IEEE 1599: Music Encoding andInteractionOriginal Article ByDenis BaggiUniversity for Applied Science of Southern SwitzerlandGoffredoHausUniversity of Milan, ItalyPresented byShuvradeb Barman Srijon [0507044]Undergrad Student of CSE@KUET, Khulna, BD

What is IEEE 1599IEEE 1599 is a new standard to encode Multilayer music with XML symbols, was proposed to the IEEE Standards Association in 2001. IEEE 1599 is the result of the research efforts of the IEEE Standards AssociationWorking Group on ʺMusic Application of XMLʺ. The work has been endorsed by the international research program Intelligent Manufacturing Systems.

Basic FeaturesTwo features distinguish IEEE 1599 from any other standard or encodingThe encoding is in the form of symbols that can be read both by machines and humans.It allows the realization of applications in which all aspects of music, such as audio and sound, graphical representation, historical data, performance indications, represented by the new concept of layers, are fully integrated, synchronized.

The encoding is in the form of symbols that can be read both by machines and humans.

It allows the realization of applications in which all aspects of music, such as audio and sound, graphical representation, historical data, performance indications, represented by the new concept of layers, are fully integrated, synchronized.

Different LayersGeneral Layermusic‐related metadata, i.e. catalogue information about the pieceLogic LayerContains symbolic contents, as well as the Spine, with Logically Organized Symbols (LOS)Structural LayerIdentification of music objects and their mutual relationships

Different LayersNotational LayerGraphical representations of the scorePerformance LayerComputer‐based descriptions and executions of music according to performance languagesAudio LayerDigital or digitized recordings of the piece

Different LayersGeneralIl mio ben quando verràNina o sia la pazza per amore by G. Paisiello LogicStructuralNotationalPerformanceAudio

General

Logic

Structural

Notational

Performance

Audio

Interaction of Layers

General StructureA generic IEEE 1599 document presents an XML structure similar to the one shown below<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE ieee1599 SYSTEM "http://www.mx.dico.unimi.it/ieee1599.dtd"><ieee1599> <general>...</general> <logic>...</logic> <structural>...</structural> <notational>...</notational> <performance>...</performance> <audio>...</audio> </ieee1599>

What is spineThe spine is a sort of glue needed in a multi-layer framework. In this approach, heterogeneous descriptions of the same music piece are not simply linked together<ieee1599> <logic> <spine> <event id="e1" timing="0" hpos="0"/> <event id="e2" timing="2" hpos="2"/> <event id="e3" timing="2" hpos="2"/> <event id="e4" timing="1" hpos="1"/> <event id="e5" timing="1" hpos="1"/> ... </spine> <los>...</los> </logic> </ieee1599>

How spine binds<spine> ... <event id="e5“... /> ... </spine>

Application of IEEE 1599Multilayer music compositionComposing Jazz & Blues chordsEmbedding Audio & Instrumental chordsMore interactive Music composition using image & video clips

Application using IEEE 1599

Application using IEEE 1599

conclusionIEEE 1599 introduces a new era of music encoding technology in which music is not only the recorded audio to listen. Its further implementation improves the experience of Music Enthusiast.

ReferencesIEEE Computer , March 2009Proceedings ELPUB2009 Conference on Electronic Publishing, Milan, Italy, June 2009G Haus, M Longari, “A Multi-Layered Time-Based Music Description Approach based on XML”, Computer Music Journal, MIT Press, Spring issue, 2005.