An interactive aural approach to the study of electroacoustic music

交互式听觉方法使用软件来模拟作曲家使用的技术，并从听觉上研究作品的结构。多维动态过程可以以可视化的方式呈现，例如，可以分解为组成部分。对这些技术进行互动实验，有助于理解它们的创造潜力，以及它们在特定工作中使用方式的重要性。软件也可以用来创建简化的草图，以直观的方式展示底层结构。该软件还能够播放原作的精确摘录。段落可以比较，音乐材料的发展可以通过听觉来追踪。这些节选直接取自CD录音而不侵犯版权。在我对乔纳森·哈维的《Mortuos Plango， Vivos Voco》的分析中，基于对这种方法的初步试验，这个项目旨在显著地发展和完善那里使用的技术。特别地，它将通过分析两部截然不同的作品来解决新的问题，这两部作品是电声音乐不同方面的备受赞誉的代表。其中之一是丹尼斯·斯莫利（Denis Smalley）的声学作品《风铃》（Wind Chimes），其中声音的光谱演变（其“光谱形态学”）在结构上起着重要作用。另一件作品是皮埃尔·布列兹的混合媒介作品《anthires 2》，将传统的原声乐器与电子处理相结合。这两项工作都需要对交互式听觉方法和新软件开发进行重大开发。这两份分析报告将以书面文本的形式发布，并附带软件（详见案例支持）。但它们也将作为一种发展互动听觉方法的手段，这样它就可以涵盖广泛的电声音乐。将发表一篇论文，讨论该方法的发展，所使用的软件工具将在网上提供。我们希望透过这个计画，建立一个研究电声音乐的重要新方法，并提供给其他人使用。通过让人们以听觉和互动的方式参与音乐结构，他们将被更充分地理解。通过在用户友好的互动环境中展示作品中使用的技术，目的是帮助弥合科学与音乐之间的差距，从而更好地理解不仅是特定作品，而且更广泛地理解电声音乐中技术和创造力的相互关系。通过本项目所开发的资源，应该是电声音乐研究的一个重要的新发展，促进对电声音乐更深入和更广泛的欣赏和理解。

The interactive aural approach uses software both to model the techniques used by the composer and to investigate the structure of a work aurally. Multi-dimensional dynamic processes can be presented aurally and, for example, broken down into component parts. Interactive experimentation with the techniques facilitates development of an understanding of their creative potential and the significance of the way they are used in a particular work. Software can also be used to create reductive sketches demonstrating underlying structures aurally. The software is also able to play precise extracts from the original work. Passages can be compared and the development of musical material traced aurally. Such extracts are taken directly from the CD recording without infringing copyright. Based on an initial trial of such an approach in my analysis of Jonathan Harvey's Mortuos Plango, Vivos Voco, this project aims to significantly develop and refine the techniques used there. In particular, it will address new issues by analysing two contrasting works, highly acclaimed representatives of different aspects of electroacoustic music. One is an acousmatic work, Wind Chimes by Denis Smalley, in which the spectral evolution of sounds (its 'spectromorphology') plays a major structural role. The other work is a mixed media work, Anthèmes 2 by Pierre Boulez, combining traditional acoustic instruments with electronic processing. Both works require significant developments to the interactive aural approach and new software developments.The two analyses will be published as a written text accompanied by software (see Case for Support for details). But they will also serve as a means of developing the interactive aural approach so that it can encompass a broad range of electroacoustic music. A paper will be published discussing the development of the approach and the software tools used will be made available on-line. It is intended that through this project a significant new approach to studying electroacoustic music will be established and made available for others to use. By enabling people to engage with the musical structures aurally and interactively they will be understood more fully. By presenting the techniques used in a work in a user-friendly interactive environment the aim is to help bridge the gap between science and music leading to greater understanding not only of particular works but of the interrelation of technology and creativity in electroacoustic music more generally. The resource developed through this project should be a significant new development in the study of electroacoustic music, facilitating a deeper and broader appreciation and understanding of it.