Deep and Shallow

ISBN-13: 9781032146188 / Twarda / 2023 / 320 str.

Ross Greer

Opis

Combining signals and language models in one place, this book explores how sound may be represented and manipulated by computer systems, and how our devices may come to recognize particular sonic patterns as musically meaningful or creative through the lens of information theory.

Recenzje

“Deep and Shallow by Shlomo Dubnov and Ross Greer is an exceptional journey into the convergence of music, artificial intelligence, and signal processing. Seamlessly weaving together intricate theories with practical programming activities, the book guides readers, whether novices or experts, towards a profound understanding of how AI can reshape musical creativity. A true gem for both enthusiasts and professionals, this book eloquently bridges the gap between foundational concepts of music information dynamics as an underlying basis for understanding music structure and listening experience, and cutting-edge applications, ushering us into the future of music and AI with clarity and excitement.”

Gil Weinberg, Professor and Founding Director, Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology

"The authors make an enormous contribution, not only as a textbook, but as essential reading on music information dynamics, bridging multiple disciplines of music, information theory and machine learning.  The theory is illustrated and grounded in plenty of practical information and resources."

Roger B. Dannenberg, Emeritus Professor of Computer Science, Art & Music, Carnegie Mellon University

Spis treści

Preface

Chapter 1 Introduction to Sounds of Music

Chapter 2 Noise: the Hidden Dynamics of Music

Chapter 3 Communicating Musical Information

Chapter 4 Understanding and (Re)Creating Sound

Chapter 5 Generating and Listening to Audio Information

Chapter 6 Artificial Musical Brains

Chapter 7 Representing Voices in Pitch and Time

Chapter 8 Noise Revisited: Brains that Imagine

Chapter 9 Paying (Musical) Attention

Chapter 10 Last Noisy Thoughts, Summary and Conclusion

Appendix A Introduction to Neural Network Frameworks: Keras, Tensorflow, Pytorch

Appendix B Summary of Programming Examples and Exercises

Appendix C Software Packages for Music and Audio Representation and Analysis

Appendix D Free Music and Audio Editting Software

Appendix E Datasets

Appendix F Figure Attributions

References

Index

O autorze

Shlomo Dubnov is a Professor in the Music Department and Affiliate Professor in Computer Science and Engineering in the University of California, San Diego. He is best known for his research on poly-spectral analysis of musical timbre and inventing the method of Music Information Dynamics with applications in Computer Audition and Machine improvisation. His previous books on "The structure of style: Algorithmic approaches to understanding manner and meaning" and "Cross-Cultural Multimedia Computing: Semantic and Aesthetic Modelling" were published with Springer.

Ross Greer is a PhD Candidate in Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of California, San Diego, where he conducts research at the intersection of artificial intelligence and human agent interaction. Beyond exploring technological approaches to musical expression, Ross creates music as a conductor and orchestrator for instrumental ensembles. Ross received B.S. and B.A. degrees in EECS, Engineering Physics, and Music from UC Berkeley, and an M.S. in Electrical & Computer Engineering from UC San Diego.