... algorithms 10 2.3.2 Physical Modeling Synthesis 13 2.3.3 Synthesis control signals 14 2.3.4 Musical notation and interface 16 2.4 Musical Processing Programs 19 2.5 Requirements Specification 23 3 METHODOLOGY 28 3.1 THE PRESENTATION 28 3.2 INTERVIEWS 29 3.3 THE QUESTIONNAIRE 31 3.3.1 Purpose of the questionnaire 31 3.3.2 Construction of the questionnaire 32 4 RESULTS 34 4.1 QUESTIONNAIRE RESULTS 34 4.2 ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION 39 4.2.1 The compositional process and tools 39 4.2.2 Notation and Interface 45 4.2.3 How composers think of sound 47 4.3 RESULTS SUMMARISATION 47 6 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 49 6.1 TEST OF OBJECTIVE 49 6.2 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 49 6.3 LEARNING FROM THE PROJECT 51 REFERENCES 52 1 Introduction Computer science has made massive progress over the years and we can now do more things with computers. One of the fields that computer has made a huge impact on is music. The compositional process used to mean sitting in front of a piano for days before getting a piece and only find out it didn't sound right after gathering an entire orchestra to perform it. With a powerful computer and the right synthesis software, composers now can compose even without musical instruments. Considering computers ...

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