00100		Proposal for the Stanford Computer Music Project
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00150				John M. Chowning	
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00210	
00300	The Department of Music, ten years ago, began its support of
00400	computer music at a time when many university music departments
00500	considered such work to be anti-humanistic and/or trivial.  We
00600	developed (and were the first) a self-contained system for
00700	direct digital synthesis using computers supported by powerful
00800	synthesis and composition programs.  The fact that we have
00900	been supplying in recent years a growing number of universities
01000	with our programs and special knowledge is a powerful testament
01100	to the initial foresight of the Stanford Music Department.
01200	
01300	The activity at the Stanford Computer Music Project (SCMP) is
01400	vigorous and productive.  The current research areas and the
01500	personnel are
01600	
01700		1. Music Editing - L. Smith
01800		2. Frequency Modulation Synthesis - J. Chowning
01900		3. Reverberation and Spatial Cues - L. Rush
02000		4. Spectral Analysis and Perception - J. Grey, J.A. Moorer
02100		5. System Hardware and Programming - J.A. Moorer
02200	
02300		Loren Rush is a composer who has a long-standing 
02400	involvement with SCMP, predating his doctorate at Stanford.
02500	His critical hearing and careful research are of obvious benefit.
02600	
02700		John Grey is a doctoral candidate in Psychology whose
02800	disertation promises to be major contribution in psychoacoustics.
02900	
03000		J.A. Moorer is a doctoral candidate in Computer Science
03100	whose scientific training and deep interest in music and acoustics
03200	havg been of enormous help to us.
03300	
03400	Together, this is a group of people having exceptional skills and
03500	dedication would constitute an ideal staff for SCMP.
03600	
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03800			Funding
03900	The Music Department cannot by itself support SCMP.  In view of
04000	the nature of our work, therefore, NSF or NIMH seem to be
04100	attractive possibilities for support.  We are now putting together
04200	a large proposal for support over a two year period for the
04300	above personnel and for a computer and/or special purpose
04400	processor.  With the help of the department we should also
04500	contact the large foundations.
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04700	
04800			Teaching
04900	Within the competence of SCMP as proposed is a number of courses
05000	and seminars, some of which could be offered in the general
05100	music curriculum and others as seminars for more specialized
05200	interest in electronic music and acoustics.
05300		General Courses-
05400			Acoustics - Grey, Chowning
05500			Psychoacoustics - Grey
05600		Specialized Seminars-
05700			Music Compiler and Instrument Design - Rush,Chowning
05800			Use of Score - Smith
05900			Additive Synthesis - Grey
06000			FM Synthesis - Rush, Chowning
06100			Mathematics - Moorer
06200			Digital Processing - Moorer
06300			Reverberation and Spatial Programs - Rush
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06500	
06600			Organization 
06700	For the purposes of research, teaching, and fund-raising SCMP
06800	should have some degree of formal organization.  I propose the
06900	following:
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07000			Principle Investigator   -  Smith
07100			and Faculty Advisor
07200	
07300			Co-directors             -  Chowning, Rush
07400	
07500			Research Associates      -  Grey, Moorer
07600	
07610	I understand from L. Smith that he does not have the time to
07620	assume primary responsibility for writing proposals and teaching
07630	the computer courses.
07700	In view of the fact that I will be away after March, the
07800	co-directorship has the advantage of providing Rush an official
07900	position from which he can 'push' proposals and over-see the
08000	general activities of the project.  He should also teach the
08100	computer synthesis courses while I am away.  It seems to me
08200	important that the momentum of that program be maintained.5
08300	
08400	Assuming that we are able to find support all of the positions
08500	except for L. Smith would be research associates where the
08600	department would be responsable for 1/2 of one position (Rush
08700	until my return).
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09000			Association with IRCAM
09100	I would propose to Boulez while I am in Europe that a time-sharing
09200	arrangement be worked out with his Institute de Recherche et
09300	Coordination Acoustique Musicale (IRCAM), where some faculty and
09400	staff of SCMP exchange locations with some staff of IRCAM.  From
09500	the point of view of Boulez it should be attractive since he will
09600	have initial need of this kind of 'ventilation'.  From Stanford's position
09700	it would allow a member of the project to work at IRCAM for a limited
09800	period in a siggnificantly different environment.  I would suggest that
09900	such exchanges include Stanford graduate students as well.