Re: [LAU] Bpm detection/quantize

'Good' automatic accompaniment will require more than the computer's ability to listen combined with some condensed programmed knowledge of musical structure and performance praxis. By 'good' I mean that the computer should be able to do it as expected, and without requiring specific instructions for each particular case. I suspect it would require 'training' of the same form that a musician capable of the same would go through. Now if such ability is the result of training, can it be called either 'manufactured' or 'simulated' ? If yes, should we humans consider ourselves as being manufactured or simulating ?