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COMPOSITION ASSISTEE ORDINATEUR [3 records]

Record 1 2021-11-02

English

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

… composers use computers to generate and test musical ideas quickly and in a more exploratory fashion, rather than to generate entire pieces of music in one go. This has led to the emergence of a … practice referred to as computer-aided composition, or CAC.

CONT

Computer composition. … Composers may elect to use a set of compositional programs to produce a composition. They may then stop using a computer and print their results for transcription to instrumental performance. Alternatively, they may transfer their results directly into electronic sounds by means of a second set of programs for sound synthesis.

French

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

La composition assistée par ordinateur (CAO) met en œuvre des formalismes et techniques informatiques dans une perspective musicale, afin de proposer des outils de modélisation et de calcul aux compositeurs [...]

Spanish

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

La composición por computadora. La computadora puede servir a varios fines dentro de la composición. [Por ejemplo], funcionando como secuenciador permite la verificación inmediata de lo que se está componiendo, lo cual es particularmente útil cuando se busca lograr efectos tímbricos nuevos y por lo tanto desconocidos.

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Record 2 2021-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephony and Microwave Technology
  • Applications of Automation
CONT

We contact potential respondents the old-fashioned way. We manually dial their phone numbers by hand and we never use computer-aided dialing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Téléphonie et techniques hyperfréquences
  • Automatisation et applications

Spanish

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Record 3 2004-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Typesetting and Imagesetting
  • Electronic Publishing
DEF

The range of computer operations used to assist the process of typesetting.

OBS

In its simple application, it is concerned with automatic justification, hyphenation and the advantages associated with stored data for typesetting different typefaces and sizes. In a more sophisticated approach, it embraces display, page make-up, sorting, updating, merging and the information for avoiding re-keyboarding.

Key term(s)
  • CTS

French

Domaine(s)
  • Composition (Imprimerie)
  • Éditique
DEF

Série d'opérations comprenant la mémorisation de données sous forme numérique, le traitement de texte et la composition proprement dite.

OBS

Il peut s'agir d'un système simple qui laisse à l'ordinateur le soin de justifier les lignes et de couper les mots ou, encore, d'un système plus complexe allant jusqu'au système de composition de pages complètes comportant un terminal d'édition.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Composición (Imprenta)
  • Publicación electrónica
DEF

Uso de una computadora (ordenador) [...] para procesar un medio de entrada, resultante en un medio de salida alineado en los márgenes, con guiones y configurado en forma de imprenta.

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