Open AccessNeural Models for Target-Based Computer-Assisted Musical Orchestration: A Preliminary Study
Author(s) -
Luke Dzwonczyk,
Carmine Emanuele Cella,
Alejandro Saldarriaga-Fuertes,
Hongfu Liu,
Hélène-Camille Crayencour
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of creative music systems
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2399-7656
DOI - 10.5920/jcms.890
Subject(s) - orchestration , computer science , task (project management) , musical , artificial intelligence , artificial neural network , human–computer interaction , creativity , machine learning , psychology , engineering , systems engineering , art , social psychology , visual arts
In this paper we will perform a preliminary exploration on how neural networks can be used for the task of target-based computer-assisted musical orchestration. We will show how it is possible to model this musical problem as a classification task and we will propose two deep learning models. We will show, first, how they perform as classifiers for musical instrument recognition by comparing them with specific baselines. We will then show how they perform, both qualitatively and quantitatively, in the task of computer-assisted orchestration by comparing them with state-of-the-art systems. Finally, we will highlight benefits and problems of neural approaches for assisted orchestration and we will propose possible future steps. This paper is an extended version of the paper "A Study on Neural Models for Target-Based Computer-Assisted Musical Orchestration" published in the proceedings of The 2020 Joint Conference on AI Music Creativity.