A European Composition and Performance Environment

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• A European Composition and Performance
  Environment
• for Sharing Live Music Technologies

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The project
Five professional new music ensembles
Ensemble Ars Nova, Athelas Sinfonietta, BCMG,
BIT20 Ensemble, Court-circuit
Seven research centres
Birmingham Conservatoire, Krakow Academy, La
Kitchen, Lithuanian Academy, Malmö Academy,
NOTAM, CIRMMT
IEM, Muzyka Centrum, SARC
Association of European Conservatoires
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The project
Supported by the Culture 2000 programme of the
European Commission
1,035,048
September 2005 - September 2008
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So far
10 Commissions
12 Completed Migrations
Development of the Integra environment
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Why Integra?
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How great is the impact of digital music research
on artistic practice?
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The nature of the problem.
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Sustainability
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Usability
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The tensions between musicians and technology.
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The human dimension.
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A musical interface.
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Current Problems
No standard for communication between modules in
differentenvironments
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Current Problems
No standard file format for transferring module
graphs betweenenvironments
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Source format
Target format
mypiece.mxt
mypiece.sc
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Current Problems

• No persistent storage for live electronics data
• 'DIY' approach -- wheel reinvented for each piece
• No 'beginners' system for experimenting with live
  electronics

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Usability not a concern for devs
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Design choices.
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Design Choices
Use existing technology where appropriate
Extend existing technology
Glue framework Integra(te)
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Design Choices
Modularity
Abstraction
Generalisation
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GUI
Engine
Instance Host Master
Remote database
libIntegra
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Database UI
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Database UI
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Integra GUI
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Integra GUI
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Integra GUI
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Integra GUI
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Integra II 2008 - 2011
Intense 9-month development phase
Performers training
Education programme
Outreach
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A European Composition and Performance
Environment for Sharing Live Music Technologies
Integra Conference and Festival, Birmingham, 5-7
June 2008

• Birmingham Conservatoire, Birmingham City
  University
• Lamberto Coccioli, Project Manager
  lc_at_integralive.org
• Richard Shrewsbury, Project Administrator
  info_at_integralive.org
• Jamie Bullock, Research Assistant
  jb_at_integralive.org
• www.integralive.org