Uchronie: Revisiting Analogue Computing to Expand the Language of A/V Synthesis (original) (raw)

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Compared to acoustic instruments, the evolution of the synthesizer has been rapid but fragmented. With reference to the theory of Chion, Uchronie explores the audiovisual possibilities of borrowing from general-purpose analogue computers. These were briefly explored in the 1960s, but have since been neglected in favour of more conventional musical processes and associated language.

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