THE VIDEO SHELF · algorithmic music performance
Dan Tepfer: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
A Tiny Desk concert in which pianist Dan Tepfer plays with a Disklavier player piano driven by a program he wrote that responds to his playing. He performs four pieces from his Natural Machines project.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN points to it as an example of algorithmic, reactive live music that blends programming with jazz performance.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- NPR Music
- Topic
- algorithmic music performance
- Format
- demo
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2020–2023
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From the original HN conversations
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Are you familiar with Magenta? [0] It's not real-time, but definitely an important area of research. Also check out Dan Tepfer [1] who is doing amazing work with an algorithmic approach to reactive live performances, with great call and response tactics. I myself am slowly …
soulofmischief on Hacker News · 2020-07
In Ask HN: What weird or hard problems are you trying to solve?I also enjoy Dan Tepfer's visualizations of audio and audio decay. This was his tiny desk concert: [VIDEO]
voicedYoda on Hacker News · 2023-01
In Visualizing “The Art of Fugue”
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