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Team Roundtree

Team Roundtree. Chet Henry, Kurt Larson, Kyle Murphy. Outline. Introduction Overview Design Progress Justification & Feasibility Questions. Introduction. What are we doing here? We’re creating a musical application of wireless sensor networks (WSN) using algorithmic composition

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Team Roundtree

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  1. Team Roundtree Chet Henry, Kurt Larson, Kyle Murphy

  2. Outline • Introduction • Overview • Design • Progress • Justification & Feasibility • Questions

  3. Introduction • What are we doing here? • We’re creating a musical application of wireless sensor networks (WSN) using algorithmic composition • Project inspiration • Ballblazer • Klossen • Dancing Robots • Sun SPOTs

  4. Introduction • Research Highlights • Wireless Sensor Networks • Capabilities • Applications • Algorithmic Composition • Methods • Emotion Theory

  5. Introduction • Project vision • Create a system capable of generatingunique,appealing, and interactivemusical compositions using a network of simple embedded devices that respond to environmental conditions

  6. Overview • Hardware • Sun SPOTs with speakers • Software • Core music algorithm • Supporting modules

  7. Hardware Design • Built-in sensors • Built-in wireless • Simple audio output

  8. Network Design

  9. Software Design • Stochastic composition model • Decision matrices • Musical roles • Melody, Harmony, Bass line, Rhythm

  10. Software Design • Personal and global emotion levels • Valence • Arousal • Environmental mappings

  11. Software Design Quotes from: Computer Generating Emotional Music: The Design of an Affective Music Algorithm Isaac Wallis, Todd Ingalls, Ellen Campana

  12. Software Design

  13. Software Design

  14. Software Design • Musical queue • Leader mote • Time synchronization

  15. Software Design • Software modules

  16. Progress • Mini-project • One mote with speaker • Base station app running JFugue • Environmentally driven melody • Network architecture • Composition algorithm • Use of decision matrices • Environment mappings • Resource acquisitions • Two SPOT kits • Piezoelectric speakers • Algorithmic composition publications

  17. Justification & Feasibility • Justification • Interesting, imaginative • Challenging • Progressive • Distributed computer music • Sensor networks applications • Emotion theory • Feasibility • Progress so far • Current research • Team experience

  18. Questions?

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