Doug Van NortPh.D. Music Technology (2010)Supervisor: Prof. Marcelo M. Wanderley, Prof. Philippe Depalle Email: doug [at] music [dot] mcgill [dot] ca Web: http://www.dvntsea.com/ Fax: +1 (514) 398-2962 Phone: +1 (514) 398-4535 ext. 094846 |
Previous Educational Experience
- MFA Electronic Arts, iEAR program, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
- MA Mathematics, State University of New York, Potsdam
- BA Mathematics, State University of New York, Potsdam
Research Interests
- Human-Computer Interaction for “Laptop Music”
- Mapping and its role in instrumental and compositional systems
- Interactive and Generative Systems for Improvisation
- Signal Processing and Analysis/Synthesis
- Texture and noise
- Network music
- Creating and directing laptop performance ensembles
- Deep Listening
- Sound synthesis and processing for adaptive control
Projects
- Analysis/Synthesis for control of textured sounds
- Feedback Adaptive Control of Sound Synthesis
- greis, formally known as graneis
IDMIL Publications
Articles
- Doug Van Nort, Marcelo M. Wanderley and Philippe Depalle. "Mapping Control Structures to Sound Synthesis: Functional and Topological Perspectives". Computer Music Journal, vol. 38, number 3, MIT Press, 2014, pages 6–22. DOI: 10.1162/COMJ_a_00253.
- Doug Van Nort. "Noise/Music and representation systems". Organised Sound, vol. 11, number 2, Cambridge University Press, 2006, pages 173–178. DOI: 10.1017/S1355771806001452.
In Proceedings
- Doug Van Nort, David Gauthier, Sha Xin Wei and Marcelo M. Wanderley. "Extraction of Gestural Meaning from a Fabric-Based Instrument". In Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC), 2007, pages 441–444.
- Doug Van Nort and Marcelo M. Wanderley. "Control Strategies for Navigation of Complex Sonic Spaces". In Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME), 2007, pages 379–382.
- Doug Van Nort and Marcelo M. Wanderley. "The LoM Mapping Toolbox for Max/MSP/Jitter". In Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC), 2006, pages 397–400.
- Doug Van Nort and Marcelo M. Wanderley. "Exploring the Effect of Mapping Trajectories on Musical Performance". In Proceedings of the Sound and Music Computing Conference (SMC), 2006, pages 19–24.
- Doug Van Nort, Marcelo M. Wanderley and Philippe Depalle. "On the Choice of Mappings based on Geometrical Properties". In Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME), 2004, pages 87–91.
Dissertations
- Doug Van Nort. "Modular and Adaptive Control of Sonic Processes". PhD thesis, McGill University. Thesis defended on January 8, 2010.
Other Publications
Journal Articles
- H. McDonough, B. Madore, C. Miller, A. Rogalski, D. Van Nort, J. Wood. “Structure Theory for Finitely Generated Carry Groups.” Pi Mu Epsilon Journal, vol. 12 no. 1, Fall 2004.
Book Sections
- Doug Van Nort, “Noise to Signal: Deep Listening and the Windowed Line”, in Deep Listening: A Composer’s Sound Practice by Pauline Oliveros, iUniverse / Deep Listening Publications 2005.
Conference Papers
- Doug Van Nort and Philippe Depalle, “A Stochastic State-Space Phase Vocoder for Synthesis of Roughness”, to appear in Proc. Of the 2006 International Conference on Digital Audio Effects (DAFx 06), Montreal, QC, September, 2006.
Conference Abstracts
- Doug Van Nort, “Texture Perception: Signal Modeling and Compositional Approaches,” in Proc. of the 2007 Conference of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition (SMPC-07), Montreal, QC, August 2007.
- Doug Van Nort, “Le Mappings Geometrique et Trajectoires Musicale”, in L'interdisciplinarité dans les sciences et technologies de la musique Colloquium, part of La Réunion 2006 de l'Association Francophone pour le Savoir (ACFAS), Montreal, QC, May 17, 2006.
- Doug Van Nort, “The Contemporary Production of Noise and the Role of the System”, in Electroacoustic Music Studies 2005 (EMS-05) International Conference, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, October 19-22, 2005.
- Stacy Denton and Doug Van Nort. “Music, noise and the (de)socialization of sound”,in In and Out of the Sound Studio Conference, Concordia University, Montreal, QC. July 25-29, 2005.