TY - GEN
T1 - Teaching robots to conduct
T2 - 40th International Computer Music Conference, ICMC 2014, Joint with the 11th Sound and Music Computing Conference, SMC 2014 - Music Technology Meets Philosophy: From Digital Echos to Virtual Ethos
AU - Salgian, Andrea
AU - Agina, Lawrence
AU - Nakra, Teresa M.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - While a large number of human computer interaction systems are aimed at allowing the user to conduct a virtual orchestra, very few attempts have been made to solve the reverse problem of building a computerbased conductor that can conduct a real orchestra. The only known instances of robotic conductors had prerecorded performances that require reprogramming for every new musical piece. In this paper we present a family of artificial conducting systems that rely on a novel parsing algorithm to extract conducting information from sheet music encoded in MIDI files. The algorithm was successfully implemented in humanoid and non-humanoid robots and animations and tested in a live concert with student musicians.
AB - While a large number of human computer interaction systems are aimed at allowing the user to conduct a virtual orchestra, very few attempts have been made to solve the reverse problem of building a computerbased conductor that can conduct a real orchestra. The only known instances of robotic conductors had prerecorded performances that require reprogramming for every new musical piece. In this paper we present a family of artificial conducting systems that rely on a novel parsing algorithm to extract conducting information from sheet music encoded in MIDI files. The algorithm was successfully implemented in humanoid and non-humanoid robots and animations and tested in a live concert with student musicians.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84908868915
T3 - Proceedings - 40th International Computer Music Conference, ICMC 2014 and 11th Sound and Music Computing Conference, SMC 2014 - Music Technology Meets Philosophy: From Digital Echos to Virtual Ethos
SP - 1212
EP - 1217
BT - Proceedings - 40th International Computer Music Conference, ICMC 2014 and 11th Sound and Music Computing Conference, SMC 2014 - Music Technology Meets Philosophy
A2 - Kouroupetroglou, Georgios
A2 - Georgaki, Anastasia
Y2 - 14 September 2014 through 20 September 2014
ER -