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Coding livecoding

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Ben Swift,

Andrew Sorensen,

Michael Martin,

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CHI '14: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Pages 1021 - 1024

https://doi.org/10.1145/2556288.2557049

Published: 26 April 2014 Publication History

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Livecoding is an artistic programming practice in which an artist's low-level interaction can be observed with sufficiently high fidelity to allow for transcription and analysis. This paper presents the first reported "coding" of livecoding videos. From an identified corpus of videos available on the web, we coded performances of two different livecoding artists, recording both the (textual) programming edit events and the musical effect of these edits. Our analysis includes a novel, transition-matrix visualisation of the textual and musical dimensions of this data to create a "performer fingerprint". We show how detailed transcriptions of livecoding videos can be made which, we hope, will provide a foundation for further research into describing and understanding livecoding.

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Martin CGardner H(2016)A Percussion-Focussed Approach to Preserving Touch-Screen ImprovisationCurating the Digital10.1007/978-3-319-28722-5_5(51-72)Online publication date: 2016
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28722-5_5
Martin CGardner HSwift BBerdahl EAllison J(2015)Tracking Ensemble Performance on Touch-Screens with Gesture Classification and Transition MatricesProceedings of the international conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression10.5555/2993778.2993870(359-364)Online publication date: 30-May-2015
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/2993778.2993870

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Coding livecoding
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)

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CHI '14: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

April 2014

4206 pages

ISBN:9781450324731

DOI:10.1145/2556288

General Chairs:
Matt Jones
Swansea University, Wales, UK
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Philippe Palanque
Université Paul Sabatier, France
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University of Stuttgart, Germany
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Tovi Grossman
Autodesk Research, Canada

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Martin CGardner H(2016)A Percussion-Focussed Approach to Preserving Touch-Screen ImprovisationCurating the Digital10.1007/978-3-319-28722-5_5(51-72)Online publication date: 2016
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Martin CGardner HSwift BBerdahl EAllison J(2015)Tracking Ensemble Performance on Touch-Screens with Gesture Classification and Transition MatricesProceedings of the international conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression10.5555/2993778.2993870(359-364)Online publication date: 30-May-2015
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