DISCO: Disk-based Interface for Semantic Composition

Abstract

When moving the activity of composing music to the desktop, one of the common issues is that the interface doesn’t suggest an appropriate workflow, which would lead the user to structure up the work systematically. In conventional interfaces, musical elements are scattered over the sequencers and are thus visually unperceivable by the user. The semantics of music can be employed to put the elements in a coherent order, which would better assist the user at maintaining the intricate materials. Stepping further into the rhythmic part of music, this thesis will demonstrate a disk-based interface that helps the user create patterns easier.