthesis and musical composition. However, despite this orientation, a substantial amount of effort has been put into building a rich variety of tools based on static or dynamic visual representations of models and of abstractions of their properties. After a quick survey of these tools, we will illustrate the significant role they play in the creative process involved when going from a musical idea and exploration to the production of a complete musical piece. To that aim, our analysis will rely on the work and practice of several artists having used GENESIS in various ways.

Citation:

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{jvilleneuve2015,
 abstract = {The motivation of this paper is to highlight the importance of visual representations for artists when modeling and simulating mass-interaction physical networks in the context of sound synthesis and musical composition. GENESIS is a musician-oriented software environment for sound synthesis and musical composition. However, despite this orientation, a substantial amount of effort has been put into building a rich variety of tools based on static or dynamic visual representations of models and of abstractions of their properties. After a quick survey of these tools, we will illustrate the significant role they play in the creative process involved when going from a musical idea and exploration to the production of a complete musical piece. To that aim, our analysis will rely on the work and practice of several artists having used GENESIS in various ways.},
 address = {Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA},
 author = {J\'er\^ome Villeneuve and Claude Cadoz and Nicolas Castagn\'e},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1179190},
 editor = {Edgar Berdahl and Jesse Allison},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 month = {May},
 pages = {195--200},
 publisher = {Louisiana State University},
 title = {Visual Representation in GENESIS as a tool for Physical Modeling, Sound Synthesis and Musical Composition},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2015/nime2015_204.pdf},
 urlsuppl1 = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2015/204/0204-file1.mov},
 year = {2015}
}