Jive: A Generative, Interactive, Virtual, Evolutionary Music System

A novel paradigm and system for interactive generative music are described. Families of musical pieces are represented as functions of a time variable and several variables under user control. Composition/performance proceeds in the following two stages. Interactive grammatical evolution is used to represent, explore, and optimise the possible functions. The computer mouse or a Wii-controller can be used for real-time interaction with the generative process. We present rationale for design decisions and several pieces of example music.

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