So you have a robot orchestra/band. My guess is that the sounds are synthesized, since (at least at present) the immensely complex structure of lips and embouchure is impossible to replicate in a robot (but wait til next year!). The drummer could actually be producing those sounds, ala a nickelodeon (old technology). Sound too perfect? That can be dealt with, just create a program that allows random wrong notes, flubs, bad entrances and intonation, etc. Now it's perfect and we can all go home. Anybody want to buy some used horns?
Richard in Seattle On 7/11/2010 10:45 AM, Robert N. Ward wrote: > Obviously technology is not going away - I enjoy the advances of our digital > age. But one thing that separates a live performance from a recording or > robotic re-creation is the element of unpredictability - you don't know what > will happen. It reminds me of something Hank Greenwald (ex-announcer for the > San Francisco Giants baseball team) said: "Every day I go to the ballpark and > I see something I've never seen before." > > Hope you are all enjoying your summers. > > B > > Robert N. Ward > Principal Horn > San Francisco Symphony > [email protected] _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
