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Speaker:
Roger Dannenberg
Topic: ICMC 2006
Roger will review the highlights of the International Computer Music Conference that was held November 6-10 in New Orleans.
Wednesday, November 15
4:00-5:00PM
ROOM: Newell-Simon Hall 1505
Speaker:
Wei You
Topic: Polyphonic Music On-set Time Detection of Symphonic Works
Labeling the on-set time of the music files is a notorious time-consuming work. Lots of previous works have been done on monophonic note on-set detecting, especially on piano sound, which is much easier than other instrument sound because of its physical nature. This talk will focus on the polyphonic music on-set time detecting of symphony works. Symphony pieces will make the detecting much harder because there are lots of strings, horns notes contained in the sound. These instruments are much more legato than the piano sound, sometimes human even cannot tell the exact on-set time of the notes. The aim of the note on-set detecting is to segment the meaningless continuous audio signals into discrete content based events.
Wednesday, October 25
4:00-5:00PM
ROOM: Newell-Simon Hall 1505
Speaker:
Roger Dannenberg
Topic:
Highlights of ISMIR 2006
Roger is back from ISMIR 2006 , and he's going to share highlights and interesting results from the conference.
Wednesday, September 27
10:00-11:00AM (SPECIAL TIME)
ROOM: Wean 8220
Speaker:
Tim Bell
University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Topic:
Music Image Processing
It is now feasible to store, process and present high-quality images of music scores on standard desktop and portable computing devices. Emerging digital rights management systems are making it realistic for users to legally obtain and share such documents etectronically, and much print music can now be obtained online. However, such systems are still usually predicated on performing the music from paper, and the cost of digitising legacy documents is high.
This seminar will explore ways to capture and enhance print music, and to present the music on a computer display for live performance, rehearsal and practice. A variety of image processing techniques are discussed for identifying music documents, "cleaning" the image to make it easier to read, using pen input for faster annotation, and presenting the music on a digital music stand.
Wednesday, September 13
4:00-5:00PM
Newell-Simon Hall 1505
Speaker:
Roger Dannenberg
Topic: David Cope's Computer Models of Musical Creativity
Abstract: I will review David Cope's book on musical creativity, and we will listen to some results of his work. I will also bring some pictures of McBlare's trip to the Glasgow International Piping Festival and other adventures. (McBlare is a robotic bagpipe player).
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