Resurrecting Performers Via Computer Performance

putko writes "The NYT has an article entitled 'Play It Again, Vladimir (via Computer)' that discusses efforts to transform old recordings into new, computer played performances (reg. required), by determining how the previous performer made the sounds and redoing it. Further efforts attempt to distill the 'style' of a performer and play other scores with the same style. As can be expected, musicologists argue over whether or not the new musical artifact is really 'a performance'. Philip K. Dick would be proud."

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[stuffman64]

See more information about it here, from (*ahem*) an older Slashdot article...

Re:See Also

[stuffman64]

Hmm... quite caustic there (but aren't all cowards that way?).

If you notice, this is not a repost, rather, it's a story relating to one mentioned earlier. I just thought I'd point that out, since it was quite relevant to the topic.

Great work

[karvind]

I think these effort should be well appreciated.

Cutting Archives does a lot of restoration work. Check their faq

We also had a cool story on slashdot before about Concert to be Performed from Beyond the Grave

PKD "inventions"

[putko]

Here's some inventions of Philip K. Dick (via technovelgy.com).

The technology described by Philip is definitely not in this list; the article's submitter is either lazy or cleverly attempting to sneak the dupe past the editors via his absurd PKD reference.

Andy - an artificial human
Autofac (Nanorobots) - a factory that can replicate itself
Bubblehead - big-head brainiacs
Claws (Guard Robot)
Commuter Cooling Unit - portable air conditioning
Dr. Smile - psychiatrist in a suitcase
Electric Sheep - livestock as consumer electronics
Embryonic Robots - early scifi nanobots?
Empathy Box - TV for your emotional brain
Extra-Factual Memory - an implanted memory
Homeopape - news just you can use
Kipple - non-recycled paper.
Mood Organ - play your partner
Nanny - child-care robot with punch
Nexus-6 Brain Unit - meet my friend Roy
Penfield Wave Transmitter - an emotional brain remote control
Perky Pat Microworld - playset for grownups
Precrime Analytical Wing - precogs babble, machines tabulate
Replicant - an artificial human
Robot Cab Driver- everybody's got problems

Re:Interesting

[prichardson]

The computer doesn't replicate thought processes, it replicates the technical things that the player is doing. It would be impossible to replicate the player's thought processes because no one on the planet could know exactly what was going through someone's head.