Creative autonomy in a simple interactive music system

Can autonomous systems be musically creative without musical knowledge? Assumptions from interdisciplinary studies on self-reflection are evaluated using Video Interactive VST Orchestra, a system that generates music from audio and video inputs through an analysis of video motion and simultaneous so...

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Published inJournal of new music research Vol. 49; no. 2; pp. 115 - 125
Main Authors Paolizzo, Fabio, Johnson, Colin G.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 14.03.2020
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
autonomous systems
Autonomy
computational creativity
human-computer interaction
Interactive music systems
Interactive systems
Interdisciplinary studies
machine improvisation
Music
salience
Sound processing
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Summary:Can autonomous systems be musically creative without musical knowledge? Assumptions from interdisciplinary studies on self-reflection are evaluated using Video Interactive VST Orchestra, a system that generates music from audio and video inputs through an analysis of video motion and simultaneous sound processing. The system is able to generate material that is primary, novel and contextual. A case study provides evidence that these three simple features allow the system to identify musical salience in the material that it is generating, and for the system to act as an autonomous musical agent.
ISSN:0929-8215
1744-5027
DOI:10.1080/09298215.2019.1709510