Understanding Interactive Systems

Drummond, Jon

doi:10.1017/s1355771809000235

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“…Robert Rowe, in his seminal book Interactive Music Systems, writes about the importance of feedback loops between human and machine in which each influences the other [Rowe, 1992]. Chadabe has proposed several metaphors for musical human-machine interaction, including systems in which interaction is "like conversing with a clever friend" (Chadabe [1997], p.287), or "sailing a boat on a windy day and through stormy seas" [Drummond, 2009].…”

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The Machine Learning Algorithm as Creative Musical Tool

Fiebrink¹,

Caramiaux²

2018

Oxford Handbooks Online

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Machine learning is the capacity of a computational system to learn structures from datasets in order to make predictions on newly seen data. Such an approach offers a significant advantage in music scenarios in which musicians can teach the system to learn an idiosyncratic style, or can break the rules to explore the system's capacity in unexpected ways. In this chapter we draw on music, machine learning, and humancomputer interaction to elucidate an understanding of machine learning algorithms as creative tools for music and the sonic arts. We motivate a new understanding of learning algorithms as human-computer interfaces. We show that, like other interfaces, learning algorithms can be characterised by the ways their affordances intersect with goals of human users. We also argue that the nature of interaction between users and algorithms impacts the usability and usefulness of those algorithms in profound ways. This human-centred view of machine learning motivates our concluding discussion of what it means to employ machine learning as a creative tool.

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The Machine Learning Algorithm as Creative Musical Tool

Fiebrink¹,

Caramiaux²

2018

Oxford Handbooks Online

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“…The NIME community built off wellestablished methodologies developed in design fields such as human-computer interaction (HCI) [24,25], design theory [26,27] and tactile feedback for performers, also known as haptics [28]. While the research conducted at these institutions of interface design is extensive, prior to the emergence of on-line communities, information displayed on-line was primarily static and did not allow for users to interact and discuss ideas and information.…”

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Community-Based Design: The Democratization of Musical Interface Construction

Vallis

Kapur

2011

Leonardo Music Journal

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The advent of on-line communities has democratized the process of musical interface design and allowed users to directly participate in the future development of the devices they use. On-line communities, acting as centralized repositories for information pertaining to the development of an interface, allow users to discuss their experiences and ideas as well as providing a framework for managing information pertaining to an interface. This centralized access to information regarding the design, use and development of an interface both focuses and accelerates the developmental process.

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“…Unlike most sequenced ICMSs, ScreenPlay affords the ability to orchestrate originally composed musical works through the recording and combination of loops/phrases, whilst the potential for musical complexity and variety made possible by the precise depth-in-control afforded to users via the graphical user interface (GUI) diverges from the prevailing generative approach, of which the musical results are generally stylistically ambient. Similarly, by supporting musical interaction for non-expert users and musicians, ScreenPlay's design contradicts the predominant approach to transformative ICMS design; most examples of which can be defined as "score-followers", such as Maritime [17,19,4], Voyager [7,8,4], Music for Clarinet and ISPW [9,10], and Pluton [11,15].…”

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ScreenPlay: A topic-theory-inspired interactive system

Meikle

2020

Org. Sound

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ScreenPlay is a unique interactive computer music system (ICMS) that draws upon various computational styles from within the field of human–computer interaction (HCI) in music, allowing it to transcend the socially contextual boundaries that separate different approaches to ICMS design and implementation, as well as the overarching spheres of experimental/academic and popular electronic musics. A key aspect of ScreenPlay’s design in achieving this is the novel inclusion of topic theory, which also enables ScreenPlay to bridge a gap spanning both time and genre between Classical/Romantic era music and contemporary electronic music; providing new and creative insights into the subject of topic theory and its potential for reappropriation within the sonic arts.

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Understanding Interactive Systems

Cited by 45 publications

References 10 publications

The Machine Learning Algorithm as Creative Musical Tool

The Machine Learning Algorithm as Creative Musical Tool

Community-Based Design: The Democratization of Musical Interface Construction

ScreenPlay: A topic-theory-inspired interactive system

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