Exploring situated stabilities of a rhythm generation system through variational cross-examination
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- dc.contributor.author Kotowski, Błażej
- dc.contributor.author Evans, Nicholas
- dc.contributor.author Haki, Behzad
- dc.contributor.author Font Corbera, Frederic
- dc.contributor.author Jordà Puig, Sergi
- dc.date.accessioned 2025-10-14T13:02:42Z
- dc.date.available 2025-10-14T13:02:42Z
- dc.date.issued 2025
- dc.description.abstract This paper investigates GrooveTransformer, a real-time rhythm generation system, through the postphenomenological framework of Variational Cross-Examination (VCE). By reflecting on its deployment across three distinct artistic contexts, we identify three stabilities: an autonomous drum accompaniment generator, a rhythmic control voltage sequencer in Eurorack format, and a rhythm driver for a harmonic accompaniment system. The versatility of its applications was not an explicit goal from the outset of the project. Thus, we ask: how did this multistability emerge? Through VCE, we identify three key contributors to its emergence: the affordances of system invariants, the interdisciplinary collaboration, and the situated nature of its development. We conclude by reflecting on the viability of VCE as a descriptive and analytical method for Digital Musical Instrument (DMI) design, emphasizing its value in uncovering how technologies mediate, co-shape, and are co-shaped by users and contexts.
- dc.description.sponsorship This research was funded by (1) the Secretaría de Estado de Digitalización e Inteligencia Artificial, and the European Union-Next Generation EU, under the program Cátedras ENIA 2022. "IA y Música: Cátedra en Inteligencia Artificial y Música" (Reference: TSI-100929-2023-1), (2) the Maria de Maeztu Strategic Research Program (CEX2021-001195-M) and (3) the IMPA Project PID2023-152250OB-I00 funded by MCIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033/FEDER, UE.
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- dc.identifier.citation Kotowski B, Evans N, Haki B, Font F, Jordà, S. Exploring situated stabilities of a rhythm generation system through variational cross-examination. Paper presented at: 6th Conference on AI Music Creativity (AIMC 2025); 2025 Sep 10-12; Brussels, Belgium. 12p.
- dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/71506
- dc.language.iso eng
- dc.publisher AI Music Creativity
- dc.relation.ispartof 6th Conference on AI Music Creativity (AIMC 2025); 2025 Sep 10-12; Brussels, Belgium.
- dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/3PE/PID2023-152250OB-I00
- dc.rights Copyright © 2025 The Authors. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
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- dc.subject.keyword Human-computer interaction
- dc.subject.keyword Artificial intelligence
- dc.subject.keyword Sound
- dc.subject.keyword Audio and speech processing
- dc.title Exploring situated stabilities of a rhythm generation system through variational cross-examination
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