This is particularly the case for visual programming toolkit environments such as MAX/MSP, PD, Reaktor and Synthedit.
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For many musicians, composers and performers, one of the most appealing aspects of software tools is the great degree of flexibility and customization they make available to the user. The laptop is now a common “instrument” on many concert stages and in DJ booths, used in service of nearly every popular music genre, as well as helping spawn new genres in its own right. Similarly, techniques such as granular synthesis and image-to- sound translation that were once primarily the domain of avant garde composers are now available as part of the default presets of consumer level synthesizer plugins.
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For instance, digital multi-track audio recording was once reserved for expensive recording studios and specialized computer labs, but is now possible with free software on any audio-equipped PC.
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Driven by the increasing power and decreasing cost of computers, recent decades have seen a dramatic popularization of approaches to music composition and audio synthesis previously accessible only to professional composers and academics. This intersubjective and bi-directional notion of legitimate participation is supported also by the Community of Practice perspective, emphasizing the individual’s process of negotiating multi-membership across multiple communities of practice as a key process in identity formation. Assessment will be driven by the domain of activity, but also driven by social construction of meaning and identity, generated both from within (by the individual participant), as well as from without (by the community/context). What constitutes a valued contribution of creative practice to a community is then highly contextualized. Even subtle differences then between the motivations of different user populations in creative communities will impact their creative activity and their interactions. For instance, Amabile’s meta-analysis of intrinsic and extrinsic motivational factors has demonstrated a complicated and nuanced set of effects at different stages of the creative process. Research on the role of motivation in creativity has demonstrated that there are both positive and negative effects on particular aspects of creativity. Differences between community members should be particularly relevant in regards to creative activity. These tensions will likely be intensified in the case of heterogeneous online groups, given what is known about the additional challenges to communication, collaboration and creation of common ground by the fewer social, physical and sensory cues present in computer mediated communications. Enacted and social definitions of practice are potentially problematic in the case of groups containing a high degree of diversity, where overlapping communities of practice are present or where individuals must negotiate variable social roles. the assumption of homogenous user populations tacit in “user-centered design” approaches.
I wanted to play with them and in 5 mins had a great new idea running already!“ Robin Rimbaud/ Scanner SCANNER PAGE // FACEBOOK PAGEĮlectronic musician, composer and artist, UK. A great addition to any creative studio! And it’s true. It’s that instantaneous! The level of detail and programming that has gone into these far outweighs the minimal cost too. Indeed in the short time I’ve written these words I returned to playing with FR3TZ° and AETONZ° and already created the backbone of a new work. Combining different modules leads you down paths where even a map wouldn’t help you out of, and suddenly you realise it’s dark and entire day has been devoured by the intricate ways of these tools! The immediacy of Blinksonic instruments is a joy.
With a few twists and turns of parameters you find yourself entering a pattern you would probably never have anticipated developing. It’s all too easy to fall into familiar ways of working.
“ I’ve always been drawn to chance encounters and possibilities within software and hardware that allows me opportunities to surprise myself.
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