TY - JOUR
T1 - Across the great divide
AU - Brooks, Julian
AU - Brooks, Joanna
AU - Tremblay, Pierre Alexandre
PY - 2012/10/18
Y1 - 2012/10/18
N2 - Free Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) is licensed to allow users the freedom to copy, reuse, study and develop the software. As a term which efficiently encompasses both 'free software' and 'open-source' models, FLOSS may offer music practitioners and researchers the opportunity to develop and use such software without becoming mired in a particular stance. In this article, parallels between FLOSS and experimental music are explored, with a view to highlighting their compatibility. Through reflection on the recent composition, recording and distribution of three text scores, this article examines how the application of a FLOSS framework may assist with such work in an academic setting and how FLOSS tools might be utilized in such settings in the future as they become more prevalent, more reliable and more stable.
AB - Free Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) is licensed to allow users the freedom to copy, reuse, study and develop the software. As a term which efficiently encompasses both 'free software' and 'open-source' models, FLOSS may offer music practitioners and researchers the opportunity to develop and use such software without becoming mired in a particular stance. In this article, parallels between FLOSS and experimental music are explored, with a view to highlighting their compatibility. Through reflection on the recent composition, recording and distribution of three text scores, this article examines how the application of a FLOSS framework may assist with such work in an academic setting and how FLOSS tools might be utilized in such settings in the future as they become more prevalent, more reliable and more stable.
KW - Bounded improvisation
KW - Composition
KW - Experimental music
KW - Floss
KW - Laptop performance
KW - Pure data
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84870938983&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1386/jmte.5.2.145_1
DO - 10.1386/jmte.5.2.145_1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84870938983
VL - 5
SP - 145
EP - 157
JO - Journal of Music, Technology and Education
JF - Journal of Music, Technology and Education
SN - 1752-7066
IS - 2
ER -