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Autori principali: Kotowski, Błażej, Evans, Nicholas, Haki, Behzad, Font, Frederic, Jordà, Sergi
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Pubblicazione: 2025
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Accesso online:https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.05145
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author Kotowski, Błażej
Evans, Nicholas
Haki, Behzad
Font, Frederic
Jordà, Sergi
author_facet Kotowski, Błażej
Evans, Nicholas
Haki, Behzad
Font, Frederic
Jordà, Sergi
contents 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.
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spellingShingle Exploring Situated Stabilities of a Rhythm Generation System through Variational Cross-Examination
Kotowski, Błażej
Evans, Nicholas
Haki, Behzad
Font, Frederic
Jordà, Sergi
Human-Computer Interaction
Artificial Intelligence
Sound
Audio and Speech Processing
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.
title Exploring Situated Stabilities of a Rhythm Generation System through Variational Cross-Examination
topic Human-Computer Interaction
Artificial Intelligence
Sound
Audio and Speech Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.05145