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Composition and Performance with the Fragment String Spencer Salazar 1,2 , Sarah Reid 2 , Daniel McNamara 2 1 Stanford University CCRMA 2 California Institute of the Arts NIME 2017 Aalborg University Copenhagen May 18, 2017 The Fragment String

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Composition and Performance with the Fragment String

Spencer Salazar1,2, Sarah Reid2, Daniel McNamara2

1Stanford University CCRMA 2California Institute of the Arts

NIME 2017 Aalborg University Copenhagen May 18, 2017

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The Fragment String

Digital music instrument Reinterprets and reflects upon instrumental + ambient sound Acoustic live sampler => 
 granular resynthesizer with GameTrak controller Simplicity of design 5 years of musical practice

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Motivations

  • Composing for the laptop
  • rchestra
  • Easy to learn +

understand in short time

  • Provide interesting sonic
  • pportunities


=> musical opportunities

  • Examine nuances of

captured sounds

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Design

  • Continuously buffer last 10

seconds of acoustic input
 (microphone)

  • GameTrak strings control


playback volume, buffer position, pitch shift
 (3-axis control x2 independent buffers)

  • Low-threshold compressor =>


amplifies background noise & system noise 
 to audible levels if no instrumental input

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Design

  • Continuously buffer last 10

seconds of acoustic input
 (microphone)

  • GameTrak strings control


playback volume, buffer position, pitch shift
 (3-axis control x2 independent buffers)

  • Low-threshold compressor =>


amplifies background noise & system noise 
 to audible levels if no instrumental input

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Design + Musical Practice


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Design


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Design:
 Simple

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Design

3 axes volume, time, pitch timbre
 type of input, presence of input

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Techniques

Hold in place Play back (arbitrary speed) Alternate between strings Pass sound between strings Play back ambient noise

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Design:
 Simple

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Design:
 Simple Yet, depth of musical opportunities

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Musical Practice

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Musical Practice

7 works over 5 years Multiple composers/performers/ensemble settings Composition <=> improvisation

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Muted Voices (2012)

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Muted Voices (2012)

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Fragment String (2012)

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Side Two (2012)

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Telematic Improvisation (2014)

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Search for Life (2014)

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Improvisation for Trumpet and Fragment String (2016)

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Improvisation for Trumpet and Fragment String (2016)

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Meeting (2016)

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Conclusion

Fragment String
 Granular sampling instrument based on GameTrak Instrumental + ambient noise sampling Design has allowed exploration


  • f different performance scenarios

Suitable for small to medium-sized ensemble
 Improvisation + composition

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Looking Forward

Extended examination of NIMEs in musical practice
 Successes & failures Longitudinal studies
 Musical practice over time “Latitudinal” studies
 Musical practice across differing contexts

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Tak!

Spencer Salazar
 ssalazar@calarts.edu https://ccrma.stanford.edu/~spencer/fragment-string/