Editing Score following

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'''Score following''' is the process of automatically listening to a [[live music]] performance and tracking the position in the score.  It is an active area of research and stands at the intersection of [[artificial intelligence]], [[pattern recognition]], [[signal processing]], and [[musicology]]. Score following was first introduced in 1984 independently by [[Barry Vercoe]] and [[Roger Dannenberg]]. 

Artistically, it is one of the main components for live electronic music of many composers such as [[Pierre Boulez]] and [[Philippe Manoury]] among others and is currently an active line of research in different communities such as [[IRCAM]] in Paris. The latest version of IRCAM's score following, developed by the [http://repmus.ircam.fr/ Musical Representations Team] is capable of following complex audio signals (monophonic and polyphonic) and synchronize events via the detected tempo of the performance in realtime. It's distributed publicly since 2009 under the name [[Antescofo]] and has been successfully performed throughout the world for a wide number of contemporary music productions including realtime electronics.

Other score following authors include [[Chris Raphael]], [[Roger Dannenberg]], [[Barry Vercoe]], [[Miller Puckette]], Nicola Orio, Arshia Cont, and [[Frank Weinstock]] ({{US patent|5952597}}; {{US patent|6107559}}; {{US patent|6166314}}).

For the first time, in October 2006, there is going to be a Score Following evaluation during the second Music Information Retrieval Evaluation eXchange [http://www.music-ir.org/mirex/wiki/MIREX_HOME (MIREX)]. It is expected that most systems participate and compete in live musical situations and the results be announced in public domain.
==See also==
* [[List of music software]]
==External links==
* [http://www.tonara.com Tonara Ltd, Polyphonic Score Following App and Technology] 
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOYky8MmrEU Vercoe demonstrating the Synthetic Performer at IRCAM in 1984]
* [http://repmus.ircam.fr/Antescofo Antescofo (Ircam)]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN9MmiSlBj0 Automatic Accompaniment demo with Antescofo]
* [http://www.samplesumo.com/music-following SampleSumo, Score Following Technology] 

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[[Category:Music software]]
[[Category:Musical training software]]