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Insiders on how digital orchestras are used in film

This is a long and fascinating discussion about the use of digital instruments in the production of orchestral film scores.
You’ll be able to see four versions of footage from Peter Jackson’s King Kong. Version 1 has no music; Version 2 has digital orchestra only (and this step is now a regular occurrence [...]

New Recording: Beethoven – Symphony No. 1 in C, op. 21 – II, Andante cantabile con moto

Beethoven – Symphony No. 1 in C, op. 21 – II Andante cantabile con moto · Conducting the Fauxharmonic Orchestra. Recorded live in concert on May 20, 2009, in West Roxbury, Massachusetts.

Our culture’s fascination with digitized humanity takes another step

The Promise of Digital Doubles | Studio Daily.
This article is about a new technology in the motion picture industry for creating “digital doubles.” These are animated version of actors that can pass as real under many normal viewing situations.
Scroll to the bottom of the article to see the video (which is all digital double [...]

New Recording: Beethoven – Symphony No. 1 in C, op. 21 – Finale

Beethoven – Symphony No. 1 in C, op. 21 – IV Adagio, Allegro molto e vivace · Fauxharmonic Orchestra.

$450,000 for digital orchestra conducting research

Announcement of NSF grant for digital conducting research
From the article:
Instead of conducting an orchestra from a concert hall, IU music informatics professor Chris Raphael will bring the orchestra to a computer screen.  Raphael received a three-year, $450,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for his proposal, “Real-Time Planning of a Conductable Orchestra,” said Lisa Herrmann, [...]

Playing the room

One of the most important elements of music is the space in which it is played and heard.  During the last one hundred years we have seen the uncoupling of music from the space in which it is played, and the acceptance of that uncoupling without questioning what, if anything, is sacrificed.  Indeed, much of [...]