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COMPUTER MUSIC [2 records]

Record 1 2022-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
  • Music
CONT

Computer music is the application of digital technology to musical activity, such as computer-assisted composition, digital sound synthesis and, most recently, live performance with digital synthesizers using the MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) communications scheme.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
  • Musique
CONT

La musique assistée par ordinateur consiste à appliquer la technologie numérique à l'activité musicale, comme la composition par ordinateur, la synthèse numérique des sons et, plus récemment, l'exécution en direct comprenant des synthétiseurs numériques dotés du mode d'échange d'informations sérielles de l'interface numérique des instruments de musique (MIDI).

CONT

La musique assistée par ordinateur, souvent abrégée «MAO», désigne les usages de l'informatique pour créer des œuvres musicales, apprendre à composer ou jouer d'un instrument [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Programas y programación (Informática)
  • Música
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Record 2 2022-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
  • Music
CONT

The developing discipline of computer music encompassed a variety of areas of investigation, most of which had origins in the 1950s or 1960s. Among these were digital sound synthesis, digital audio signal processing, algorithmic music composition, music information retrieval, digital controllers for music performance, computer-based editing and printing of music notation, and computer-assisted research in musical acoustics and psychoacoustics.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
  • Musique
DEF

Discipline qui comporte des aspects de synthèse sonore, d'aide à la composition musicale ou de composition musicale sans assistance humaine.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Programas y programación (Informática)
  • Música
CONT

La computación musical es una disciplina en la cual se utilizan tecnologías informáticas para componer música. Esta comprende el desarrollo y la aplicación de nuevas técnicas computacionales en aspectos básicos de la praxis musical como la síntesis de sonido, el procesamiento de audio digital, la acústica y psicoacústica, entre otros.

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