Evolution-based music composer
US6028262A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 3, 1999 |
| Grant date | Feb 22, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 3, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10H2250/011
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
An apparatus and method for composing a musical rhythm whereby an initial generation rhythm population having a plurality of individual rhythms is provided, and a new generation rhythm population is repeatedly generated from a preceding generation rhythm population, beginning with the initial generation rhythm population. In order to evolve the rhythm populations, individual rhythms of a rhythm population of interest are evaluated according to a predetermined evaluating function to thereby determine a rhythm valuation, and genetic operations are performed on the rhythm population of interest in a manner such that the rhythm valuation will generally increase with each new generation rhythm population. The evolving operation is stopped when a predetermined terminating condition is met.
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