Evolutionary computer music /

Miranda, Eduardo Reck [ed.]

Evolutionary computer music / Eduardo Reck Miranda and John Al Biles (eds). - London : Springer, c2007. - xiv, 259 p. : ill., music ; 24 cm. + 1 sound dsc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

An Introduction to Evolutionary Computing for Musicians.- Evolutionary Computation for Musical Tasks.- Evolution in Digital Audio Technology.- Evolution in Creative Sound Design.- Experiments in Generative Musical Performance with a Genetic Algorithm.- Composing with Genetic Algorithms: GenDash.- Improvizing with Genetic Algorithms: GenJam.- Cellular Automata Music: From Sound Synthesis to Musical Forms.- Swarming and Music.- Computational Evolutionary Musicology.

This book discusses the applications of evolutionary computation to music and the tools needed to create and study such systems. The book demonstrates that evolutionary systems can be used to create and to study musical compositions and cultures in ways that have never before been achieved.

9781846285998 1846285992


Computer composition (Music)
Evolutionary computation.
Genetic algorithms.

780.285 / MIR

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