{"63090":{"#nid":"63090","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Center Strikes the Right Chord, Blending Research with Industry and Performance","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Center for\nMusic Technology (GTCMT) has hit the right chord by blending research with\ntechnology that meets industry needs while creating tools for new and memorable\nperformances.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe center, launched in\nNovember 2008, has attracted funding in excess of $3 million, primarily from\nNational Science Foundation grants, but also from sponsored research industry\npartners such as Google and Turner Broadcasting.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI think we are in a unique\nposition here at Georgia Tech,\u201d said Gil Weinberg, director of the Center for\nMusic Technology.\u0026nbsp; \u201c We are fortunate that\nengineering, technology transfer and funding are all in the DNA of the\nInstitute.\u0026nbsp; Georgia Tech has an\nappreciation for the type of research we are doing and entrepreneurship is\nencouraged.\u0026nbsp; We really have the freedom\nand encouragement from the administration.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe center has already had\ntwo companies launched from technologies developed from its research.\u0026nbsp; Zoozbeat and LaDiDa are mobile apps that\nutilize different technology to allow the public easier access to the music creation\nprocess.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cLaDiDa, a reverse karaoke\nmobile technology developed by the Music Intelligence Group, was commercialized\nwith assistance from Venture Lab,\u0022 said Parag Chordia, director of the\nMusic Intelligence Group. \u0022The state-of-the-art algorithms analyze the\npitch and structure of the vocal input to compose a matching accompaniment.\nLaDiDa has been a top 10 music app in the iTunes app store for the past six\nmonths and its demo videos have received over 55 million views.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cZoozbeat allows users to\ncreate their own music through intuitive gestures, and has been downloaded more\nthan 1.5 million times,\u201d said Weinberg. \u201cOur algorithm analyzes users\u2019 gestures\nand maps them to different musical instruments, melodies and rhythms, allowing\nnovices to participate a meaningful musical creation experience.\u0026nbsp; In partnership with the Coca-Cola Company, we\nalso developed \u201cZOOZbeat Sprite,\u201d which allows users to easily remix popular\nhip-hop songs.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EWeinberg has also put GTCMT\nat the forefront of the cutting-edge research field of robotic musicianship.\u0026nbsp; His latest marimba-playing robot, Shimon, can\nlisten to and analyze melodic music and improvise with human players, providing\nvisual and social cues to its co-players and audiences.\u0026nbsp; Shimon has been invited to dozens of concerts\nworld wide and was featured in Georgia Tech\u2019s fall 2010 public service\nannouncement (available at\u0026nbsp; \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/music\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/music\/\u003C\/a\u003E).\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EWeinberg has been invited to present\nShimon and other research from the GTCMT at the 41st annual meeting of\u0026nbsp; the World Economic Forum in Davos-Klosters,\nSwitzerland, in January 2011.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe center is not only\nfocused on advancing engineering and innovation, but also the arts. Researchers\nare very proud of the performances that have integrated technology with\nprofessional musicians.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Our\nresearch on using technology to link together composers, performers and\naudiences in new ways has led to exciting collaborations with musicians,\nranging from members of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra to cutting-edge DJs to\nlaptop orchestras,\u201d said music professor Jason Freeman. \u201cWe\u0027ve also engaged new\narts audiences that help us to shape these musical experiences, including\nreaders of the New York Times and listeners of National Public Radio. And we\u0027ve\ntaken the experience of musical performance beyond the concert hall: onto the\nInternet and mobile phones and into urban communities.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAlong with these public\nperformances, the center is also teaming up with local schools to provide a\nmusical education experience for elementary school children.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We\u0027ve\nbeen collaborating with the Woodruff Arts Center and Atlanta Public Schools to\ndevelop a new curriculum for general music education built upon technologies\ndeveloped at the Center for Music Technology,\u201d said Freeman. \u201cWe\u0027ve already\nconducted a pilot program as a summer camp and are currently integrating it\ninto music classes at Jean Childs Young Middle School.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EEven though the center has\nonly been in existence for two years, it has been very successful in building\npartnerships with researchers from across campus, including collaborative\nprojects from five of the six colleges\u0026nbsp;\n(Architecture, Computing, Engineering, Sciences and the Liberal Arts).\nThe interdisciplinary research ranges from collaborations with the School of\nMusic\u2019s ensembles to nanotechnology research.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ETwo new projects on the\nhorizon are research on musical applications for the Kindle and the music\nintelligence lab\u2019s research on creativity. As the center celebrates its second\nanniversary, it will continue to compose its own song as researchers pursue new\npaths of discovery.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u201c\u003C\/strong\u003EWe\u2019re\ntrying to pave the way and be first in the most exciting research areas in the\nfield of music technology,\u201d said Weinberg.\u0026nbsp;\n\u201cWe\u2019ll keep looking for innovative ways to enhance music expression and\ncreativity with technology.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis winter, the center hosts the Margaret Guthman Musical Instrument \nCompetition and an experimental performance from acclaimed artist Laurie\n Anderson. Contemporary music ensemble-in-residence Sonic Generator also\n brings another lineup of mind-expanding and technologically-driven \nperformances beginning January 24 at the Woodruff Arts Center. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.music.gatech.edu\/news\/events\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGet the event details.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Center for\nMusic Technology (GTCMT) has hit the right chord by blending research with\ntechnology that meets industry needs while creating tools for new and memorable\nperformances.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology celebrates achievements on second anniversary."}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2010-12-08 10:16:42","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:50","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-12-02T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2011-12-02T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"63088":{"id":"63088","type":"image","title":"Gil Weinberg","body":null,"created":"1449176649","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:04:09","changed":"1475894552","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:32","alt":"Gil Weinberg","file":{"fid":"191726","name":"Gil_Weinberg.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Gil_Weinberg_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Gil_Weinberg_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1383926,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Gil_Weinberg_0.jpg?itok=0wfaHqxZ"}},"63086":{"id":"63086","type":"image","title":"Parag Chordia","body":null,"created":"1449176649","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:04:09","changed":"1475894552","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:32","alt":"Parag Chordia","file":{"fid":"191724","name":"Parag_Chordia.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Parag_Chordia.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Parag_Chordia.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":555589,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Parag_Chordia.jpg?itok=mCb8_arR"}},"63089":{"id":"63089","type":"image","title":"Jason Freeman","body":null,"created":"1449176649","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:04:09","changed":"1475894552","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:32","alt":"Jason Freeman","file":{"fid":"191727","name":"Jason_Freeman_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Jason_Freeman_0_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Jason_Freeman_0_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2957894,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Jason_Freeman_0_0.jpg?itok=DHilK9bC"}}},"media_ids":["63088","63086","63089"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtcmt.coa.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/music\/","title":"Additional information on PSA"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.khu.sh\/","title":"Khush"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.zoozmobile.com\/zoozbeat.htm","title":"Zoozmoblie (Zoozbeat)"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"143","name":"Digital Media and Entertainment"},{"id":"148","name":"Music and Music Technology"},{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"926","name":"College of Architecture"},{"id":"1178","name":"Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology"},{"id":"1939","name":"Gil Weinberg"},{"id":"1346","name":"Jason Freeman"},{"id":"8945","name":"Ladida"},{"id":"1929","name":"Parag Chordia"},{"id":"667","name":"robotics"},{"id":"169304","name":"Shimon"},{"id":"11423","name":"Zoozbeat"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["mattnagel@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}