5. Xiang Cao
• Computer Science from Zhejiang University
• Music Technology from Georgia Tech
• Apple Inc.
6. Agenda
• Different fields of music technology
• Show some examples from myself and others in
selected fields
7. Music Technology as a field of study and research
• Music Information Retrieval (MIR)
• New Musical Instrument Design
• Robotic Musicianship
• Electronic Music
• Psychoacoustics
• and more…
8. Music Information Retrieval - How to make it
• Music Information Retrieval (MIR)
• Apply computer algorithm on music as a series of
signal
• Involve Pattern recognition, machine learning, DSP, etc…
• Basics like beat, key, genre, pitch and chord detection.
14. New Musical Instrument Design - Where is my
• Traditional string instruments like piano and guitar are
dated back to hundreds of years ago
15. New Musical Instrument Design - Where is my
• Traditional string instruments like piano and guitar are
dated back to hundreds of years ago
• With technology, musical instruments are not bounded in
their traditional forms any more
16. New Musical Instrument Design - Where is my
• Traditional string instruments like piano and guitar are
dated back to hundreds of years ago
• With technology, musical instruments are not bounded in
their traditional forms any more
• Theremin: one of the first electronic musical instrument
17. New Musical Instrument Design - Where is my
• Traditional string instruments like piano and guitar are
dated back to hundreds of years ago
• With technology, musical instruments are not bounded in
their traditional forms any more
• Theremin: one of the first electronic musical instrument
25. Electronic Music - Is this still music?
• Algorithm synthesized sound are manipulated by
controllers, sensor or code
26. Electronic Music - Is this still music?
• Algorithm synthesized sound are manipulated by
controllers, sensor or code
• Computer languages are invented to compose music.
27. Electronic Music - Is this still music?
• Algorithm synthesized sound are manipulated by
controllers, sensor or code
• Computer languages are invented to compose music.
• Sometimes, the music is composed to showcase
technology
28. Electronic Music - Is this still music?
• Algorithm synthesized sound are manipulated by
controllers, sensor or code
• Computer languages are invented to compose music.
• Sometimes, the music is composed to showcase
technology
• Read the document before listening!
29. Electronic Music - Is this still music?
• Algorithm synthesized sound are manipulated by
controllers, sensor or code
• Computer languages are invented to compose music.
• Sometimes, the music is composed to showcase
technology
• Read the document before listening!
• Live coding in a performance!
