Abstract
In this paper, we discuss the musical potential of COM-Path-an online map based music-making tool-as a novel and unique interface for interactive music composition and performance. COMPath provides an intuitive environment for creative music making by sonification of georeferenced data. Users can generate musical events with simple and familiar actions on an online map interface; a set of local information is collected along the user-drawn route and then interpreted as sounds of various musical instruments. We discuss the musical interpretation of routes on a map, review the design and implementation of COMPath, and present selected sonification results with focus on mapping strategies for map-based composition.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 331-334 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression |
| State | Published - 2010 |
| Event | International conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression, NIME 2010 - Sydney, Australia Duration: 15 Jun 2010 → 18 Jun 2010 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2010, Steering Committee of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. All rights reserved.
Keywords
- Composition
- Georeferenced data
- Map interface
- Mashup
- Musical sonification
- Online map service