Algorithmic music evolution engine

算法音乐进化引擎

• 批准号: 356594-2007
• 负责人: Katchabaw, Michael
• 金额: $ 4.55万
• 依托单位: University of Western Ontario
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Idea to Innovation
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2007-01-01 至 2008-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=364508
• 关键词: Algorithmic; music; evolution; engine

The aim of this proposal is to improve the use of music in the video game industry by creating intelligent, user friendly software that can dynamically generate aesthetically pleasing music. Traditionally, the focus in game development has been on increasing the realism of graphics to produce a life like portrayal of the action and characters. Only recently has there been interest in significantly improving the musical content in video games.The patent pending software developed at Western attempts to build on this movement by dynamically changing the emotional feel of the music based on developments within the video game. Furthermore, the rich musical texture and innovative pipelined approach to generating music should be attractive to developers that require economical ways of generating music while providing best in class musicality. We have named this software AMEE (Algorithmic Music Evolution Engine) and intend on capitalizing on this catchy acronym through trademarking. The value of AMEE for video game companies resides in the improved musical texture and complexity that would differentiate their product from increasingly similar competitive products.The short term commercialization plan of AMEE revolves on generating industry interest from local video game companies. London, Ontario, has long been a hub of activity in video game conception and is backed by strong academic research in this field, led by Michael Katchabaw at the University of Western Ontario. Montreal and Vancouver have also strong video game creation communities and could also be tapped for licensing and/or further commercialization activities. It is expected that the console manufacturers such as Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo also may be interested in AMEE. Apart from creating the consoles, these multinationals also generate their own video games and may be interested in marketing AMEE to promote their brand.

这项提议的目的是通过创建智能的、用户友好的软件来改善视频游戏行业对音乐的使用，这些软件可以动态地生成赏心悦目的音乐。传统上，游戏开发的重点一直是增加图形的真实感，以产生对动作和人物的逼真刻画。直到最近，人们才对显著改善视频游戏中的音乐内容感兴趣。西方开发的正在申请专利的软件试图通过根据视频游戏中的发展动态改变音乐的情感感受来建立这一运动。此外，丰富的音乐质感和创新的流水线音乐生成方法应该会吸引需要以经济的方式生成音乐同时提供最佳音乐性的开发人员。我们已经将这个软件命名为AMEE(算法音乐进化引擎)，并打算通过注册商标来利用这个朗朗上口的缩写。AMEE对视频游戏公司的价值在于改善了音乐质感和复杂性，这将使他们的产品有别于日益相似的竞争产品。AMEE的短期商业化计划围绕着激发当地视频游戏公司的行业兴趣。安大略省伦敦长期以来一直是视频游戏概念活动的中心，并得到了该领域强大的学术研究的支持，该研究由西安大略大学的Michael Katchabaw领导。蒙特利尔和温哥华也有强大的视频游戏创作社区，也可以利用它们进行许可和/或进一步的商业化活动。预计索尼、微软和任天堂等游戏机制造商也可能对AMEE感兴趣。除了制造游戏机，这些跨国公司还开发自己的视频游戏，并可能有兴趣营销AMEE来推广自己的品牌。