This module will explore ideas, theories and techniques related to

Approaches to the performance of live electronic music
Practical real-time software techniques
Performing with controllers and sensors
Live electronics
Relationship of performance, listening and composition
Interactive music systems
Visuals in live performance
Collaborative performance

1. Creation and performance of a live set centred around computer-based technology and/or live electronics (Learning Outcomes 1 and 4)

2. Written context and programme notes which detail the practical context of the performance including choices made around software and hardware and the conceptual and theoretical context of the performance and its place in the digital performance canon. (Learning Outcome 2 and 3)

3 hours per week lecture/practical /tutorial over 14 weeks

1. Design a live set using digital audio and a suitable live software application and/or live electronics Application, Problem Solving

2. Review software and hardware tools related to live performances.
Learning, Reflection, Communication

3. Analyse and evaluate live performance practices and methodologies and their relationship with contemporary performance technologies.
Enquiry, Reflection

4. Perform a live set incorporating exploratory use of hardware controllers and associated software performance tools.
Application, Communication

Media stores / resource centre
Music laboratories
Ableton Live software
Cycling 74 Max software (with additional third-party externals by IRCAM)
Max 4 Live Software
Processing software
TouchDesigner software
Open Stage Control Software
Various additional third-party audio plug-ins by McDSP, Avid, Eventide, Michael Norris.
Microsoft Office software
Books, eBooks and audio recordings via the Library
LinkedIn Learning Training library

Electronic Music and Sound Design - Theory and Practice with Max 8 - Volume 1 (Fourth Edition) Paperback – Illustrated, (2019)

Emmerson, S. (2007). Living Electronic Music. New edition. Aldershot: Ashgate. Margulies, J. (2013).

Ableton Live 9 Power! Com edition. Boston, MA: Cengage Learning..

Hermes, K. (2022) Performing Electronic Music Live. 1st edn. Focal Press.

Reas, C. & Fry, B. (2015). Processing: A Programming Handbook for Visual Designers and Artists. 2nd edition.
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Sanden, P. (2013). Liveness in modern music: musicians, technology, and the perception of performance.

London: Routledge. Winkler, T. (2001). Composing Interactive Music: Techniques and Ideas Using Max. New
Ed. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

This module aims to develop your skills in preparation and implementation of electronic live performance
techniques using suitable software and hardware. The module will incorporate a variety of contemporary live
performance methodologies, theories and practices and will result in a performance at a live event during
the year. You will learn approaches to the performance of live electronic music, practical real-time software
techniques, performing with controllers and sensors, live electronics, theories of performance, listening
and composition, Interactive music systems and the use of visuals in live performance.