4 Jan 2007 17:21
comments on the "Toward a research roadmap for Sound and Music Technology"
http://lists.s2s2.org/pipermail/discuss/2006-October/000292.html I definitely agree with statements given in 3. Music performance models in arts that relation of score to performance is quasi-causal; the particular interpretation strongly depends on performance context, artistic intentions, personal experiences, listeners' expectations, etc. That would probably lead us to in-depth study of indirect strategies in musical performance and composition. But the content of 4. Understanding music performance someway comes to a contradiction with it. It should be possible to develop the musical performance related version of Turing test. Some contemporary musical instruments (for example, sampling workstations) under precise programming are definitely able to pass it for most of audience, if we mean the ability to sound indistinguishable to a human performance. But could we program an interactive musical instrument without noticing the very process of information input? If we could, how useful this ability would be? Lets think about those who will not give samplers a chance to pass the modified Turing test. What interactive performance system would be better for the mentioned users group (or groups)? Quote: Turing stated that in the future computers will be enabled to acquire abilities emulating and(Continue reading)
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