Open AccessA Mathematical, Graphical and Visual Approach to Granular Synthesis Composition
Author(s) -
Fernando Falci de Souza,
Adolfo Maia
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revista vórtex
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2317-9937
DOI - 10.33871/23179937.2021.9.2.4
Subject(s) - scripting language , gesture , computer science , matlab , granular computing , parametric statistics , composition (language) , artificial intelligence , programming language , mathematics , linguistics , statistics , rough set , philosophy
We show a method for Granular Synthesis Composition based on a mathematical modeling for the musical gesture. Each gesture is drawn as a curve generated from a particular mathematical model (or function) and coded as a MATLAB script. The gestures can be deterministic through defining mathematical time functions, hand free drawn, or even randomly generated. This parametric information of gestures is interpreted through OSC messages by a granular synthesizer (Granular Streamer). The musical composition is then realized with the models (scripts) written in MATLAB and exported to a graphical score (Granular Score). The method is amenable to allow statistical analysis of the granular sound streams and the final music composition. We also offer a way to create granular streams based on correlated pair of grains parameters.