[ExI] guitar playing robot

[Henry Rivera]

> On Mar 3, 2014, at 5:57 PM, "spike" <spike66 at att.net> wrote:
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> From: extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org [mailto:extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf Of Dave Sill
> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2014 9:50 AM
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> Subject: Re: [ExI] guitar playing robot
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> Exactly, there's no need for guitar-playing robots with MIDI and Pro Tools. No doubt this tech has allowed composers to realize their music without the hurdle of mastering an instrument.
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> -Dave
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> MIDI is a great composition tool, but I contend that for performance purposes, actually plucking the strings on an actual guitar is better than digital simulations of each pitch.  Reasoning: plucking a guitar string excites resonances in other strings in different ways, depending on which other strings are vibrating.  So in theory a MIDI guitar cannot be exactly the same as an actual guitar.  MIDI is perfectly acceptable for composing, but this guitar robot is the next step, a really cool one.
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> spike

'Plucking strings' vs 'samples of plucking strings' aside, there is the notion that humans are betters players than MIDI because they are more emotional. The thing is, a piece can be performed by a human and recorded live into MIDI. Then playing it back would sound identical to the human performance. The nuances, off beat notes, intensity/volume changes can be represented in MIDI (depending on the instrument). So if not put there when composing with MIDI, they can can be recorded during human playback into MIDI. 

We are already there. Computers play compositions as well as humans and most don't even notice. And that's the point--one can't tell the difference. That is, unless the computers are outperforming the humans and doing what humans find impossible. 
-Henry
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