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arts.ucsc.edu — Since the early days of Experiments in Musical Intelligence, many audiences have heard its output in the styles of classical composers. The works have delighted, angered, provoked, and terrified those who have heard them. Ultimately, the computer is just a tool with which we extend our minds.
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- dpchi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Hmmm... pretty much all the links on the page are dead, and I doubt it is due to digg with only 21 diggs...
- jasper976, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6new algorithm sucks... apparently
- gts1983, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3apparently the algo is on break
- markintosh, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0My ears are now bleeding profusely at the sound of the Arena clip.
- ithon, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0This is the area I want to work in. I have the Virtual music by him and I hope to take his classes, which is cool because he teaches at USSC and that's an hour away from me.
Thanks for the website, I found out through links that he has a workshop starting in June and I hope to sign up.
Also I hope to contribute major improvents in this area. - jsd8cc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2EMI was featured on an episode of Radio Lab; it is a very interesting listen.
http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/episodes/2006/04/21- Snyder, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Thanks for the link. That was a great listen. Mark me as a new fan of Radio Lab.
- Bizdorph, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I'm still not entirely sure I understand what this thing does...does the program just compose stuff based on other works by analysing and extrapolating themes it recognizes???
- darkamster07, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1the computer just mixed the stuff up quickly based on the directions the guy gave it, the computer is not the genius here
- Testify.Alex, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Links work fine for me.
- WomunOfColour, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Here is an explanation of EMI.
http://digg.com/tech_news/AI_composes_beautiful_music_sounds_like_Bach_Chopin - DSPGeek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0
The Bach piece starts with one of the Goldberg variations and mixes in bits of others where they fit, much like the Beethoven piece starting with the Moonlight Sonata then introducing other compositions. Granted, the cross mix is very well done, but the original works still need to be present for the process to continue. Calling this composition is like taking two paintings by the same artist, photoshopping them together, and calling yourself an equivalent artist.
The program fulfills its original 1981 brief of providing inspiration, one supposes, but if you really want to take its measure then listen to the "original" works. They're a bit austere for my taste.
It might be interesting to cross-pollinate one composer's work with another's to follow stylistic similarities; I'd like to hear JS Bach crossed with his son, for example.
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