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Cassiel: symbolic pulse sequencing

2003; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 14; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1076/digc.14.2.108.27864

1744-3806

Nick Rothwell,

Music and Audio Processing

This text presents the motivation and design principles behind the pulse sequencer, a software component used for electronic music composition and performances by Cassiel. The pulse sequencer is a generic, language-based sequence processing engine which can be regarded as an arpeggiator, a sequencer, or anything in between. In fact, arpeggiation and sequencing are special cases of a more general control system. We conclude with some comments about the strengths and weaknesses of the system drawn from several years’ experience in performance projects.