Coupled Oscillator Networks: Perspectives on Synchronization and Nonlinear Musical Frameworks

Gyuchul Moon

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract:

The central emphasis of the paper is exploring the potential of utilizing the state of a specific system or natural phenomenon as a means of musical expression. This paper delves into applying coupled oscillator networks from sound synthesis to composition. It employs mathematical viewpoints grounded in coupled oscillators, comparing the Kuramoto model and the recently discovered Janus model for simulating musical frameworks by formulating and implementing the simulation of Janus oscillator networks to exploit the perspectives of generative and nonlinear in the composition process. Coupled oscillators implemented with multiple agents can be used at an analytic level with different types of parametric space, and complex behavior depends on each coupling value of the group and each agent’s relationship. It can be exploited at various levels of settings in the composition and sound synthesis stages. I outline the way of sound synthesis through the simulation of Janus network oscillators to find the meaning of compositional techniques underlying the self-organized principles.

Citation:

Gyuchul Moon. 2024. Coupled Oscillator Networks: Perspectives on Synchronization and Nonlinear Musical Frameworks. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13904895

BibTeX Entry:

  @article{nime2024_60,
 abstract = {The central emphasis of the paper is exploring the potential of utilizing the state of a specific system or natural phenomenon as a means of musical expression. This paper delves into applying coupled oscillator networks from sound synthesis to composition. It employs mathematical viewpoints grounded in coupled oscillators, comparing the Kuramoto model and the recently discovered Janus model for simulating musical frameworks by formulating and implementing the simulation of Janus oscillator networks to exploit the perspectives of generative and nonlinear in the composition process. Coupled oscillators implemented with multiple agents can be used at an analytic level with different types of parametric space, and complex behavior depends on each coupling value of the group and each agent’s relationship. It can be exploited at various levels of settings in the composition and sound synthesis stages. I outline the way of sound synthesis through the simulation of Janus network oscillators to find the meaning of compositional techniques underlying the self-organized principles.},
 address = {Utrecht, Netherlands},
 articleno = {60},
 author = {Gyuchul Moon},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.13904895},
 editor = {S M Astrid Bin and Courtney N. Reed},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 month = {September},
 numpages = {6},
 pages = {413--418},
 presentation-video = {https://youtu.be/5Tf0jhZvILc?si=X-VlMo8ImRtmhG4x},
 title = {Coupled Oscillator Networks: Perspectives on Synchronization and Nonlinear Musical Frameworks},
 track = {Papers},
 url = {http://nime.org/proceedings/2024/nime2024_60.pdf},
 year = {2024}
}