Samuel Hunt Samuel.Hunt@uwe.ac.uk
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Exploring polyrhythms, polymeters, and polytempi with the universal grid sequencer framework
Hunt, Samuel J.
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© 2020 ACM. Polyrhythms, Polymeters, and Polytempo are compositional techniques that describe pulses which are desynchronous between two or more sequences of music. Digital systems permit the sequencing of notes to a near-infinite degree of resolution, permitting an exponential number of complex rhythmic attributes in the music. Exploring such techniques within existing popular music sequencing software and notations can be challenging to generally work with and notate effectively. Step sequencers provide a simple and effective interface for exploring any arbitrary division of time into an even number of steps, with such interfaces easily expressible on grid based music controllers. The paper therefore has two differing but related outputs. Firstly, to demonstrate a framework for working with multiple physical grid controllers forming a larger unified grid, and provide a consolidated set of tools for programming music instruments for it. Secondly, to demonstrate how such a system provides a low-entry threshold for exploring Polyrhytms, Polymeters and Polytempo relationships using desynchronised step sequencers.
Presentation Conference Type | Conference Paper (Published) |
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Conference Name | Audio Mostly Conference (AM’20) |
Start Date | Sep 15, 2020 |
End Date | Sep 17, 2020 |
Acceptance Date | Jul 3, 2020 |
Publication Date | Sep 15, 2020 |
Deposit Date | Oct 27, 2020 |
Publicly Available Date | Nov 5, 2020 |
Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
Pages | 101-106 |
Series Title | Proceedings of the 15th International Audio Mostly Conference (AM’20), |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1145/3411109.3411122 |
Keywords | Polyrhythm; Polymeter; Polytempo; Grid Controllers |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/6636315 |
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