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Music technologist · PhD researcher

Charles Norton

Performance mapping, interactive control and sonification, and tools that connect Max and Kyma

Research

Publications

Book chapters and papers on performance mapping, flow-state and the (nearly) sonification of data. Part of my PhD Journey.

Projects

Software & music

A window into my creative outputs; music on fromatod, production for namerio, and other activities from the last few years.

VLE Lab

Experimental Tools

Browser-based audio visual experiments built for teaching. Subtractive Synthesis, Annotation, Fonts, Cropping, and more

Cover of Innovation in Music: Technology and Creativity

Latest publication

Performance mapping and control: enhanced musical connections and a strategy to optimise flow-state

Book chapter, 2024. In Innovation in Music: Technology and Creativity. Routledge.

Featured project

MaxVCS

Software that lets Max 8 talk to Kyma in both directions. Control widgets and snapshots by name and swap destinations in real time.

MaxVCS