'n Stelselbenadering tot die Ontwerp en Ontleding van Prosesse vir Klankproduksie

[摘要] ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In creative sociotechnical systems such as audio production the primary challengeis managing a large number of complex interconnected variables. A systemsapproach, named Interactive Production (¡P), was developed through an extensiveaction research project that spanned multiple album and film score productions.The goal of ¡P is to empower technicians to gauge and regulate the huge amount ofvariables in production systems. This is achieved through a synthesis of approachesemployed in automotive manufacturing and software development that makes useof sociotechnical design and feedback to make systems more reactive. ¡P movesaway from the widely held notion that the answer to quality in audio productionlies in the tools and equipment and rather follows an approach where systemsare designed where processes can gain the maximum contribution from bothhumans and machines. It was found that the traditional functional division in audioproduction is not suitable in a new paradigm of production characterised by cloudcollaboration and scalable projects. Where functional division was replaced by ¡P'sflow processes it was found that the reactivity afforded by this approach had apositive impact on the system's ability to deliver quality as well as dealing withuncertainty.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University