Ryan Ross Smith, Shawn Lawson (Obi-Wan Codenobi)
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The LCAN SB3 (Live Coding Animated Notation in a Shared Browser-Based Buffer) was designed to create a functional relationship between two seemingly disparate fields of practice: live-coding and animated notation. While these two fields are both representative of the artist-programmer ethos, their differences lie in their respective purposes. With live-coding the artist-programmer writes and executes code in real time with a variety of audio and visual results in traditional and non-traditional performance environments. Animated notation, like traditional notation, requires a specific symbol system, designed by the artist-programmer, which indicates to human performers what musical event(s) to execute and when. The result of this relationship is akin to a traditional performance environment, yet there is a divide between the composer (artist-programmer) and the musical result by way of the performers. The author’s LCAN SB3 seeks to merge these two fields by providing a platform by which the artist-programmer can live-code animated notations in real time that can then be performed by one or more performers. The LCAN SB3 also provides support for a shared browser-based buffer system in which two or more artist-programmers can create animated notation in real time regardless of location, enabling the creation and presentation of the resultant animated score at one or more remote sites.