Automated music composition and generation system for spotting digital media objects and event markers using emotion-type, style-type, timing-type and accent-type musical experience descriptors that characterize the digital music to be automatically composed and generated by the system
First Claim
1. An automated music composition and generation system for scoring a selected media object or event marker, with one or more custom pieces of digital music, by spotting the selected media object or event marker with musical experience descriptors selected and applied to the selected media object or event marker by the system user during a scoring process, and using said selected musical experience descriptors to drive an automated music composition and generation engine to automatically compose and generate the one or more custom pieces of digital music, said automated music composition and generation system comprising:
- an automated music composition and generation engine configured for receiving, as inputs, musical experience descriptors being selected by a system user while spotting a selected media object or event marker during a scoring process, and producing, as output, one or more custom pieces of digital music automatically composed and generated by said automated music composition and generation engine based on said selected musical experience descriptors supplied to said automated music composition and generation engine; and
a system user interface, operably connected to said automated music composition and generation engine, and configured for (i) selecting a media object or event marker to be scored by the system user with custom pieces of digital music automatically composed and generated by said automated music composition and generation engine, (ii) selecting said musical experience descriptors from a group consisting of emotion-type musical experience descriptors, style-type musical experience descriptors, timing-type musical experience descriptors, and accent-type musical experience descriptors, and (iii) applying the selected musical experience descriptors to said selected media object or event marker, and providing said selected and applied musical experience descriptors to said automated music composition and generation engine for use in automatically composing and generating custom pieces of digital music characterized by said selected musical experience descriptors, and for scoring said selected media object or event marker to produce a musically-scored media object or event marker;
wherein after the system user selects a media object or event marker during spotting, the system user selects and applies one or more of said musical experience descriptors to said selected media object or event marker;
wherein said musical experience descriptors specify what, when and how musical events occur in the custom pieces of digital music;
wherein said automated music composition and generation engine automatically generates custom pieces of digital music for scoring the selected media object or event marker, based on and using said musical experience descriptors (i) selected by the system user from said system user interface, (ii) applied to the selected media object or event marker during spotting, and (iii) provided to said automated music composition and generation engine; and
wherein said automated music composition and generation engine, once initiated by the system user, automatically transforms said selected musical experience descriptors into a set of music-theoretic system operating parameters, which are used by said automated music composition and generation engine to automatically compose and generate said custom pieces of digital music for scoring said selected media object or event marker.
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Abstract
An autonomous music composition and performance system employing an automated music composition and generation engine configured to receive musical signals from a set of a real or synthetic musical instruments being played by a group of human musicians. The system buffers and analyzes musical signals from the set of real or synthetic musical instruments, composes and generates music in real-time that augments the music being played by the band of musicians, and/or records, analyzes and composes music recorded for subsequent playback, review and consideration by the human musicians.
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19 Claims
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1. An automated music composition and generation system for scoring a selected media object or event marker, with one or more custom pieces of digital music, by spotting the selected media object or event marker with musical experience descriptors selected and applied to the selected media object or event marker by the system user during a scoring process, and using said selected musical experience descriptors to drive an automated music composition and generation engine to automatically compose and generate the one or more custom pieces of digital music, said automated music composition and generation system comprising:
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an automated music composition and generation engine configured for receiving, as inputs, musical experience descriptors being selected by a system user while spotting a selected media object or event marker during a scoring process, and producing, as output, one or more custom pieces of digital music automatically composed and generated by said automated music composition and generation engine based on said selected musical experience descriptors supplied to said automated music composition and generation engine; and a system user interface, operably connected to said automated music composition and generation engine, and configured for (i) selecting a media object or event marker to be scored by the system user with custom pieces of digital music automatically composed and generated by said automated music composition and generation engine, (ii) selecting said musical experience descriptors from a group consisting of emotion-type musical experience descriptors, style-type musical experience descriptors, timing-type musical experience descriptors, and accent-type musical experience descriptors, and (iii) applying the selected musical experience descriptors to said selected media object or event marker, and providing said selected and applied musical experience descriptors to said automated music composition and generation engine for use in automatically composing and generating custom pieces of digital music characterized by said selected musical experience descriptors, and for scoring said selected media object or event marker to produce a musically-scored media object or event marker; wherein after the system user selects a media object or event marker during spotting, the system user selects and applies one or more of said musical experience descriptors to said selected media object or event marker; wherein said musical experience descriptors specify what, when and how musical events occur in the custom pieces of digital music; wherein said automated music composition and generation engine automatically generates custom pieces of digital music for scoring the selected media object or event marker, based on and using said musical experience descriptors (i) selected by the system user from said system user interface, (ii) applied to the selected media object or event marker during spotting, and (iii) provided to said automated music composition and generation engine; and wherein said automated music composition and generation engine, once initiated by the system user, automatically transforms said selected musical experience descriptors into a set of music-theoretic system operating parameters, which are used by said automated music composition and generation engine to automatically compose and generate said custom pieces of digital music for scoring said selected media object or event marker. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An automated music composition and generation process supported within an automated music composition and generation system for scoring a selected media object or event marker, with one or more custom pieces of digital music, by spotting the selected media object or event marker with musical experience descriptors selected and applied to the selected media object or event marker by the system user during a scoring process, and using said selected musical experience descriptors to drive an automated music composition and generation engine to automatically compose and generate the one or more custom pieces of digital music, said automated music composition and generation process comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a system user interface, operably connected to said automated music composition and generation engine, and configured for (i) selecting a media object or event marker to be scored by the system user with custom pieces of digital music automatically composed and generated by said automated music composition and generation engine, (ii) selecting said musical experience descriptors selected from a group consisting of emotion-type musical experience descriptors, style-type musical experience descriptors, timing-type musical experience descriptors, and accent-type musical experience descriptors, and (iii) applying the selected musical experience descriptors to said selected media object or event marker, and providing the selected musical experience descriptors to said automated music composition and generation engine for use in automatically composing and generating custom pieces of digital music characterized by said selected musical experience descriptors, and for scoring said selected media object or event marker to produce a musically-scored media object or event marker; wherein said automated music composition and generation engine is configured for receiving, as inputs, musical experience descriptors being selected by a system user while spotting during a scoring process, and producing, as output, one or more custom pieces of digital music automatically composed and generated by said automated music composition and generation engine based on said selected musical experience descriptors supplied to said automated music composition and generation engine; (b) a system user accessing said system user interface, and selecting a a media object or event marker to be scored with custom pieces of digital music composed and generated by said automated music composition and generation engine; (c) during spotting, the system user selecting and applying one or more of said musical experience descriptors to said selected media object or event marker; wherein said musical experience descriptors indicate what, when and how musical events occur in the custom pieces of digital music; (d) providing said selected musical experience descriptors to said automated music composition and generation engine; (e) initiating said automated music composition and generation engine, to automatically transform said selected musical experience descriptors into a set of music-theoretic system operating parameters, which are used by said automated music composition and generation engine to automatically compose and generate custom pieces of digital music for scoring scenes in said selected media object or event marker; and (f) said automated music composing and generation system combining the composed custom pieces of digital music with the selected media object or event marker so as to create a digital file, representing the musically-scored media object or event marker, for display and review by said system user. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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