Modeling and Simulation in the "Computer Aided Music" context
Mikhail Malt, Ircam/Sorbonne, Paris IV, France
If, in the last years, the paradigm of computer use in music was
embodied
by the fields of "Computer aided composition", "Algorithmic
Composition"
or " Generative Music", nowadays we can see emerging forms of
"computer
aided performance" and "computer aided musical analysis". In this
process,
all musical users (performers, musicologists and composers) are
asked, as
a first step, to explicit and to formalize its own thought. In a
subsequent stage, that is the execution phase, the user is asked to
build
operative models in a given computer environments, where the
simulation is
at the same time an implementation and a validation process and a
definitive goal. Never before, the concepts of formalization,
modelization
and simulation were so present in the musical world. In this talk,
we will
try to investigate how these concepts are used en each field, and
present
the thesis that they are an extension of the activity "to think"
and "to
know".
Music Understanding for Music Performance
Roger B. Dannenberg, Carnegie-Mellon University, USA
Computers offer many opportunities for music performance, ranging from
ordinary synthesizers to intelligent interactive systems. I will
describe some early work on intelligent computer accompaniment systems
that listen to, follow, and accompany live performers and on style
classifiers that can detect different improvisational styles in a real
time performance. I envision an interesting and diverse "symbiosis"
between future computer music systems and human performers. I use the
term "symbiosis" because the capabilities of computers and electronics
already shape much of the music that we create, and the music we wish to
create is shaping the design of future computer music systems. As we
create and perfect automated systems for music listening, processing,
and synthesis, new opportunities arise for computers in live
performance. I will describe some new work in this direction and outline
some research opportunities for the future.
