Mr Duncan Williams' Outputs (25)

Tracking timbral changes in metal productions from 1990 to 2013 (2014)
Journal Article
Williams, D. (2014). Tracking timbral changes in metal productions from 1990 to 2013. Metal music studies (Online), 1(1), 39-68. https://doi.org/10.1386/mms.1.1.39_1

The metal scene has undergone an evolution in sonic characteristics that is partially rooted in music technology developments and associated production techniques that have given rise to a set of identifiably distinct ‘metal’ timbres. The science of... Read More about Tracking timbral changes in metal productions from 1990 to 2013.

Investigating affect in algorithmic composition systems (2014)
Journal Article
Williams, D., Kirke, A., Miranda, E., Roesch, E., Daly, I., & Nasuto, S. (2015). Investigating affect in algorithmic composition systems. Psychology of Music, 43(6), 831-854. https://doi.org/10.1177/0305735614543282

There has been a significant amount of work implementing systems for algorithmic composition with the intention of targeting specific emotional responses in the listener, but a full review of this work is not currently available. This gap creates a s... Read More about Investigating affect in algorithmic composition systems.

Neural correlates of emotional responses to music : An EEG study (2014)
Journal Article

This paper presents an EEG study into the neural correlates of music-induced emotions. We presented participants with a large dataset containing musical pieces in different styles, and asked them to report on their induced emotional responses.

We... Read More about Neural correlates of emotional responses to music : An EEG study.

Tools for fashioning voices : an interview with Trevor Wishart (2013)
Journal Article
Garrard, C., & Williams, D. (2013). Tools for fashioning voices : an interview with Trevor Wishart. Contemporary Music Review, 32(5), 511-525. https://doi.org/10.1080/07494467.2013.849878

Trevor Wishart, York-based electroacoustic composer and sonic artist, discusses his most
recent piece, Encounters in the Republic of Heaven, a piece in four acts created from
manipulated recordings of the spoken word, after his keynote speech to th... Read More about Tools for fashioning voices : an interview with Trevor Wishart.

Music-induced emotions can be predicted from a combination of brain activity and acoustic features
Journal Article

It is widely acknowledged that music can communicate and induce a wide range of emotions in the listener. However, music is a highly-complex audio signal composed of a wide range of complex time- and frequency-varying components. Additionally, music-... Read More about Music-induced emotions can be predicted from a combination of brain activity and acoustic features.