Guide to Unconventional Computing for Music, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017

This pioneering text/reference explores how innovative new modes of computation may provide exciting new directions for future developments in the music industry, guiding the reader through the latest research in this emerging, interdisciplinary field. This work includes coverage of electronic music compositions and performances that incorporate unconventional interfacing, hacking and circuit bending. Features: presents an introduction to unconventional computing in music; 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; 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.

Introduction to Unconventional Computing
Susan Stepney

On Unconventional Computing for Sound and Music
Eduardo R. Miranda, Alexis Kirke, Edward Braund, and Aurélien Antoine

On Biophysical Music
Marco Donnarumma

The Transgressive Practices of Silicon Luthiers
Ezra Teboul

Experiments in Sound and Music Quantum Computing
Alexis Kirke and Eduardo R. Miranda

Memristor in a Nutshell
Martin A. Trefzer

Physarum Inspired Audio: From Oscillatory Sonification to Memristor Music
Ella Gale, Oliver Matthews, Jeff Jones, Richard Mayne, Georgios Sirakoulis, and Andrew Adamatzky

Towards a Musical Programming Language
Alexis Kirke

Prof. Eduardo Reck Miranda is a composer and Professor in Computer Music at Plymouth University, UK, where he is Director of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research (ICCMR). His previous publications include the Springer titles Guide to Brain-Computer Music Interfacing and Guide to Computing for Expressive Music Performance.

The first book on musical applications of unconventional computing and, as such, an important reference in the field

Presents a focus on an emerging and promising application of computer science

Includes revision questions at the end of each chapter highlighting important points to be learned, and introductory tutorials for novices, as well as more advanced research-informed descriptions

Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras