Live Electronics

A term dating from the analogue age of electroacoustic music that describes performance involving electronic instruments which can be performed in real-time. The term is more commonly expressed today as music involving interactive instruments.

Électronique en direct (Live Electronics)

Terme datant de l'époque analogique de la musique électroacoustique et désignant une performance utilisant des instruments électroniques en temps réel. Actuellement, ce terme est plutôt employé pour désigner une musique réalisée avec des instruments interactifs.

Live Electronics

Termine che risale all'epoca analogica della musica elettroacustica e designa una performance che utilizza strumenti elettronici utilizzati in tempo reale. Attualmente, il termine viene utilizzato per indicare musiche realizzate in ambienti esecutivi interattivi.

(Nella letteratura italiana, il termine “ambiente esecutivo” è stato trodotto per la prima volta in S. Sapir, A. Vidolin, "Interazioni fra tempo e gesto - Note tecniche alla realizzazione informatica di Prometeo", in Bollettino del LIMB n. 5, Venezia, La Biennale, pp 25-33; ripubblicato in Musica Tecnologia: industria e cultura per lo sviluppo del mezzogiorno, atti del VI Colloqio di Informatica Musicale, Quaderni di Musica/Realta' n. 14, Milano, Unicopli, 1987).

Live-Elektronik

A term dating from the analogue age of electroacoustic music that describes performance involving electronic instruments which can be performed in real-time. The term is more commonly expressed today as music involving interactive instruments.

Electrónica en Vivo (Música Electrónica en Vivo)

Un término que proviene de la era analógica de la música electroacústica y que describe la interpretación empleando instrumentos electrónicos que pueden ser ejecutados en tiempo real. En el mismo sentido, el término más utilizado actualmente es: música con instrumentos interactivos.

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