Transmedial (R)Evolution: {SinOsc.ar(400, 800, 0, 0.1)multisensory.experience}.play;
Transmedial (R)Evolution: {SinOsc.ar(400, 800, 0, 0.1) multisensory.experience}.play;

Summary/Abstract: The digital revolution and technology has led us towards a more intimate understanding of the acoustic instrument and its sound. What was the modern piano for Chopin was a tape recorder for Schaeffer. Today, there is little distinction between the sounds of acoustic, natural or electronic. In this paper I describe the shift of musical perception throughout recent technological developments. My starting point of exploration is the spectral attitude of1979, which inspired further sonic evolution and changed our perception of the sound, performance and instrumental body of instruments, as well as introducing the computer as an essential instrument for composing. Further, I highlight the importance of software and discuss the ways in which softwaregeneratedmusical ideas can incite human creativity and influence a post-digitalvision of gesamtkunstwerk. The evolution of hybrid instruments and real-time audio-visual interactive software has led to changes in temporal freedom and created a multisensory experience. I explore how this transmission breaks down the barriers and limitations of the human creative mind and discusses how this can potentially lead to the new musical era. Finally, I reveal some art experiments within the concept of transmedial composition in recent times.

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