The third and final piece Andúnë, similarly to Grambient Synth, is an ambient-like piece. The sample used for this track is a short loop I created using sound libraries. It consists of various string instruments playing a dorian chord progression, with a voice singing the main melody. Again, the effects were clipped to a certain range so that the changes would not be too noticeable and distracting. In comparison to the other tracks, Andúnë’s original sample was the most complete sounding one. Using a recording which has various instruments takes inspiration from the idea of discovering new timbres and textures in sounds that are familiar.

Andúnë

The second track, TKNG NVNTRY, makes use of a recording of the poem Taking Inventory, read and written by Fanchon Dehillotte. The poem questions the process of art-making, a topic that is deeply connected to this dissertation. The use of spoken word was inspired by the project Drawing with Sound by Ridler, where ANNs are used to trigger various dissonant, overlapping soprano voices depending on what shapes the artist draws on the canvas. This piece leans towards a more experimental approach to music composition, interlinking various creative fields into a musical work. As the sound is not intended to be melodic or smooth, the model has been trained so that effects such as low-pass filter and delay are used to their full extent.

TKNG NVNTRY

The samples used for this piece consist of an arpeggiated chord played on guitar and three recordings of various pad synthesizers. The guitar sample is manipulated through the main granular synthesizer, while the pads make use of a second granular synthesiser. The genre of this piece had a major impact on the values used in the mapping: as an ambient piece, change in the sound and structure should happen gradually. This required using "clip" on Max/MSP to limit values to a specified range, so that change would not be too sudden and noticeable.

Grambient Synth

Reflection episodically shows the scarily subtle development of eating disorder habits in day-to-day life, the necessity of having a strong support system and troubling depictions of the crippling reality of this mental health disorder.

Reflection (Lucy Bennett Dance Company)

This piece explores the modes Lydian, Ionian, Mixolydian and Dorian by using probability and Markov chains to determine the chord progression, the melody and its rhythm.

Mark Of Markov

This composition is part of the project Spring Will Come Again, which explores metamusic in musical theatre. The album, inspired by the musical Hadestown, focuses on seasons and the transition between them. This interlude was written to describe the ending of autumn and the arrival of winter. Inspired by ice crystals, it was written translating Koch’s snowflake into music.

Interlude 2 Koch Snowflake

PhD Researcher in AI & Music @ QMUL | Generative music for film and games using Deep Learning| Film & Game music composer | Italian in London

info@saracardinalemusic.com

Sara Cardinale

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