User-Influenced/Machine-Controlled Playback: The variPlay Music App Format for Interactive Recorded Music
User-Influenced/Machine-Controlled Playback: The variPlay Music App Format for Interactive Recorded Music
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DOI：
10.3390/arts8030112
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发表时间：
2019-09
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0.5
通讯作者：
Justin Paterson;R. Toulson;Russ Hepworth-Sawyer
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作者：
Justin Paterson;R. Toulson;Russ Hepworth-Sawyer
本文关注的是一个为期五年的“VariPlay”项目的自我民族志。该项目利用连续三轮的研究资金开发了一种应用程序格式，可以托管用户交互性以实时改变录制音乐的声音，以及机器驱动模式，可以自主混音，每次收听时播放不同版本的歌曲，或根据用户需求改变部分方式。最后一个资助阶段涉及商业化，发布了三个应用程序，使用的艺术家来自项目合作伙伴华纳音乐集团的名册。讨论了应用程序的概念和操作，以及对产品开发，音乐制作，掌握等突出问题的思考，以及通过商业化本身遇到的问题。最终的应用程序在世界各地收到了数千次下载，包括法国，美国和墨西哥。还提出了未来发展的机会。
This paper concerns itself with an autoethnography of the five-year ‘variPlay’ project. This project drew from three consecutive rounds of research funding to develop an app format that could host both user interactivity to change the sound of recorded music in real-time, and a machine-driven mode that could autonomously remix, playing back a different version of a song upon every listen, or changing part way on user demand. The final funded phase involved commercialization, with the release of three apps using artists from the roster of project partner, Warner Music Group. The concept and operation of the app is discussed, alongside reflection on salient matters such as product development, music production, mastering, and issues encountered through the commercialization itself. The final apps received several thousand downloads around the world, in territories such as France, USA, and Mexico. Opportunities for future development are also presented.