On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 9:01 AM, Frank Barknecht <fbar(a)footils.org> wrote:
Beat and rhythm detection also is a hot topic for many
years in the
academic music scene as it's a necessary prerequisite to let a
computer play along with human performers, ideally in real time.
I actually find this goal more distasteful than the one Fons is objecting to.
I can understand why people are interested in automatic accompaniment,
but mangling human-made music to fit a specific timing map seems like
a more proper goal to me -- "manufactured" being somehow preferable to
"simulated". (I think this may be an "uncanny valley" situation --
if
you haven't met this term before, look it up.)
Chris