This paper reports on the architecture and performance of the Creative Artificially-Intuitive and Reasoning Agent Caira as a conductor for improvised avant-garde music. Caira listening skills are based on a music recognition system that simulates the human auditory periphery to perform an Auditory Scene Analysis (ASA). Its simulation of cognitive processes includes a comprehensive cognitive calculus for reasoning and decision-making using logic based-reasoning. Caira is used as conductor for live music performances with distributed ensembles, where the musicians are connected via the internet. Caira uses a visual score and directs the ensemble members based on tension arc estimations for the individual music performers.

Authors: Braasch, Jonas; Van Nort, Doug; Bringsjord, Selmer; Oliveros, Pauline; Parks, Anthony; Kuebler, Colin
Affiliation: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA
AES Convention: 131 (October 2011) Paper Number: 8546
Publication Date: October 19, 2011 Import into BibTeX
Subject: Posters: Recording and Reproduction
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