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The preservation, emulation, migration, and virtualization of live electronics for performing arts: An overview of musical and technical issues

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Centers for electronic music creation now face strong difficulties to reperform important works considered as belonging to their repertoire. They realize the fragility of works based on electronic modules, subject to technology changes. Sustainability can be achieved in four different ways that are examined in this article: preservation, emulation, migration and virtualization. We discuss these issues, showing the first steps towards solutions at Ircam in the framework of the European project Caspar.

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          cover image Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage
          Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage   Volume 1, Issue 1
          June 2008
          124 pages
          ISSN:1556-4673
          EISSN:1556-4711
          DOI:10.1145/1367080
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          • Published: 18 June 2008
          • Accepted: 1 November 2007
          • Revised: 1 May 2007
          • Received: 1 November 2006
          Published in jocch Volume 1, Issue 1

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