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Intelligent MIDI Sequencing with Hamster Control

Posted by Zonk on 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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  1. The video reveals... by d474 · · Score: 1, Troll

    ...that this is a totally stupid article. Those hamsters weren't doing anything!! They're just sniffing their asses and music is being played!?

    Watch the video, judge for yourself. Honestly there is NO CORRELATION between what the hamsters are doing and the sounds coming out of the sequencer. This gets a big W.T.F.?

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