Different Strokes
Participants: Mark Zadel, Marcelo M. Wanderley, Gary Scavone
Funding: NSERC, CIRMMT
Status: ongoing.
Project Description
Different Strokes is a software system for performing music on a computer. It aims to allow a performer to create much of his or her performance sequences on-stage instead of relying on prepared control material.
The program resembles a freehand drawing application. The drawn strokes create animated figures whose motion is mapped to sample playback. The musician performs by assembling networks of strokes live, generating audio patterns.