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From: jpff@maths.bath.ac.uk (John Fitch)
Subject: Re: Computer Generated Music
In-Reply-To: "Paul Felton, CMP Staff"'s message of 23 Oct 1995 13:40:27 GMT
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>>>>> "Paul" == Paul Felton, CMP Staff <pf> writes:
In article <46g60b$fl3@cpca3.uea.ac.uk> "Paul Felton, CMP Staff" <pf> writes:


 Paul> I am after a few algorithms for automatically generating music.
 Paul> I don't need anything too flash, just something that can keep going
 Paul> indefinately.  

That is interesting.  Our problem is finding an algorithm for music
which does not go on for ever, but has some direction and global
structure.  The Xcomposer stuff and the system described in ICMC'95 by
Leach and Fitch can write the infinite stuff which is locally
interesting.

 Paul> TTFN
 Paul> Paul

 Paul> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Paul>  Paul Felton,                                            Tel: +44 1603 592305
 Paul>  SYS, UEA, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, England                 E-mail: pf@sys.uea.ac.uk
 Paul> --------- Views expressed are not necessarilly those of SYS or UEA -----------

 Paul>                    "I'd rather be watching IPSWICH TOWN!"


==John

  PS check out http://www.bath.ac.uk/~masjpf/MusPapers.html for the
text of teh ICMC paper, together with snatches of sound.
