This is the future of music ... ?

Paul Vanukoff · Post by **Paul Vanukoff** » 27/05/2006 - 6:01

Computers writing music, based on rules and "inspiration".

Example:

http://www.synestesia.fi/

These are obviously primitive but some of them actually sound fairly cool.

Imagine someday, telling your computer you want to listen to music in a certain style, and it just pumps it out for you, as if a live band/orchestra was playing original music just for you.

Decades away no doubt, but I'm sure it will happen someday.

moog · Post by **moog** » 27/05/2006 - 9:06

Now there are providing results of experiments with genetic algorithms and hidden Markov models in computer music synthesis. Besides principles of harmony and contrapoint have a strict mathematical form

Post by **LMan** » 27/05/2006 - 11:34

I think it's the old problem of computers and emotion. I guess it will be hard to fit emotions into a set of rules and inspiration.

Matrix · Post by **Matrix** » 27/05/2006 - 15:05

It needs to sounds all funky like..... like the disco dance in Buck Rogers - or - sumthin '

/coat

Tonka · Post by **Tonka** » 30/05/2006 - 11:31

Matrix wrote:It needs to sounds all funky like..... like the disco dance in Buck Rogers - or - sumthin '

/coat

BOOGIE, BOOGIE, BOOGIE!

Anyone else ever notice that Twiki's head looks like the bell-end of a penis?... I mean, did nobody at the design stage think "WAIT A MINUTE - we're making a robot with a male sex gland for a head"!!!

Tonka

Nickenstien · Post by **Nickenstien** » 04/06/2006 - 20:23

same thing going on here too......

This is the future of music ... ?

Your opinion?

This is the future of music ... ?