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> On May 15, 9:54 pm, Jenn <jennconductsREMOVET...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > On May 15, 2:05 pm, Jenn <jennconductsREMOVET...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080514/ap_en_mu/robot_conductor1st_ld_
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> > > > > > Nah, he has no legato...
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> > > > > Simple subroutine. This is just a matter of time.
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> > > > Well, enjoy that music.
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> > > Millions do every day.
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> > How so?
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> How many drum tracks in pop music don't have a drummer
> but a programmer?
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> > > So who is the greatest conductor ever who is passed?
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> > Matter of opinion. There's one of your problems.
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> Not im****tant, pick one, never mind we'll have the robot
> mimic you.
It's not about the arm-waving.
> > > If there was a video of his greatest performance, would you be
opposed
> > > to a robot mimicking that performance leading a fine orchestra?
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> > I wouldn't be "opposed" but I guarantee that it wouldn't sound the
same.
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> Do any two performances, even by the same conductor, sound the same?
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> We're talking about replicating. Even a recording won't sound the same
> as the original. But if one doesn't accept something short of
> perfection and strive to improve, you'll never have anything.
We don't need robot conductors, but in the interest of providing an
actually interesting topic let's take a look here:
http://web.media.mit.edu/~joep/SpectrumWeb/SpectrumX.html
The page is called, "Electronic Music Interfaces." Check out "4) Batons"
and "9) Noncontact Gesture Sensing"
More on the "Sensor Chair":
http://web.media.mit.edu/~joep/SpectrumWeb/captions/Chair.html
These control devices, not humans, but that's one of the points against
a robot conductor.
I searched for an electronic wand that could control tempo and intensity
in performance of a pre-existing synthesizer piece I had seen in a
concert a decade or so ago, but no luck.
This looks cool:
http://bampfa.berkeley.edu/events/education/bigbang/EN0169
"...Professor Edmund Campion will demonstrate real-time interactive
musical applications of computers featuring the CNMAT Max/MSP/Jitter
Depot and the eight channel surround system in the CNMAT Sound
Spatialization Theater."
Stephen
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