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MUSKI

Electronic Music
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Artificial Intelligence
Instrument
Female pioneers of electronic music. • Rediscovering musical instruments. • An AI transforms gestures into music.
Rhythm
How to build a drum pattern. • Classic drum machines. • An AI follows your beat.
Melody
How random are melodies? • A brief history of sequencers. • An AI follows your lead.
Timbre
Revealing overtones. • Evolution of samplers. • Sing like a trumpet with AI.
Expression
Playing with feeling. • Expressive electronic music. • An AI learned piano from humans.
Song
Generative music for Airports. • Structureless Ambient music. • Composing with Transformers.

MUSKI is a journey to explore artificial intelligence applied to music and connected to the broader history of electronic music.

In addition to this online book, MUSKI is also a series of workshops and live events.

MUSKI was created by

IMAGINARY

a non-profit organization dedicated to creating new interactive ways of exploring mathematics, artificial intelligence, and other sciences.

Learn more about us.

Credits

Eric Londaits (concept, content, development)
Tobias Kösters (project managament, events)
Andreas Matt (direction)
Christian Stussak (development)
Elisabeth Schaber (translation, editing)
Bianca Violet (workshops, coordination)
Johanna Marschall (administration)
Oliver Schön (content assistance)
Martin Skrodzki (content assistance)
Constanza Rojas-Molina (illustrations)

Muski was developed as part of "dive in. Programme for Digital Interactions" of the Kulturstiftung des Bundes (German Federal Cultural Foundation) with funding by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM) through the NEUSTART KULTUR programme.
Muski was developed as part of "dive in. Programme for Digital Interactions" of the Kulturstiftung des Bundes (German Federal Cultural Foundation) with funding by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM) through the NEUSTART KULTUR programme.