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working paper2026Computational Choreography paper

Computational Choreography: Deterministic Motion-to-Audio Synthesis via Geometric Anticipation Signals

Computational Choreography replaces direct sensor-axis-to-audio mappings with a deterministic geometric intermediary. The same motion window should produce the same anticipation packet and therefore the same downstream sound behavior.

Paper workspace

Live draft structure

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Artifacts

Markdown paper source

Computational Choreography paper mapped from Comp-Core source.

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Editable source

Paper source exists. Physical sensor-data evaluation remains the release gate.

Source anchors

Comp-Core/papers/computational-choreography/paper.md

computational-choreography/09-reference/external-research.md

Comp-Core motion/audio crates

Method tags

motion-to-audiodeterministic replayanticipation packetssensor fusion

Ingest intersections

motionaudiochoreographydeterminismanticipation

Status

Paper drafted with verified build artifacts; physical sensor-data evaluation still pending.

Key claims

01

Motion-to-audio systems need deterministic replay to become research instruments.

02

Anticipation packets decouple sensor hardware from musical control.

03

Physical sensor evaluation remains the release gate.

Public reading note

Public reader page safe; physical evaluation still pending.

Standard skeleton

What this paper must keep proving

Schema

problem

Ad hoc sensor-axis-to-audio mappings are fragile, non-deterministic, and hard to evaluate.

method

Insert a deterministic anticipation packet between sensor fusion and audio synthesis.

implementation

Rust motion/audio pipeline, fixed schema packets, Strudel bridge, genre kits, and replay checks.

data

Motion sensor streams and future physical evaluation captures; current paper includes build and cross-domain validation evidence.

evaluation

Determinism, latency, musical quality, and physical sensor-data performance.

references

NIME, TouchDesigner/Ableton motion systems, MediaPipe, Strudel/TidalCycles, anticipatory music systems.

openQuestions

Physical sensor-data evaluation must be completed before the strongest performance claims are public.

Checkpoints and references

Proof chain

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Claim checkpoint

central-claim slot

Every central claim must point to a proof anchor or remain labeled as speculative.

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Implementation checkpoint

implementation-map slot

Every method should identify the code path, harness, schema, or protocol that embodies it.

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Evidence checkpoint

evidence-manifest slot

Every reported result should point to run IDs, packet IDs, data snapshots, commits, or review artifacts.

external-referencepending

Reference checkpoint

references slot

Every external claim should resolve to a cited paper, benchmark, standard, or documented prior system.

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Release checkpoint

release-gate slot

Every PDF needs a named condition before it can move from draft to citation-ready.