Jive: a generative, interactive, virtual, evolutionary music system

  • Authors:
  • Jianhua Shao;James McDermott;Michael O'Neill;Anthony Brabazon

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Nottingham;University College Dublin;University College Dublin;University College Dublin

  • Venue:
  • EvoCOMNET'10 Proceedings of the 2010 international conference on Applications of Evolutionary Computation - Volume Part II
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

A novel paradigm and system for interactive generative music are described. Families of musical pieces are represented as functions of a time variable and several variables under user control. Composition/performance proceeds in the following two stages. Interactive grammatical evolution is used to represent, explore, and optimise the possible functions. The computer mouse or a Wii-controller can be used for real-time interaction with the generative process. We present rationale for design decisions and several pieces of example music.