Dynamic Cues for Network Music Interactions.

Abstract

This paper provides an overview of a cueing system, the Master Cue Generator (MCG) used to trigger performers (humans or computers) over an IP-based network. The performers are scattered in several locations and receive cues to help them interact musically over the net- work. The paper proposes a classification of cues that dynamically evolve and reshape as the performance takes place. This begets the explo- ration of various issues such as how to represent and port a hierarchy of control over a net- worked music performance (NMP) and also takes into account parameters inherent to a net- work such as latency and distance. This ap- proach is based on several years of practice-led research in the field of NMP, a discipline that is gaining grounds within the music technology community both as a practice and through the development of tools and strategies for interact- ing over disparate locations.