- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Preface
- Illustrations
- About the Companion Web Site
- 1 The Background to 1945
- 2 Paris and <i>Musique Concrète</i>
- 3 Cologne and <i>Elektronische Musik</i>
- 4 Milan and Elsewhere in Europe
- 5 America
- 6 The Voltage‐Controlled Synthesizer
- 7 Works for Tape
- 8 Live Electronic Music
- 9 Rock and Pop Electronic Music
- 10 The Foundations of Computer Music
- 11 From Computer Technology to Musical Creativity
- 12 The Microprocessor Revolution
- 13 The Characteristics of Digital Audio
- 14 The Development of the MIDI Communications Protocol
- 15 From Analog to Digital: The Evolution of MIDI Hardware
- 16 From Microcomputer to Music Computer: The MIDI Perspective
- 17 Further Advances in Hardware Design
- 18 The Changing Fortunes of the MIDI Manufacturing Sector
- 19 From Minicomputer to Advanced Computer Workstation
- 20 The Personal Computer
- 21 The Digital Audio Workstation
- 22 Laptop Music and Related Activities
- 23 Synthesis, Signal Processing, and Spatialization
- 24 Performance Controllers, Evolution and Change
- 25 The Internet
- 26 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Performance Controllers, Evolution and Change
Performance Controllers, Evolution and Change
- Chapter:
- (p.450) 24 Performance Controllers, Evolution and Change
- Source:
- Electronic and Computer Music
- Author(s):
Peter Manning
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
The adoption of the keyboard as the primary input and control device for commercial electronic and computer music systems has had a material influence on the composition and performance of electronic and computer music over the years. This important interface, however, offers only a limited set of possibilities for human expression, and a number of alternative performance controllers have been developed, both commercial and non-commercial. Although many of these controllers have been MIDI-based, a number have taken advantage of the further refinements possible by using more sophisticated methods of data capture and control. Advances in digital technology since the turn of the century have allowed the design principles of many earlier products to be revisited and embedded in a significantly expanded repertory of performance devices, and it is the development of the associated technologies that form the central focus of this chapter.
Keywords: Chapter keywords: keyboard, interface, human expression, performance controllers
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Preface
- Illustrations
- About the Companion Web Site
- 1 The Background to 1945
- 2 Paris and <i>Musique Concrète</i>
- 3 Cologne and <i>Elektronische Musik</i>
- 4 Milan and Elsewhere in Europe
- 5 America
- 6 The Voltage‐Controlled Synthesizer
- 7 Works for Tape
- 8 Live Electronic Music
- 9 Rock and Pop Electronic Music
- 10 The Foundations of Computer Music
- 11 From Computer Technology to Musical Creativity
- 12 The Microprocessor Revolution
- 13 The Characteristics of Digital Audio
- 14 The Development of the MIDI Communications Protocol
- 15 From Analog to Digital: The Evolution of MIDI Hardware
- 16 From Microcomputer to Music Computer: The MIDI Perspective
- 17 Further Advances in Hardware Design
- 18 The Changing Fortunes of the MIDI Manufacturing Sector
- 19 From Minicomputer to Advanced Computer Workstation
- 20 The Personal Computer
- 21 The Digital Audio Workstation
- 22 Laptop Music and Related Activities
- 23 Synthesis, Signal Processing, and Spatialization
- 24 Performance Controllers, Evolution and Change
- 25 The Internet
- 26 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
