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Doctor of Philosophy with a Major in Music Technology

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    Composing and Decomposing Electroacoustic Sonifications: Towards a Functional-Aesthetic Sonification Design Framework
    (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2021-05-01) Tsuchiya, Takahiko
    The field of sonification invites musicians and scientists for creating novel auditory interfaces. However, the opportunities for incorporating musical design ideas into general functional sonifications have been limited because of the transparency and communication issues with musical aesthetics. This research proposes a new design framework that facilitates the use of musical ideas as well as a transparent representation or conveyance of data, verified with two human subjects tests. An online listening test analyzes the effect of the structural elements of sound as well as a guided analytical listening to the perceptibility of data. A design test examines the range of variety the framework affords and how the design process is affected by functional and aesthetic design goals. The results indicate that the framework elements, such as the synthetic models and mapping destinations affect the perceptibility of data, with some contradictions between the designer's general strategies and the listener's responses. The analytical listening nor the listener's musical background show little statistical trends, but instead imply complex relationships of types of interpretations and the structural understanding. There are also several contrasting types in the design and listening processes which indicate different levels of structural transparency as well as the applicability of a wider variety of designs.
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    The algorithmic score language: Extending common western music notation for representing logical behaviors
    (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-05-22) Martinez Nieto, Juan Carlos
    This work proposes extensions to Western Music Notation so it can play a dual role: first as a human-readable representation of the music performance information in the context of live-electronics, and second as a programming language which is executed during the live performance of a piece. This novel approach simplifies the compositional workflow, the communication with performers, the musical analysis, and the actual performance of scored pieces that involve computer interactions. Extending Western Music Notation as a programming language creates musical scores which encode music information for performance that is human-readable, cohesive, self-contained and sustainable, making the interactive music genre attractive to a wide spectrum of composers and performers of new music. A collection of pieces was composed and performed based on the new extended notation and some repertoire pieces were transcribed enabling the syntax evaluation in the context of different compositional aesthetics. The results of this research created a unique approach to composition and performance of interactive music that is supported by technology and founded in traditional music practices that have been used for centuries.