MIR Web Interface for Shaping Musical Creativity

Description

We designed a Web-based, piano-roll interface using the Web Audio API and associated JavaScript (JS) packages, and embedded a Music Information Retrieval (MIR) tech- nology for automatic note/chord suggestion that extends what a user has already written. 1 In a preliminary investi- gation, composers used the interface to devise two loops in the style of electronic dance music (EDM) – one loop with and one loop without the “suggest” button. Users reported enjoying the suggestion functionality (mean rating 5.167 on a scale 1–7, sd = 1.528), and time-lapse composition edits revealed that suggestion requests accounted for ap- proximately 15% of user actions. Investigations are under- way as to whether the suggestion functionality enhances the perceived creativity of user compositions, in a study where EDM listeners rate finished loops. Attendees of the demo session will be able to listen to composed loops and try out the interface for themselves.

Period	08 Aug 2016
Event title	17th International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference Late-breaking/Demo Session (ISMIR-LBD 2016).
Event type	Conference
Location	AustriaShow on map