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MIDI
Published in Douglas Self, Audio Engineering Explained, 2012
Algorithmic Composition Programs. Algorithmic composition programs are interactive sequencers that directly interface with MIDI controllers or imported files to generate a performance in real-time, according to user-programmed computer parameters. In short, once you give it a few basic musical guidelines, it can act as a compositional robot to generate performances or musical parts on its own in order to help you gain new ideas for a song, create an automatic accompaniment, make improvisational exercises, create special performances, or just plain have fun.
Computational systems for music improvisation
Published in Digital Creativity, 2018
Toby Gifford, Shelly Knotts, Jon McCormack, Stefano Kalonaris, Matthew Yee-King, Mark d’Inverno
Computational production of musical material has a rich history outside of interactive applications, variously described as algorithmic composition, generative music and musical metacreation. Many of the computational improvisers we discuss below utilize such techniques in generating their musical output. Some systems produce ‘improvised’ musical material in compositional (non-performance) contexts, for example, Keller’s (2007) Impro-Visor software generates notated jazz solos given a chord progression. Recent surveys of algorithmic composition can be found in Fernandez and Vico (2013) and Herremans, Chuan, and Chew (2017).
Combining evolutionary computation with the variable neighbourhood search in creating an artificial music composer
Published in Connection Science, 2019
Algorithmic composition is an array of techniques towards using algorithms for creating music. A point which eases such algorithmic composition is that mathematics plays a key role in music theory. Indeed, the link between mathematics and music theory dates back to the time Pythagoras (570–495 BC) developed a conjecture of consonants based on ratios of minute integers, and during these twenty-five centuries mathematics and music have been closely entangled.