Java and Music:Libraries for User-Developers

Andrew R. BrownQueensland University of TechnologyjMusic & SoundCipher music libraries for Java

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SoundCipher Example

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Java Libraries for Musicians

1. Musicians as users/developers2. Developers as musicians3. Feature for music libraries:

• Discipline-friendly language• Music and sound integrated• Timing is everything• “Simple things should be simple”• Tutorials and documentation• Play everywhere

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Generative Music for Film

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Sorensen, A. and A. R. Brown (2008). A Computational Model For The Generation Of Orchestral Music In The Germanic Symphonic Tradition: A progress report. Sound : Space - The Australasian Computer Music Conference. S. Wilkie and A. Hood. Sydney, ACMA: 78-84.

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