Music informatics is a study of music
processing
Processing is a free graphical library and integrated development environment (IDE) built for the electronic arts, new media art, and visual design communities with the purpose of teaching non-programmers the fundamentals of computer programming ...
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in particular music representations, fourier analysis of music, music synchronization, music structure analysis and chord recognition.
Other music informatics research topics include computational music modeling (symbolic, distributed, etc.),
computational music analysis,
optical music recognition,
digital audio editors, online music search engines,
music information retrieval
Music information retrieval (MIR) is the interdisciplinary science of retrieving information from music. MIR is a small but growing field of research with many real-world applications. Those involved in MIR may have a background in academic musicol ...
and cognitive issues in music. Because music informatics is an emerging discipline, it is a very dynamic area of research with many diverse viewpoints, whose future is yet to be determined.
Sub-topics in Music Informatics research
* interdisciplinary relationships in music informatics
* the digital revolution in music its impact on music information services and music libraries
* knowledge of current trends in music technologies including software and hardware
* mental models in the
cognition of music listening and performing
* symbolic music modeling systems and computer-aided composition
* social and economic realities of the consumption of music in Western societies
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improvisation in music, especially where it is facilitated by music technology
* music digital libraries and collections architectures
* future of music distribution, the music industry, and music libraries
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music information retrieval
Music information retrieval (MIR) is the interdisciplinary science of retrieving information from music. MIR is a small but growing field of research with many real-world applications. Those involved in MIR may have a background in academic musicol ...
* music
recommendation systems
* studying and synthesizing music expression
* audio signal-to-score (singing, polyphonic, piano, etc.)
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musical analysis
* musical accompaniment systems
* score following
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optical music recognition (OMR)
* music Source Separation
* music for Computer Games
* MIDI to Symbolic Score
Music informatics in education
Music informatics, as a
degree subject, offers a similar learning experience to
music technology
Music technology is the study or the use of any device, mechanism, machine or tool by a musician or composer to make or perform music; to compose, notate, playback or record songs or pieces; or to analyze or edit music.
History
The earli ...
, but goes further into learning the principles behind the technology.
Informatics students will not just use existing music hardware and software, but will learn
programming and
artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) is intelligence—perceiving, synthesizing, and inferring information—demonstrated by machines, as opposed to intelligence displayed by animals and humans. Example tasks in which this is done include speech r ...
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See also
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generative music
Generative music is a term popularized by Brian Eno to describe music that is ever-different and changing, and that is created by a system.
Historical background
In 1995 whilst working with SSEYO's Koan software (built by Tim Cole and Pete Col ...
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music mining software
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New Interfaces for Musical Expression
References
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Music industry
Sound production technology
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