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This was fun to play with, but impossible to improvise on for anything other than a relatively random sequence of notes. While I could get a bit of a feel for
by Cogito 8y ago
This was fun to play with, but impossible to improvise on for anything other than a relatively random sequence of notes.
While I could get a bit of a feel for how my actions would influence the piano, there is still a huge disconnect in there. Even something like trying to repeat a note can happen in three different ways (same key, key above, or key below) and there is no indication of which way will work this time.
So improvisation is limited to
- play high or play low
- change tempo
- learn what the machine will do in a situation and try to preempt it; "previously when I pressed these buttons in this order it did a thing, maybe if I do it again it will do a similar thing"
Improvisation isn't just randomly hitting notes, it's connecting different pieces together in new ways. If I play some random notes and I like them, I want to play them again.
Right now there is no way to craft music with this, just different ways to poke the machine to see what kind of music gift it gives you. I want to craft music with this, but I've no idea what that bridge would look like.