Andrew N. Robertson
Encyclopedia
Dr Andrew Robertson is a British
actor best remembered for his performances in The Cement Garden
and the Gormenghast series.
He is also a musician and academic, fronting UK-based band Truck, and has published work on automatic accompaniment for rock music at the conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression
.
In May 2009, Robertson was awarded a research fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering
for his work on digital music. Robertson is currently a research student at Queen Mary, University of London
at the Centre for Digital Music specialising in interactive real-time musical systems.
In January 2011, Robertson developed software called "B-Keeper" which would allow drummers in rock bands to enhance their live performances.
Robertson is also a member of a band playing mainly space rock
music called Higamos Hogamos which trialled the "B-Keeper" software that he developed.
British people
The British are citizens of the United Kingdom, of the Isle of Man, any of the Channel Islands, or of any of the British overseas territories, and their descendants...
actor best remembered for his performances in The Cement Garden
The Cement Garden
The Cement Garden is a 1978 novel by Ian McEwan. It was adapted into a 1993 film of the same name by Andrew Birkin, starring Charlotte Gainsbourg and Andrew Robertson...
and the Gormenghast series.
He is also a musician and academic, fronting UK-based band Truck, and has published work on automatic accompaniment for rock music at the conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression
New Interfaces for Musical Expression
New Interfaces for Musical Expression, also known as NIME, is an international conference dedicated to scientific research on the development of new technologies for musical expression and artistic performance...
.
In May 2009, Robertson was awarded a research fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering
Royal Academy of Engineering
-Overview: is the UK’s national academy of engineering. The Academy brings together the most successful and talented engineers from across the engineering sectors for a shared purpose: to advance and promote excellence in engineering....
for his work on digital music. Robertson is currently a research student at Queen Mary, University of London
Queen Mary, University of London
Queen Mary, University of London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
at the Centre for Digital Music specialising in interactive real-time musical systems.
In January 2011, Robertson developed software called "B-Keeper" which would allow drummers in rock bands to enhance their live performances.
Robertson is also a member of a band playing mainly space rock
Space rock
Space rock is a subgenre of rock music; the term originally referred to a group of early, mostly British, 1970s progressive and psychedelic rock bands such as Hawkwind and Pink Floyd, characterised by slow, lengthy instrumental passages dominated by electric organs, synthesizers, experimental...
music called Higamos Hogamos which trialled the "B-Keeper" software that he developed.
Select Bibliography
- A. Robertson and M. D. Plumbley. Real-time beat-tracker for live performance with drums. To appear in Proceedings of the Digital Music Research Network Summer Conference, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK, 7-8 July 2007.
- A. Robertson and M. D. Plumbley. B-Keeper: A beat tracker for real time synchronisation within performance. In Proceedings of New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME 2007), New York, NY, USA, June 6-10, 2007, pp 234-237, 2007.
- A. N. Robertson and M. D. Plumbley. Real-time Interactive Musical Systems: An Overview. In Proceedings of the Digital Music Research Network Doctoral Researchers Conference, London, UK, July 22-23, 2006.