On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 4:15 AM, Paul G. Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > James G. Sack (jim) wrote: >> >> Probably everybody saw the video of a computer-controlled clarinet a few >> days ago, but here's a little bit more info about the computer-end. >> >> >> http://www.computerworld.co.ke/articles/2008/06/19/linux-powered-clarinet-playing-robot-wins-prize >> >> Of note: includes 2 Gumstix boards. > > Having played for many years (I would still play if my extremely expensive > clarinet hadn't been stolen), I would like to see a video or at least hear > how it sounds. Pretty impressive though that it could play something that > they claim is music (I've heard students play "music" that made me want to > shoot myself in the head! :o ).
Here's a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAIeTm4lO5Q I play as well (sorry to hear of your loss... what make/model was it?), and I'm very impressed by the machine. The tone is hardly expressive, but it's very technically accurate. The coolest part is just that they got a machine to vibrate the reed properly at all. That's not easy, even for a human. I was amused by the article to which Jim linked... the inventor mentions a few problems they had (complicated jumps, certain notes hard to play cold) that are among the most difficult things for even a human clarinetist to get right. I'd say that the machine plays with the fingerwork of a professional but the tone and expression of a second- or third-year student. -- Brad Beyenhof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . http://augmentedfourth.com Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything. ~ Sydney Smith, English essayist and preacher (1771-1845) -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
