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New Directions In Music Tech At Siggraph

Posted by timothy on from the good-sounds-sound-good dept.

Cyrrin writes "The 2003 Siggraph conference is under way in San Diego, and the Emerging Technologies booth is showcasing several noteworthy projects in the field of human-computer interaction in music production. First, The Continuator system, from Sony Computer Science Laboratory, Paris which learns in real-time the style of a performing pianist, taking into account chord structures, rhythm, and melody, and then renders a musical performance in a similar style. Next is The Augmented Composer Project which uses real-time image processing to read the arrangement and orientation of symbolic cards on a table to allow a composer to assemble components of a musical phrase. Finally, those wizards at the MIT Media Lab bring you Hyperscore, a visual composition program which is intended for childen to be able to easily create complex and fantastic music sequences. (And it's fun for adults too!) Hyperscore is part of the Toy Symphony project and is available for download by going to the Musictoys->Hyperscore-> Showcase page (Windows-only though)."

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  1. I wonder what would happen... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...if that MIT punk from a couple of articles back pointed his scanner at that windows-only monstrosity.

  2. Re: A musicians worse nightmare. by chill · · Score: 3, Funny

    I see, so I guess because Sony cant sell CDs anymore now they want to make machines which learn from successful musicians and generate music I guess so they can fire the musician and sell the new machine product to consumers.

    With luck, it's first exposure will be to Boy George, Britney Spears and William Shatner. If it is truly smart software, it will then kill itself and try it's damndest to take as many music execs as possible with it.

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  3. The Continuator by Tumbleweed · · Score: 4, Funny

    > The Continuator system, from Sony Computer Science Laboratory, Paris which
    > learns in real-time the style of a performing pianist, taking into account
    > chord structures, rhythm, and melody, and then renders a musical performance in
    > a similar style.

    The Continuator, the latest product from Sony Computer Science Laboratory (a wholly-owned subsidiary of CyberDyne Heavy Industries, Inc.), was quoted as saying, "Say, that's a nice tune you've got there..." The demo's guest pianist was later found gruesomely slain in a back room of the exhibition hall.

  4. New Artists by corgicorgi · · Score: 4, Funny

    First, The Continuator system, from Sony Computer Science Laboratory, Paris which learns in real-time the style of a performing pianist, taking into account chord structures, rhythm, and melody, and then renders a musical performance in a similar style.

    That is so cool! I can't wait for an album release by Deep Blue!

  5. Starving Artists... by hcetSJ · · Score: 3, Funny

    Having been reduced to a roving band of minstrels, Metallica is now forced to compete with mechanical musicians which people have downloaded from the internet and printed in 3D.

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    This side up.