BS: replacement drummer

Subject: BS: replacement drummer
From: GUEST
Date: 04 Oct 06 - 03:13 AM

Musical robot composes, performs and teaches
POSTED: 9:29 a.m. EDT, October 3, 2006
By Matthew Abshire
CNN
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ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- A professor of musical technology at Georgia Tech, Gil Weinberg, enlisted the support of graduate student Scott Driscoll to create Haile -- the first truly robotic musician. In this way, he became a sort of Geppetto creating his musical Pinocchio.

"Computers have been playing music for 50 years," Driscoll said. "But we wanted to create something that didn't just play back what it heard, but play off it, too."

Think of Haile (pronounced Hi-lee) as a robotic partner in the percussion form of dueling banjos. Although it has numerous musical algorithms programmed into it, Haile's basic function is to "listen" to what musicians are playing and play along with them.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/10/03/musical.robot/index.html

Subject: RE: BS: replacement drummer
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 04 Oct 06 - 04:03 AM

That's novel, a drummer that listens to what the others are playing!
Giok.

Subject: RE: BS: replacement drummer
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 04 Oct 06 - 07:45 AM

And doesn't need a girlfriend to support it....

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: replacement drummer
From: GUEST,lox
Date: 04 Oct 06 - 07:53 AM

I couldn't see any dribble in the either corner of it's mouth - in fact there was no mouth - ... - THE IDEAL DRUMMER!

Subject: RE: BS: replacement drummer
From: jonm
Date: 04 Oct 06 - 02:22 PM

.... and you only have to punch the information in once!