Perhaps it's not a comfort game, as having fun with it requires a few people who aren't necessarily there after a bad day...but Super Smash Brothers for N64 is the one game I can always go back. It's so damn satisfying, and well-balanced enough to endure millions of plays. I feel like someone will take me to task for claiming it's balanced, though.
I don't understand why everyone on messageboards seems to get off on shutting down total strangers. No need to be sarcastic about it. If it was just a silly question, you can answer it straightforwardly without getting bitchy.
It wasn't just a silly question, though. Unfortunately, I made the post before reading the article and watching the videos, so I didn't see the robot in action. Turns out it's just playing a drum. But if it had been a pitch-based playing along, using the equivalent of a digital tuner would not be enough. First of all, live instruments are not consistently in tune. Second, no tuner I've seen can accurately pick up note after note in quick succession. Third, if there were multiple musicians playing, adequately miking them and then analyzing the mix would be very difficult. Some of these problems would be averted, however, if this was done through MIDI.
How does the robot analyze what's being played? Are all the musicians playing instruments hooked up to a MIDI interface? If not,it's pretty amazing that he can analyze the pure sound.
It would be pretty neat to have two of these robots play together. I suppose you'd have to start things off with a few notes from one of them, but it would be interesting to hear after that.
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welcome our new Korean overlords.
Perhaps it's not a comfort game, as having fun with it requires a few people who aren't necessarily there after a bad day...but Super Smash Brothers for N64 is the one game I can always go back. It's so damn satisfying, and well-balanced enough to endure millions of plays. I feel like someone will take me to task for claiming it's balanced, though.
I don't understand why everyone on messageboards seems to get off on shutting down total strangers. No need to be sarcastic about it. If it was just a silly question, you can answer it straightforwardly without getting bitchy. It wasn't just a silly question, though. Unfortunately, I made the post before reading the article and watching the videos, so I didn't see the robot in action. Turns out it's just playing a drum. But if it had been a pitch-based playing along, using the equivalent of a digital tuner would not be enough. First of all, live instruments are not consistently in tune. Second, no tuner I've seen can accurately pick up note after note in quick succession. Third, if there were multiple musicians playing, adequately miking them and then analyzing the mix would be very difficult. Some of these problems would be averted, however, if this was done through MIDI.
How does the robot analyze what's being played? Are all the musicians playing instruments hooked up to a MIDI interface? If not,it's pretty amazing that he can analyze the pure sound. It would be pretty neat to have two of these robots play together. I suppose you'd have to start things off with a few notes from one of them, but it would be interesting to hear after that.