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Students will be taught how to use a digital audio workstation to control musical loops and beats by writing small bits of programming code.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe\u2019ll also provide online resources through which students can share their works, encouraging them to learn to remix with other students\u2019 codes and sounds,\u201d said Magerko. \u201cThe end result will be music that they can be proud of and that helped students learn introductory concepts in computer science.\u201d\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFunded by\u0026nbsp;the National Science Foundation\u2019s Computing Education for the 21st\u0026nbsp;Century (CE21)\u003Cem\u003E \u003C\/em\u003EProgram,\u003Cem\u003E EarSketch\u003C\/em\u003E will be piloted in 2014 in\u0026nbsp;Atlanta\u0027s Lanier High School. \u0026nbsp;Industry support for the project came from Cockos, who has supplied discounted licenses and technical assistance for their 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It also allows entering and transforming voice recordings and sharing the music in a group. The software interprets the movements and manipulates the music accordingly.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWeinberg says he created the software after realizing how his previous research on musical expression and creativity for novices could be applied to cell phones, which have become much more ubiquitous and powerful than in years past.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022My research focuses on developing algorhythms that would allow musical instruments to analyze and interpret a player\u0027s intention,\u0022 said Weinberg. \u0022With this technology, you don\u0027t have to have a lot of skill or know a lot of music theory to become musically creative. 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The software interprets the movements and manipulates the music accordingly.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWeinberg says he created the software after realizing how his previous research on musical expression and creativity for novices could be applied to cell phones, which have become much more ubiquitous and powerful than in years past.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022My research focuses on developing algorhythms that would allow musical instruments to analyze and interpret a player\u0027s intention,\u0022 said Weinberg. \u0022With this technology, you don\u0027t have to have a lot of skill or know a lot of music theory to become musically creative. 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The second edition, named Shimon, is designed to play a melodic instrument, the marimba. It, therefore, utilizes more sophisticated algorithms for music perception and improvisation in comparison to Haile, Georgia Tech\u0027s first robotic drummer. The robot can also create richer sound and more communicative visual cues.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShimon is able to interact with his human counterparts on a much more social level. The robot\u0027s head is made to be more interactive and give fellow musicians social cues that relate to the music it\u0027s playing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I really wanted to make this robot more socially dynamic to enrich the interaction experience for the human musicians,\u0022 said Gil Weinberg, director of Music Technology. \u0022We start with simple social cues such as recognizing a beat and moving the robot\u0027s head. Sort of getting itself into the groove.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShimon is able to interact with his human counterparts on a much more social level. The robot\u0027s head is made to be more interactive and give fellow musicians social cues that relate to the music it\u0027s playing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I really wanted to make this robot more socially dynamic to enrich the interaction experience for the human musicians,\u0022 said Gil Weinberg, director of Music Technology. \u0022We start with simple social cues such as recognizing a beat and moving the robot\u0027s head. Sort of getting itself into the groove.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022There is really a back channel of social cues that go on between musicians,\u0022 said Andrea Thomaz, assistant professor in the School of Interactive Computing, who is collaborating with Weinberg on building the robot\u0027s head. \u0022Shimon\u0027s head is really meant to take Gil\u0027s robotic musicians into that realm of being a true social collaborative music partner.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022When a guitar player and a drummer want to finish a piece together, there are synchronization and anticipation social cues given,\u0022 said Weinberg. \u0022With Shimon, there are four arms that stretch over a large instrument that give other musicians anticipatory cues of what is going to happen next.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShimon is able to interact with the environment around it, analyze rhythm, melodies and harmony and use his musical understanding to improvise with humans.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWeinberg says that it can help study the way we think and play music because it expands the knowledge we have about music making and the musical mind.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHaile, Weinberg\u0027s first robotic percussionist, played in venues all around the world and has led to additional research in human-robotic interaction. 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These individuals had sustained their injury more than a year before the study, a time frame when most rehab patients see very little improvement for the remainder of their lives.\u0026nbsp; Remarkably, the device was primarily used while the participants were going about their daily routines.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe device is called \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Zi6t89pi17c\u0022\u003EMobile Music Touch\u003C\/a\u003E (MMT). The glove, which looks like a workout glove with a small box on the back, is used with a piano keyboard and vibrates a person\u2019s fingers to indicate which keys to play. While learning to play the instrument, several people with SCI experienced improved sensation in their fingers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResearchers at Georgia Tech and Atlanta\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.shepherd.org\/\u0022\u003EShepherd Center\u003C\/a\u003E recently completed a study focusing on people with weakness and sensory loss due to SCI.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAfter our preliminary work in 2011, we suspected that the glove would have positive results for people with SCI,\u201d said Ph.D. graduate Tanya Markow, the project\u2019s leader. \u201cBut we were surprised by how much improvement they made in our study. For example, after using the glove, some participants were able to feel the texture of their bed sheets and clothes for the first time since their injury.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMarkow worked with individuals with SCI who had limited feeling or movement in their hands. Each suffered a spinal injury more than a year prior to the study. The eight-week project required study participants to practice playing the piano for 30 minutes, three times a week.\u0026nbsp; Half used the MMT glove to practice; half did not.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe MMT system works with a computer, MP3 player or smart phone. A song, such as Ode to Joy, is programmed into a device, which is wirelessly linked to the glove. As the musical notes are illuminated on the correct keys on the piano keyboard, the gadget sends vibrations to \u201ctap\u201d the corresponding fingers. The participants play along, gradually memorizing the keys and learning additional songs.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHowever, these active learning sessions with MMT were not the primary focus of the study.\u0026nbsp; The participants also wore the glove at home for two hours a day, five days a week, feeling only the vibration (and not playing the piano).\u0026nbsp; Previous studies showed that wearing the MMT system passively in this manner helped participants learn songs faster and retain them better.\u0026nbsp; The researchers hoped that the passive wearing of the device would also have rehabilitative effects.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt the end of the study, participants performed a variety of common grasping and sensation tests to measure their improvement.\u0026nbsp; Those who used the MMT system performed significantly better than those who just learned the piano normally.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cSome people were able to pick up objects more easily,\u201d said Markow. \u201cAnother said he could immediately feel the heat from a cup of coffee, rather than after a delay.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMarkow believes the increased motor abilities could be caused by renewed brain activity that sometimes becomes dormant in persons with SCI. The vibration might be triggering activity in the hand\u2019s sensory cortex, which leads to firing in the brain\u2019s motor cortex. Markow would like to expand the study to include functional MRI results.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe glove has evolved in recent years under the leadership of Georgia Tech\u2019s Thad Starner and Ellen Yi-Luen Do, as well as Deborah Backus, director of multiple sclerosis research at Shepherd Center. The initial concept, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/newsroom\/release.html?nid=39815\u0022\u003EPiano Touch\u003C\/a\u003E, developed with the team by then master\u2019s student Kevin Huang, demonstrated that people could easily learn to play the piano by wearing the glove and feeling its vibrations. It didn\u2019t take long for Starner to see the larger health benefits.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cEquipment used for hand rehabilitation may seem monotonous and boring to some, and doesn\u2019t provide any feedback or incentive,\u201d said Starner, who oversees the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/%7Ethad\/\u0022\u003EContextual Computing Group\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cMobile Music Touch overcomes each of those challenges and provides surprising benefits for people with weakness and sensory loss due to SCI. It\u2019s a great example of how wearable computing can change people\u2019s lives.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStarner is an associate professor in the School of Interactive Computing. 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The teenagers are creating and remixing hip-hop beats using a software program called \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/earsketch.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EEarsketch\u003C\/a\u003E. Although only 5 of the students had ever written computer code before they arrived at the camp, each high schooler will create a three-minute, computerized tune by Friday.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEarsketch was designed by School of Music Associate Professor Jason Freeman and School of Literature, Communication and Culture Assistant Professor Brian Magerko. The software was created to address the nation\u2019s shortage of high school students, especially females and minorities, who are interested in computer science careers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe believe that we can get people more motivated in this field by placing introductory computing education into a really interesting, fun context,\u201d said Freeman. \u201cInstead of writing programs that sort lists or crunch numbers, students learn all of these skills while making music.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEarsketch utilizes the Python programming language and Reaper, a digital audio workstation program similar to those used in recording studios throughout the music industry. Students are remixing samples and loops to create their own tracks.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe use hip-hop music as a core musical domain because of its history of remixing music and its strong roots in Atlanta,\u201d said Magerko. \u201cBut students can work in any genre that speaks to them.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/newsroom\/release.html?nid=70785\u0022\u003Ewas awarded\u003C\/a\u003E a three-year grant in 2011 by the National Science Foundation to test and implement Earsketch. The software and curriculum will be piloted this spring at Lanier High School in Gwinnet County as part of the school\u2019s music technology program.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Earsketch workshop is one of several summer camps organized on campus by the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/ice\/\u0022\u003EInstitute for Computing Education\u003C\/a\u003E. The program is overseen by Barbara Ericson, Director of Computing Outreach in the College of Computing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFreeman is a faculty member in the College of Architecture. Magerko is a faculty member in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech is welcoming 18 metro Atlanta high school students to campus this week, hosting a musical summer camp that is intended to have broad implications for the future of computer science education. The teenagers are creating and remixing hip-hop beats using a software program called \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/earsketch.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EEarsketch\u003C\/a\u003E. 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That\u2019s what a team of Georgia Tech researchers have done, using data from two stars in our galaxy to create sounds for a national recording artist.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOver the years, researchers in Georgia Tech\u2019s Sonification Lab (SonLab) have converted numerical data into sounds to analyze stock market prices, election results and weather data. When the reggae\/rock band Echo Movement called wanting to turn the movements of celestial bodies into music, SonLab looked to the heavens.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe Sonification Lab receives a lot of requests to convert scientific data into sound, but this one was truly unique,\u201d said Bruce Walker, a professor in the Schools of Psychology and Interactive Computing. \u201cIt\u2019s not often that we have a chance to help an actual star compose music.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlthough pitches, tempos and rhythms could be created and tweaked, the band insisted that the finished product remain true to all data and feature a musically appealing, \u201cheavenly\u201d sound. With those restrictions in place, the musicians and Walker\u2019s team of students went to work with existing data gathered by NASA\u2019s Kepler telescope. Focused on a binary star (Kepler 4665989), Kepler recorded its brightness levels for more than a year. The star dimmed and brightened each time its companion star crossed its path, providing varying brightness measurements.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThose numerical values were loaded into our Sonification Sandbox software to create sequences of sonified musical pitches,\u201d said Riley Winton, a psychology student and leader of the project. \u201cThe process put us on the right track. When the band reviewed it and requested timbres instead of pitches, we audified the data.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn other words, the team played the varying brightness levels as waveforms to create a different sound. The lab then cleaned the signal and removed some of the ambient sound before sending audio pitches to the band. Echo Movement looped the sounds and composed them into a four-part harmony.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor the final step, the students used a different binary star (Kepler 10291683) to adjust the timbre even further by adding a tremolo effect. This created a shuddered, natural sound rather than a flat, computerized noise.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/inc\/hgFile.php?fname=4-melody.wav\u0022\u003Efinal result\u003C\/a\u003E is a melody that will be used in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/inc\/hgFile.php?fname=lho_introsamplemedia.mp3\u0022\u003Eintro\u003C\/a\u003E of Echo Movement\u2019s song \u201cLove and the Human Outreach,\u201d which will be released in September.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cPeople have made music with space sounds before, but largely using pulsars and space events that can be recorded in the radio spectrum. We wanted something completely off the chart,\u201d said band member David Fowler, who was encouraged by Edna DeVore at the SETI Institute to look at the Kepler Mission. \u201cDiscovering planets around other stars is a relatively new science worthy of everyone\u0027s attention and digs deep at the core of humanity\u0027s most basic quest to orient itself in reality,\u201d he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech team will present the sonification process at the International Conference on Auditory Display (ICAD) in Atlanta June 18 \u2013 21, 2012.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe project\u2019s goal, to create an authentic, aesthetic sound, was a success. 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It is intended to showcase annually that music, dance, theatre, literary arts and visual\/digital media arts not only flourish in the midst of our technological research university, but also inspire and reflect both research and education,\u201d says Aaron Bobick, Chair of the Georgia Tech Council of the Arts.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Festival will feature a variety of arts experiences at both indoor and outdoor venues. The work can be independently produced by students or faculty affiliated with Georgia Tech or produced as part of an academic or research project. Projects can showcase the convergence of art and science\/technology, or be solely artistic in nature.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EExhibit proposals can be submitted at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/arts.gatech.edu\/content\/techarts-exhibition\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/arts.gatech.edu\/content\/techarts-exhibition\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/arts.gatech.edu\/content\/techarts-exhibition\u003C\/a\u003E and performance proposals at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/arts.gatech.edu\/content\/techarts-performance\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/arts.gatech.edu\/content\/techarts-performance\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/arts.gatech.edu\/content\/techarts-performance\u003C\/a\u003E. The deadline for full consideration of submissions is February 15.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u201cThis is a Georgia Tech arts festival, so while we expect some projects will feature the very talented musicians or visual artists who are part of the Tech community, other projects will showcase the coming together of arts and technology,\u201d explains George Thompson, Director of the Office of the Arts and Festival producer. The Festival is sponsored by the Office of the Provost, the Council of the Arts and the Office of the Arts.\u0026nbsp; The annual event is open to the campus and the Atlanta community.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe 2013 Festival coincides with the annual Margaret Guthman Musical Instrument Competition. Events already slated for the festival include \u003Cem\u003EStudent View, a v\u003C\/em\u003Eisual art exhibition by freshmen in the Writing Communication Program, a concert by the Georgia Tech School of Music, the musical production of DramaTech\u2019s \u003Cem\u003EHow to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying\u003C\/em\u003E, selected works from the \u003Cem\u003EArt Crawl\u003C\/em\u003E sponsored by the Clough Undergraduate Learning Center, and \u003Cem\u003EAutomaton,\u003C\/em\u003E a graduate project featuring dance and robots.\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/em\u003EPlease call 404-894-2787 for more information.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The 2013 TechArts Festival, a weekend event slated for April 11-13, seeks proposals from students and faculty interested in participating in this new celebration of the arts on campus."}],"uid":"27652","created_gmt":"2012-12-04 10:27:36","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:18","author":"Jenna Farmer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-12-04T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2012-12-04T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"184771":{"id":"184771","type":"image","title":"TechArts Festival","body":null,"created":"1449179081","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:44:41","changed":"1475894830","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:10","alt":"TechArts Festival","file":{"fid":"196114","name":"techarts-sm.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/techarts-sm.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/techarts-sm.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":13192,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/techarts-sm.jpg?itok=sjdnGUKP"}}},"media_ids":["184771"],"groups":[{"id":"52945","name":"Ferst Center for the Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"42891","name":"Georgia Tech Arts"},{"id":"42921","name":"Exhibitions"},{"id":"42931","name":"Performances"},{"id":"42941","name":"Art Research"},{"id":"42951","name":"Student Art"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"},{"id":"143","name":"Digital Media and Entertainment"},{"id":"148","name":"Music and Music Technology"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJenna Farmer \u003Cbr \/\u003EMarketing Specialist \u003Cbr \/\u003EFerst Center Presents\u003Cbr \/\u003EOffice of the Arts at Georgia Tech\u003Cbr \/\u003E349 Ferst Dr. \u003Cbr \/\u003EAtlanta, GA 30332-0468 \u003Cbr \/\u003E(404) 385-4219 \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jenna.farmer@arts.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}