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Clarinet Wins Robotic Orchestra Competition

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the long-ways-from-virtuoso-still dept.

Sasha writes "The Australian designed robotic clarinet beat out Dutch and Finnish entries this year at the robotic orchestra competition. The researchers don't expect to replace human musicians, but are instead interested in what makes the difference between playing music well and playing music poorly. There is also a video available of the performance."

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  1. Has to be said by dave_the_dodo · · Score: 5, Funny

    I, for one, welcome our new clarinet playing overlords.

    1. Re:Has to be said by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      How can you find fault with a machine that plays Clarinet Hero and wins every time? Even on difficult pieces like the 1812 Overture? Emulating cannon explosions with a clarinet is VERY difficult, and several human performers who tried it ended up with a groin concussion and protruding eyeballs [Annals of Bad Medicine, Vol XXIV]. But this machine did it flawlessly. Alas, sadly it melted down after trying covers of Michael Jackson's Thriller. The hip thrusts and moonwalking were too much for the earnest robot.

  2. Look on the bright side... by camperdave · · Score: 3, Funny

    Look on the bright side. They could have made a robotic bagpipe player.

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    1. Re:Look on the bright side... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      They wanted to study the differences between good music playing and bad music playing, not bad music playing and really bad music playing.

    2. Re:Look on the bright side... by Gewalt · · Score: 4, Funny

      Do you have any idea how hard it is to get a computer drunk enough to pick up a bagpipe and start playing it?

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    3. Re:Look on the bright side... by Sun+Chi · · Score: 2, Funny

      Maybe that is the next project: teach a robot how to play bagpipes and see if it can learn why it shouldn't.

    4. Re:Look on the bright side... by Thiez · · Score: 2, Funny

      Not hard at all. Even after a single beer my computer starts acting funny.

    5. Re:Look on the bright side... by camperdave · · Score: 3, Funny

      Are you referring to McBlare?

      Upon seeing the bag inflated prior to a demonstration, one of the professors at Carnegie Mellon was heard to exclaim: "You Maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell!" before he ran screaming out of the room.

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  3. After-perfomance quote by Dhar · · Score: 5, Funny

    After the performance, the clarinet was overheard saying, "All your brass are belong to us."

    -g.

    1. Re:After-perfomance quote by julesh · · Score: 2, Funny

      Narrator: In A.D. 2101, song was beginning.
              Captain: What happen ?
              Mechanic: Somebody set up us the drumloop.
              Operator: We get signal.
              Captain: What !
              Operator: Main amp turn on.
              Captain: It's you !!
              CATS: How are you gentlemen !!
              CATS: All your bass are belong to us.
              CATS: You are on the way to first verse.
              Captain: What you say !!
              CATS: You have no chance to harmonize mark your time.
              CATS: Ha Ha Ha Ha ....
              Operator: Captain !!
              Captain: Turn on every 'Moog'!!
              Captain: You know what you playing.
              Captain: Play 'Moog'.
              Captain: For great chorus.

  4. Re:Innovation without purpose... by maxume · · Score: 2, Funny

    Commenting without saying anything is a much bigger weakness in this community. Well followed.

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