Sequencer model with variable domain based on mathematical concepts and abstract art

Abstract

The aim of this project is to design and develop a sequencer model as an artistic template which will allow the artist to develop, modify and use his own abstract patterns in real time. The basic idea of this project comes from the investigation of possibilities of analogue sequencers, such as Doepfer A-142 Quad AD/LFO and A-143 Complex ADSR models. These processing blocks provides user with number of possibilities of pattern developing, yet they are not precise and quite inconvenient in use. The main objective of the instrument is to provide the artist with flexible workflow for artistic live performance and improvisation. The approach the author has used considers both mathematical and creative perspectives on the structure, equilibrium, aesthetics and "painterliness" of sound as both an individual object and as part of a pattern. The author implements a new approach to the development of sequence functions, in which the method used is the alteration of function domain.