Williams, Duncan Alastair Hyatt (2016) Utility Versus Creativity in Biomedical Musification. Journal of Creative Music Systems. ISSN 2399-7656
Abstract
Sonification techniques provide a well-documented methodology for auditory display of data, which can be particularly useful when combined with other display types for the presentation and analysis of complex data streams (including multidimensional data arrays). Creativity in sonification often becomes a function of the chosen mapping scheme, whereby deliberate specification of data mapping to auditory events provides opportunities to creative expression. Thus, such techniques can be used as part of the music creation process, if mapping strategies are carefully designed with specific musical outcomes in mind. Increasingly this particular type of sonification is therefore referred to as musification. However, the creative decision making process involved in designing these mapping strategies can by its nature compromise the presentation of the data in terms of accuracy, and perhaps in terms of overall utility. This article reviews an example of this work with both creative and utilitarian ends, and considers techniques for the evaluation of the success versus the utility that musification of complex biological or biomedical data might achieve, whilst maintaining the necessary integrity of the source data.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | ©2016 Journal of Creative Music Systems |
Keywords: | Music,Creativity,algorithmic composition |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Computer Science (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 10 Oct 2017 10:45 |
Last Modified: | 01 Feb 2025 00:06 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.5920/jcms.2016.02 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.5920/jcms.2016.02 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:122015 |
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