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Resurrecting Performers Via Computer Performance

Posted by Zonk on from the let-them-lie dept.

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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  1. See Also by stuffman64 · · Score: 5, Informative

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

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  2. Re:Tester by VirtuaKnight · · Score: 5, Funny

    >Yeah but can it do hardcore gangster rap?

    int main()
    {
    for(int i=0;i10;i++)
    switch(rand()%3)
    {
    case 0:
    printf("Blew that sucka away with my nine.\n");
    case 1:
    printf("Slapped my ho' 'cause she didn't pay up.\n");
    case 2:
    printf("G-G-G-G-G-G-G-UNIT!!!\n");
    }
    }