Quanta in Sound, the Sound of Quanta: A Voice-Informed Quantum Theoretical Perspective on Sound

Mannone, Maria; Rocchesso, Davide

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-95538-0_6

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“…In the auditory domain, it has been shown that any sound phenomenon can be potentially expressed and described as the evolution of a superposition of psychoacoustic states, i.e., low-high pitch, dull-bright turbulence, and slow-fast pulsations [48]. Further, the perceptual ambiguity of Shepard-tone [45] music has been recently explained in terms of quantum measurement (i.e., listening) and superposition of quantum states [43], whose behavioral evidence has been linked to pupil dilation [44].…”

Section: Ambiguity In Design Designs Overlap In Quantum Mechanicsmentioning

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Quantum Mechanics, Ambiguity and Design: Towards a Framework

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Monache

2022

Creativity and Cognition

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Quantum Mechanics could have fundamental impact on design models and measurement. Quantum mechanics allows us to fill in the blanks of classical models of design, through its ability to explain ambiguous states of design. An ambiguous state is where design exists in between two binary states, as a superposition. Designers are most likely to be unfamiliar with quantum mechanics, as well as the subject of quantum mechanics being complex and sometimes contradictory to human scale mechanics. By discussing the opportunities of quantum mechanics for design, we are proposing a framework to model and measure ambiguous dimensions of design through quantum superpositions. The proposed framework includes the dimensions for the directionality of design (convergence or divergence), the degree of design embodiment (from low to high) and the decision-making of the designer (yes to no). Once the designer attempts the measurement of a superposition, a binary state can be distilled. For the act of designing, filling in the blanks is equal to sculpting away superposed states. In this philosophy, to design is to measure. This early stage research raises areas of opportunities and suggests further research directions for quantum mechanics and design. CCS CONCEPTS• Human-centered computing; • Interaction design; • Interaction design theory, concepts and paradigms;

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Quantum Mechanics, Ambiguity and Design: Towards a Framework

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“…Therefore, ever-evolving quantum computing technologies will continue to impact how we create, perform, listen and commercialize music in time to come. In the newborn field of Quantum Computer Music [19,23,28,33,35], researchers and practitioners are exploring ways to leverage the quantum-mechanical nature of quantum computing to compose, perform, analyse and synthesise music and sound.…”

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Teaching Qubits to Sing: Mission Impossible?

Miranda¹,

Siegelwax²

2022

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This paper introduces QuSing, a system that learns to sing new tunes by listening to examples. QuSing extracts sequencing rules from input music and uses these rules to generate new tunes, which are sung by a vocal synthesiser. We developed a method to represent rules for musical composition as quantum circuits. We claim that such musical rules are quantum native: they are naturally encodable in the amplitudes of quantum states. To evaluate a rule to generate a subsequent event, the system builds the respective quantum circuit dynamically and measures it. After a brief discussion about the vocal synthesis methods that we have been experimenting with, the paper introduces our novel generative music method through a practical example. The paper shows some experiments and concludes with a discussion about harnessing the system's creative potential. Accompanying materials are available in an Appendix. Audio recordings of the musical examples and programming code are available: https://github.com/iccmr-quantum/QuSing.

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Sing and Measure: Sound as Voice as Quanta

Mannone

Rocchesso

2022

Quantum Computer Music

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Quanta in Sound, the Sound of Quanta: A Voice-Informed Quantum Theoretical Perspective on Sound

Cited by 4 publications

References 41 publications

Quantum Mechanics, Ambiguity and Design: Towards a Framework

Quantum Mechanics, Ambiguity and Design: Towards a Framework

Teaching Qubits to Sing: Mission Impossible?

Sing and Measure: Sound as Voice as Quanta

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