User Testing

Dr Andrew Robertson demonstrates software that can monitor and follow the tempo of a live drummer and explains how the technology might be used creatively in musical performance.

An episode of the Components podcast, hosted by The Royal Institution, titled "User Testing" was published on December 3, 2012 and runs 5 minutes.

December 3, 2012 ·5m · Components

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Rather than the performer following exactly a pre-defined "click track" the system allows computer controlled samples and effects to be timed according to the drummers own pace. Via a process called "time-stretching" the software is then able to speed up or slow down sound samples without altering their actual pitch.In his second Components film, Andrew puts his software to the test at Queen Mary University London with a professional drummer and explains how the technology might be used creatively in musical performance

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