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The ImprovBot is a patch that replaces artistic decisions with random selections of notes based on a previously saved scales. Its aim is to create music but it has to be flexible enough to work with other musicians, or songs (focusing on factors such as key, tempo, rhythm). Although in its infancy at the moment the program will aim to be able to make decisions based on a number of other elements. Programs such as allow users to keep tweeting after death by measuring the rate and frequency at which they ‘tweet’ things, this program could do the same but with music. The program will look at imitating musicians, creating a formula that will measure common interval, time and mood changes in songs. Then using this information along with random musical changes, common changes (this will depend era of the music) and influences on the musician it is trying to imitate.

Basically creating a sort of intuition for a Max patch.

The ImprovBot is a patch that replaces artistic decisions with random selections of notes based on a previously saved scales. Its aim is to create music but it has to be flexible enough to work with other musicians, or songs (focusing on factors such as key, tempo, rhythm). Although in its infancy at the moment the program will aim to be able to make decisions based on a number of other elements. Programs such as  allow users to keep tweeting after death by measuring the rate and frequency at which they ‘tweet’ things, this program could do the same but with music. The program will look at imitating musicians, creating a formula that will measure common interval, time and mood changes in songs. Then using this information along with random musical changes, common changes (this will depend era of the music) and influences on the musician it is trying to imitate.

Basically creating a sort of intuition for a Max patch.


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If you're not already familiar with it, I'd recommend checking out the work of David Cope.

You might want to take a look at nwdlbots. It's a fuzzy-probabilistic approach.

This video will give you a good idea of what they can do.

http://www.sundaydance.co.uk/nwdlbots/videos/tutorial-3-chord-following/

You might want to take a look at nwdlbots. It's a fuzzy-probabilistic approach. 

Computer Musician - The ImprovBot