Methods for the flexible parameterisation of musical material in Ableton Live

Abstract

We present a set of tools that were developed for an experimental music project in which an album was created with 1,000 distinct variations and released as a digital limited edition. The tools enable the parameterisation of musical compositions created in the popular music software Ableton Live such that timelines of musical elements can be composed as keyframes and interpolated between. Copyright © 2013, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence. All rights reserved.