The Design of UrMus as a Meta-Environment for Mobile Music

UrMus is a meta-environment to support mobile music. By aiming to facilitate a design philosophy of openness and flexibility, it provides wide ranging technical support to be leveraged for diverse forms of musical expression on mobile devices. UrMus has evolved over a period of six years to support...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: George Essl, Sang Won Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Huddersfield Press 2017-03-01
Series:Journal of Creative Music Systems
Online Access:https://www.jcms.org.uk/article/id/514/
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Summary:UrMus is a meta-environment to support mobile music. By aiming to facilitate a design philosophy of openness and flexibility, it provides wide ranging technical support to be leveraged for diverse forms of musical expression on mobile devices. UrMus has evolved over a period of six years to support wide ranging music performance practices such as collaborative mobile live coding, networked mobile performances, and the use of machine-learning in mobile music. By taking a multi-paradigmatic approach, UrMus allows the user investigate representations for mobile music program directly on the mobile device.
ISSN:2399-7656