DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION ABLETON LIVE AND TECHNOLOGICAL MEDIATION
Author
Banyté, Monika
Term
4. term
Education
Publication year
2020
Abstract
This thesis examines how the digital audio workstation Ableton Live mediates the creative practices of contemporary musicians. Drawing on post-phenomenology (Ihde) and techno-anthropological perspectives, it explores technological mediation between musician, software, and world, focusing on how Ableton Live reshapes perceptions of music notation, enables visualization of sonic elements previously difficult to represent, and reframes notions of virtuosity in electronic music production. The research design outlines staged inquiry, two empirical datasets, and a literature review, followed by analyses of alterity relations (interacting with digital instruments) and hermeneutic relations (interpreting representations within the interface). Set within a historical overview of creativity and music technology, the work seeks to clarify what the rapid evolution of DAWs means for everyday creative practice and the wider music industry. Specific findings are not presented in the provided excerpt.
Dette speciale undersøger, hvordan den digitale lydarbejdsstation Ableton Live medierer nutidige musikeres kreative praksis. Med afsæt i post-fænomenologi (Ihde) og techno-antropologiske perspektiver udforskes den teknologiske mediering mellem musiker, software og omverden med fokus på, hvordan Ableton Live ændrer opfattelsen af nodesystemer, muliggør visualisering af lydlige elementer, der tidligere var vanskelige at repræsentere, og omdefinerer forestillinger om virtuositet i elektronisk musikproduktion. Forskningsdesignet skitserer et trinvist forløb, to empiriske datasæt og et litteraturreview, efterfulgt af analyser af alteritetsrelationer (interaktion med digitale instrumenter) og hermeneutiske relationer (fortolkning af repræsentationer i interfacet). På baggrund af en historisk gennemgang af kreativitet og musikteknologi søger arbejdet at klarlægge, hvad den hurtige udvikling af DAW’er betyder for hverdagens kreative praksisser og den bredere musikindustri. Konkrete resultater fremgår ikke af det udleverede uddrag.
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