Topics and features:
• Presents an introduction to the broader field of unconventional computing,
and to the application of unconventional computing in music composition and performances
• Discusses initiatives involving biophysical electronic music, the work of self-styled
silicon luthiers, and the intersection of music and quantum computing
• Introduces the memristor, a new electronic component with the potential to
revolutionize how computers are built in the future
• Reviews experiments and practical applications of biological memristors in music
• Describes IMUSIC, an unconventional tone-based programming language,
which enables the programming of computers using musical phrases
• Includes review questions at the end of each chapter
Contents
- • Susan Stepney. Introduction to Unconventional Computing. 2017
- • Eduardo Reck Miranda, Alexis Kirke, Edward Braund, Aurélien Antoine. On Unconventional Computing for Sound and Music. 2017
- • Marco Donnarumma. On Biophysical Music. 2017
- • Ezra Teboul. The Transgressive Practices of Silicon Luthiers. 2017
- • Alexis Kirke, Eduardo Reck Miranda. Experiments in Sound and Music Quantum Computing. 2017
- • Martin A. Trefzer. Memristor in a Nutshell. 2017
- • Ella Gale, Oliver Matthews, Jeff Jones, Richard Mayne, Georgios Sirakoulis, Andrew Adamatzky. Physarum Inspired Audio: From Oscillatory Sonification to Memristor Music. 2017
- • Edward Braund, Eduardo Reck Miranda. An Approach to Building Musical Bioprocessors with Physarum polycephalum Memristors. 2017
- • Alexis Kirke. Toward a Musical Programming Language. 2017