Dynamic Interplay in Clinical Improvisation

Dynamic and topological interplay in adaptive networks

Theory and applications of complex networks pervade nonlinear sciences. This chapter is devoted to adaptive networks which combine topological evolution of the network with dynamics in the network nodes – a property which yields a rich dynamical interplay between the state and the topology of the network. Recently, the dynamics of adaptive networks has been investigated in a number of parallel ...

Guided improvisation as dynamic calls to an offline model

This paper describes a reactive architecture handling the hybrid temporality of guided human-computer music improvisation. It aims at combining reactivity and anticipation in the music generation processes steered by a “scenario”. The machine improvisation takes advantage of the temporal structure of this scenario to generate short-term anticipations ahead of the performance time, and reacts to...

Dynamic Mapping Strategies for Expressive Synthesis Performance and Improvisation

Realtime musical expression through synthesis is notoriously di cult. The complete potential of a sound engine is traditionally available only at design time. In this paper two mapping strategies are presented, adressing this problem. Based on dynamic and random many-tomany mappings between control space and synthesis space, they erase the line between sound editing and synthesizer performance,...

Improvisation in Music

Directed Improvisation

We introduce "directed improvisation," a new paradigm for human-computer interaction (HCI). Users direct computer "characters" with abstract instructions and constraints. The characters improvise behaviors that follow the directions, express their personal styles, and meet other objectives. We illustrate directed improvisation with our current testbed application, a Computer-Animated Improvisat...