Schmitt

Mári Mákó

Music Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract:

Schmitt is a quadrophonic live-electronic music performance. The piece meant to challenge and explore the relationships between motion, gesture and music in a multi-channel speaker setup. Along with that the narrative of the performance is about overcoming existential crisis, which is translated into a sonic journey. The main symbol is a self-made square wave Schmitt oscillator, which is the sound source throughout the whole piece. The development of the oscillator's timbre is the transformation of the narrative. The piece is also questioning a certain issue behind using self-made instruments or controllers compared to the use of traditional instruments. It is strongly connected to a reference point (expectation) of how the players gestures on the instrument are coordinated with the sounding outcome.

Citation:

Mári Mákó. 2020. Schmitt. Music Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6353997

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{nime20-music-Mako,
 abstract = {Schmitt is a quadrophonic live-electronic music performance. The piece meant to challenge and explore the relationships between motion, gesture and music in a multi-channel speaker setup. Along with that the narrative of the performance is about overcoming existential crisis, which is translated into a sonic journey. The main symbol is a self-made square wave Schmitt oscillator, which is the sound source throughout the whole piece. The development of the oscillator's timbre is the transformation of the narrative. The piece is also questioning a certain issue behind using self-made instruments or controllers compared to the use of traditional instruments. It is strongly connected to a reference point (expectation) of how the players gestures on the instrument are coordinated with the sounding outcome.},
 address = {Birmingham, UK},
 author = {M{\'a}k{\'o}, M{\'a}ri},
 booktitle = {Music Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.6353997},
 editor = {Wright, Joe and Feng, Jian},
 month = {July},
 pages = {61-64},
 publisher = {Royal Birmingham Conservatoire},
 title = {Schmitt},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2020/nime2020_music27.pdf},
 year = {2020}
}