Intelligent MIDI Sequencing with Hamster Control

Posted by Zonk on Saturday February 26, 2005 @02:38PM from the better-than-a-boy-band dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Levy Lorenzo managed to build a MIDI sequencer that is powered and operated by hamsters. The hamsters work in teams of two to control melody and rhythm, and Markov chains are used to modify the hamster-based inputs. The sample MP3 sounds pretty good." From the article: "The MIDI sequencer intelligently produced melodies by manipulating the musical elements of rhythm and note-choice. Guided by inputs based on hamster movements, Markov chains were used to perform such beat and note computations. In culmination, 3 simultaneous voices were produced spanning 3 octaves and 3 rhythmic tiers."

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I'd love to see... by nsasch · 2005-02-26 15:17 · Score: 0, Offtopic

the RIAA sue for the rights of the hamsters to the music! Or for rights of downloading a music video of the hamsters running on their wheels

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Re:Hamster Death by tepples · 2005-02-26 15:41 · Score: 0, Offtopic

"Let's Get It On" was sung by Marvin Gaye.

Gaye? I thought that was a straight song! Way to spoil my fantasy :-{
Re:Incredible! by JasontheMason · 2005-02-26 15:50 · Score: 1, Offtopic

Um, I know it's not a machine, but....
You don't happen to be the creator of the original Hamster Dance, do you?
JtM

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