UPIC system

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computer-based composition system electroacoustic music tool graphic sound synthesis system

The UPIC system is an innovative computer-based composition tool that lets composers create music by drawing graphical shapes that are then translated into sound.

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UPIC system canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf computer-based composition system ⓘ
electroacoustic music tool ⓘ
graphic sound synthesis system ⓘ
basedOn mathematical models of sound ⓘ
stochastic music concepts ⓘ
controlParameter amplitude ⓘ
duration ⓘ
pitch ⓘ
timbre ⓘ
countryOfDevelopment France ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Greece ⓘ
creator Iannis Xenakis ⓘ
designedFor composers ⓘ
non-musicians ⓘ
developedAt CEMAMu ⓘ
IRCAM ⓘ
surface form: Centre d’Études de Mathématique et Automatique Musicales
developer Iannis Xenakis ⓘ
fieldOfUse computer music ⓘ
electroacoustic music ⓘ
sound design ⓘ
fullName CEMAMu ⓘ
surface form: Unité Polyagogique Informatique du CEMAMu
genre computer-assisted composition system ⓘ
hardwareEra mainframe computers ⓘ
hasAlternativeName UPIC system ⓘ
surface form: UPIC
hasPart computer ⓘ
digital sound synthesis software ⓘ
graphics tablet ⓘ
inception 1970s ⓘ
1977 ⓘ
influenced HighC ⓘ
UPISketch ⓘ
graphic notation-based music software ⓘ
language graphical notation ⓘ
locationOfFirstInstallation Paris ⓘ
mainFunction allow composers to create music by drawing ⓘ
notableWorkCreatedWith Mycenae and Tiryns ⓘ
surface form: Mycenae-Alpha

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outputFormat digital audio ⓘ
representation pitch on vertical axis ⓘ
time on horizontal axis ⓘ
translates drawn graphics into sound ⓘ
uses digital sound synthesis ⓘ
graphical input ⓘ
pitch contour drawing ⓘ
time–frequency representation ⓘ
waveform drawing ⓘ

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Iannis Xenakis → usedTechnology → UPIC system ⓘ
Polytopes → relatedTo → UPIC system ⓘ
UPIC system → hasAlternativeName → UPIC system ⓘ
this entity surface form: UPIC
UPIC graphic sound synthesis system → acronym → UPIC system ⓘ
this entity surface form: UPIC