Informatizzazione dei dati: Matematica e Musica (elettronica)Nicola Bernardini
Seminar held in Rome, Marymount College, on February 9, 2023 in the context of the STEAM-H project.
This lecture outlines the existing relationship between numeric data, mathematics and music. Starting from very simple oscillatory phenomena, the full gamut ranging from sound to music is explored. After that,
the current music technology to study and create sound is explored, with a particular focus on Free Software and `pure data`.
Bernardini/Berio - D'Altro Canto Altro (manuscript)Nicola Bernardini
Manuscript of the score. This is a work for 5 voices, choirs and a bell, co-written by Nicola Bernardini and Luciano Berio for the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution in 1989, premiered in Cérgy-Pontoise (Paris) on August 26 1989.
Three music lectures on the following subjects:
* Composing the continuum
* Composing in the era of sound reproduction
* Tools for Compositional Freedom
What do numbers tell us: the case of Giacinto Scelsi’s archivesNicola Bernardini
This document discusses the archive of Italian composer Giacinto Scelsi held by the Fondazione Isabella Scelsi. It contains over 16,000 paper documents and 273 magnetic tapes containing Scelsi's improvisations and sketches. The tapes were recorded in mediocre quality under various conditions. The archive is being digitized and catalogued, with over 350 tapes transferred so far. The catalogue by Friedrich Jaecker identifies works on 57 tapes, but much of the archive remains to be analyzed to uncover relationships between sketches and finished works. Future work will provide more musical and genealogical analysis of the tapes.
Informatizzazione dei dati: Matematica e Musica (elettronica)Nicola Bernardini
Seminar held in Rome, Marymount College, on February 9, 2023 in the context of the STEAM-H project.
This lecture outlines the existing relationship between numeric data, mathematics and music. Starting from very simple oscillatory phenomena, the full gamut ranging from sound to music is explored. After that,
the current music technology to study and create sound is explored, with a particular focus on Free Software and `pure data`.
Bernardini/Berio - D'Altro Canto Altro (manuscript)Nicola Bernardini
Manuscript of the score. This is a work for 5 voices, choirs and a bell, co-written by Nicola Bernardini and Luciano Berio for the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution in 1989, premiered in Cérgy-Pontoise (Paris) on August 26 1989.
Three music lectures on the following subjects:
* Composing the continuum
* Composing in the era of sound reproduction
* Tools for Compositional Freedom
What do numbers tell us: the case of Giacinto Scelsi’s archivesNicola Bernardini
This document discusses the archive of Italian composer Giacinto Scelsi held by the Fondazione Isabella Scelsi. It contains over 16,000 paper documents and 273 magnetic tapes containing Scelsi's improvisations and sketches. The tapes were recorded in mediocre quality under various conditions. The archive is being digitized and catalogued, with over 350 tapes transferred so far. The catalogue by Friedrich Jaecker identifies works on 57 tapes, but much of the archive remains to be analyzed to uncover relationships between sketches and finished works. Future work will provide more musical and genealogical analysis of the tapes.
The Role of Physical Impedance Matching in Music PlayingNicola Bernardini
The document discusses the role of physical impedance matching in music playing. It uses examples of musical instruments like the piano, saxophone, and typewriter to show how proper impedance matching between an instrument and the human body allows for fast and precise playing. The key conjecture is that an instrument's success depends on its impedance being tuned to the capabilities of the body parts used to play it, like fingers or lips. This impedance matching facilitates learning and results in a highly skilled performance ability, in contrast to instruments that do not match the body's impedances well. The document argues this impedance matching is more important than other factors in determining an instrument's musicality and success over time.
Slides utilizzate nella parte "compositiva" del Corso Propedeutico all'ingresso al Triennio di Musica Elettronica a Roma a partire dal 2015. Realizzate con l'assistenza di Anna Terzaroli e di Giuseppe Silvi.
Artistic Creation and Scientific Research (in english)Nicola Bernardini
The document discusses the relationship between music and technological innovation. It provides examples of how musicians have influenced technological development through their artistic goals and requests, such as Berio's request for a synthesizer with 1000 oscillators which led to the development of the 4X synthesizer. The document also examines open problems in music that could benefit from further scientific research, such as developing techniques for timbral morphing and analyzing composers' work tapes. Challenges to collaborations between music and science are discussed, along with potential solutions like living labs that bring musicians and researchers together.
The document provides a short introduction to databases, covering:
- A brief history of databases and why they are needed to store and organize persistent data.
- An overview of database structures, relationships, and how they represent relationships between data.
- An introduction to the SQL query language, focusing on the SELECT statement for querying databases.
- Examples of designing database structures and establishing relationships to avoid data replication.
Composizione Musicale e Trattamento del Segnale AudioNicola Bernardini
This presentation was done for the students of the Master in Trattamento Numerico del Segnale Audio at La Sapienza Universita` di Roma, A.A.2015-2016 (in italian).
Comporre ai Confini is a lecture on contemporary music composition (in italian). It investigates the nature and principles of composing speculative music today.
You may find the sources of this presentation here:
https://github.com/nicb/comporre-ai-confini/
There is also a good quality recording of the actual physical presentation here:
https://github.com/nicb/comporre-ai-confini/blob/master/slides/it/20151021-Salerno/regConferenza21ott_stereo.ogg
The Role of Physical Impedance Matching in Music PlayingNicola Bernardini
The document discusses the role of physical impedance matching in music playing. It uses examples of musical instruments like the piano, saxophone, and typewriter to show how proper impedance matching between an instrument and the human body allows for fast and precise playing. The key conjecture is that an instrument's success depends on its impedance being tuned to the capabilities of the body parts used to play it, like fingers or lips. This impedance matching facilitates learning and results in a highly skilled performance ability, in contrast to instruments that do not match the body's impedances well. The document argues this impedance matching is more important than other factors in determining an instrument's musicality and success over time.
Slides utilizzate nella parte "compositiva" del Corso Propedeutico all'ingresso al Triennio di Musica Elettronica a Roma a partire dal 2015. Realizzate con l'assistenza di Anna Terzaroli e di Giuseppe Silvi.
Artistic Creation and Scientific Research (in english)Nicola Bernardini
The document discusses the relationship between music and technological innovation. It provides examples of how musicians have influenced technological development through their artistic goals and requests, such as Berio's request for a synthesizer with 1000 oscillators which led to the development of the 4X synthesizer. The document also examines open problems in music that could benefit from further scientific research, such as developing techniques for timbral morphing and analyzing composers' work tapes. Challenges to collaborations between music and science are discussed, along with potential solutions like living labs that bring musicians and researchers together.
The document provides a short introduction to databases, covering:
- A brief history of databases and why they are needed to store and organize persistent data.
- An overview of database structures, relationships, and how they represent relationships between data.
- An introduction to the SQL query language, focusing on the SELECT statement for querying databases.
- Examples of designing database structures and establishing relationships to avoid data replication.
Composizione Musicale e Trattamento del Segnale AudioNicola Bernardini
This presentation was done for the students of the Master in Trattamento Numerico del Segnale Audio at La Sapienza Universita` di Roma, A.A.2015-2016 (in italian).
Comporre ai Confini is a lecture on contemporary music composition (in italian). It investigates the nature and principles of composing speculative music today.
You may find the sources of this presentation here:
https://github.com/nicb/comporre-ai-confini/
There is also a good quality recording of the actual physical presentation here:
https://github.com/nicb/comporre-ai-confini/blob/master/slides/it/20151021-Salerno/regConferenza21ott_stereo.ogg
1. Vocoder
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Replicare il Vocoder di Friburgo, oggi
Nicola Bernardini
Conservatorio “S.Cecilia” – Roma
Scuola di Musica Elettronica
Conservatorio di Parma – 22/04/2017
Copyright c 2017 Nicola Bernardini <n.bernardini@conservatoriosantacecilia.it>
This work comes under the terms of the
Creative Commons c BY-SA 2.5 license
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/)
3. Vocoder
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Il Vocoder di Friburgo (2)
Tecnologia anni ’80 (Lawo)
ibrido analogico/digitale (elaborazione analogica/controllo
digitale)
4. Vocoder
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Il Vocoder di Friburgo (3)
Procedimento:
partire dalle risposte in frequenza dei banchi di filtri
originali
identificare il tipo di filtri usati
simularli in octave (== matlab) (tempo differito)
replicarli in faust (tempo reale)
Per replicare il banco di filtri pi`u agevolmente in octave `e
stato scritto un programma in ruby che genera il codice
octave