Look what some hip geek at Hewlett-Packard's Bristol Labs is up to:
http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/2000/HPL-2000-104.html
http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/2000/HPL-2000-104.pdf
Hang the DJ: Automatic Sequencing and Seamless Mixing of Dance-music Tracks
Cliff, Dave
HPL-2000-104
20000809
External
Keyword(s): user interfaces; music information retrieval; music
sequencing; mixing; Disk-Jockey; automation; dance music; compilation
Abstract: [...] This paper describes an automatic method by which
compilations of dance-music can be sequenced and seamlessly mixed by
computer, with minimal user involvement. The user may specify a
selection of tracks, and may give a qualitative indication of the type
of mix required. The resultant mix can be presented as a continuous
single digital audio file, whether for burning to CD or for play-out
from a virtual jukebox or personalized virtual radio station.
10 Pages
Choice quote:
"[...] the method described here operates on ``dance'' styles of music,
where the rhythmic element of the music is regular and pronounced. In
the sublime poetry of English Law, these styles are defined in Clause
58 (1) (b) of the 1994 Criminal Justice Act as ``...sounds wholly or
predominantly characterized by the emission of a succession of
repetitive beats.'' Such music styles include those popularly known as
``disco'', ``electronica'', ``house'', ``garage'', ``techno'',
``hip-hop'', ``drum n bass'', and ``trance''."
hmm...he doesn't mention IDM :)
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