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This concert raises aesthetic issues that are more interesting than the tech stuff--here's a blip from the composer's program notes:

"Automation of acoustic instruments allows a composer to transcend limitations of performer ability and offers new sound possibilities that could not be reproduced by a live performer. While other techniques of computer music may seem more practical, the automated instrument approach retains the richness of the source acoustic instrument and offers the visual interest of live instrumental performance.

My music for this these instruments takes advantage of the suprahuman abilities of these robots, exploring musical possibilities unachievable by a human musician."

What does this mean for musicians?

Did you hear this music from the RoboRecital? There are no movies, but I like the music more than the stuff on the LEMUR pages.

This concert raises aesthetic issues that are more interesting than the tech stuff--here's a blip from the composer's program notes:

"Automation of acoustic instruments allows a composer to transcend limitations of performer ability and offers new sound possibilities that could not be reproduced by a live performer. While other techniques of computer music may seem more practical, the automated instrument approach retains the richness of the source acoustic instrument and offers the visual interest of live instrumental performance.

My music for this these instruments takes advantage of the suprahuman abilities of these robots, exploring musical possibilities unachievable by a human musician."

What does this mean for musicians?

....a RoboRECTAL is probably more pleasant than some of the music on the RoboRecital (mp3's)

..and player pianos don't only reproduce a live pianist's performance, they are capable of exceeding the limitations of a human performer.

That isn't the point. These instruments can exceed the capabilities of a human performer!

Yes, but the invention of the player piano happened WAY after player organs!

Video preservation not enough?

There are plenty of robots in music, like these, admittedly for a different purpose. This article in the New York Times talks robots in art, and about this all-robot concert at Juilliard.

What is the world coming to?