Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
2004
Keywords
music, musical composition, musical behaviour, The Transformation Engine, software music composition system, algorithmic processes
Abstract
The Transformation Engine is a software music composition system for the Macintosh computer, based on a hierarchical model of musical structure derived from the theories of Heinrich Schenker. It implements processes of musical transformation in real time, i.e. Schenkerian prolongations (“composing-out”) can be executed while the user listens to a high performance MIDI rendering of the music. The Transformation Engine also employs technical devices derived from the musical theories of Joseph Schillinger. The software has been used for algorithmic composition using planetary position data and chaotic processes as drivers for musical transformations. It also has applications to traditional forms of composition, sonification and soundtrack composition for visual media.
Faculty
Faculty of Animation, Arts & Design (FAAD)
Journal
International Computer Music Conference Proceedings
Version
Publisher's version
Peer Reviewed/Refereed Publication
yes
Copyright
© Bruno Degazio
Terms of Use
Terms of Use for Works posted in SOURCE.
Original Publication Citation
Degazio, B.G. (2004). The Transformation Engine. In International Computer Music Conference (ICMC) Proceedings (Volume 2004). Retrieved from https://quod.lib.umich.edu/i/icmc/bbp2372.2004.088/1
SOURCE Citation
Degazio, Bruno, "The Transformation Engine" (2004). Publications and Scholarship. 9.
https://source.sheridancollege.ca/faad_publications/9
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