What does it feel like to play a song with AI?

What does it feel like to play a song with AI?

At the recent SXSW Southwestern South Music Festival, the Japanese voice studio Hakuhodo and Yamaha jointly created an artificial intelligence system. Music lovers, both professional and amateur, can come on stage to perform piano ensembles with their created AI partner. On the big screen, music visual effects played by the actor and the AI will also be presented.

In response, Yamaha’s internal R&D staff stated, “Yamaha uses artificial intelligence technology to allow AI to imitate and learn the performers' musical creations and improve their abilities, and they can also collaborate with performers to create beautiful musical compositions. It is possible to ensemble notes by analyzing human performers' gestures and sound effects, and to guide Yamaha's Disklavier piano users to more comfortable playing Yamaha piano products." This musical instrument giant also provides wholesale musical instruments that are not quite expensive.

In fact, so far, Yamaha's AI artificial music integration system has undergone a lot of tests during the R&D phase, such as simulating the playing style of Piano Master Richter in the string quartet and ensemble with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, and assisting in singing. The group performed a chorus. Even more powerful is that AI can also play keys along with the rhythm of dancers if there are dancers performing on the scene. This time, the SXSW Music Festival will invite many famous musicians to complete the ensemble with this AI partner, with the human pianist playing the rhythm of real-time prediction, to provide the most perfect ensemble effect. The actual performance of the AI is comparable to that of a real musician, and it can even be slightly higher. Hakuhoda Studios added many magical visual elements to this musical feast. Pianists and AI can be rendered on the big screen in real time.

Visitors who are interested in experiencing this technologically-influenced piano concert at the SXSW Festival can also play a pre-edited version of the Little Star with AI at the Austin Convention Center in Texas, USA. The song is relatively simple and the playing effect is also obvious. With the development of technology in the future, players can also select any piece of music and expand the form of the duo to provide complete orchestral accompaniment.