Nodal Technical Papers
The following technical papers describe some of the design decisions behind Nodal, and details on its use and internal operation. Click on the [pdf] links to download the papers.
McCormack, J., McIlwain, P., Lane, A. & Dorin, A. "Generative Composition with Nodal, in Workshop on Music and Artificial Life (part of ECAL 2007), E.R. Miranda (ed.) , Lisbon, Portugal, 2007. [pdf]
McIlwain, P., McCormack, J., Lane, A. & Dorin, A."Composing With Nodal Networks", in Proceedings of the 2006 Australasian Computer Music Conference (ACMC), Haines (ed.), ACMA, Fitzroy, Australia 2006, pp. 101-7. [pdf]
McIlwain, P. & McCormack, J. "Design Issues in Musical Composition Networks", in Proceedings of the Australiasian Computer Music Conference 2005, Opie, T. and Brown, A. (eds), Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. 12 - 14 July 2005, pp. 96-101. [pdf]