Haile the Drumming Robot

Posted by John Farrier in Music, Science & Tech on September 4, 2009 at 8:10 am


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Gil Weinberg and Scott Driscoll of Georgia Tech developed a robot that can improvise rhythms as it hears music:

Haile is a robotic percussionist that can listen to live players, analyze their music in real-time, and use the product of this analysis to play back in an improvisational manner. It is designed to combine the benefits of computational power and algorithmic music with the richness, visual interactivity, and expression of acoustic playing. We believe that when collaborating with live players, Haile can facilitate a musical experience that is not possible by any other means, inspiring players to interact with it in novel expressive manners, which leads to novel musical outcome.

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13-Year-Old Kid Drummer Kicks Butt Playing Rush YYZ

Posted by Alex in Baby & Kids, Music on December 21, 2008 at 1:19 pm

Here’s your next rock star: Meet Sara, a 13-year-old kid who kicks butt playing Rush’s YYZ on the drums, complete with stick twirling theatrics and such.

VideoSift has the clip: Link [embedded YouTube] | Sara’s website (in Japanese)

If you like that, here’s Sara (11yo), playing Rush’s Freewill on the drums and singing too!

 
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