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Rencon Workshop at ICMPC 10

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Type-in Section

The Type-in section aims to build common grounds for evaluating performances rendered by human operation using computer systems. In this section, human contributors will render performances, using commercial music or original application. The organizer will provide an original performance interface to those interested. We hope that this trial will be a trigger to discuss interaction design for performance interfaces, music interpretation model, and its application for music education.

Schedule of the contest

Type-in Section Autonomous Section
0. Preparation
1. Opening
2. Announcement of the set pieces
Performance Rendering  (60 min.)
3-1. Performance rendering & free discussion
     Participants are allowed to use any function of their original or commercial music software.
     Participants are allowed to output sound from their own PC.
     Participants are allowed to elaborate performance rendering based on their repeated listening to the music.
     Participants are allowed to edit MIDI-level note data.		 3.1 Score input & Pre-Processing
3-2. Submission 3.2 System check
　 3-3. Submission
　 3-4 Free demonstration
4. Listening Time (40 min.)
  • 1 min. introduction of the performance rendering process by each participant. (In case of time shortage, priority for the presentation will be given to the contributors to autonomous section)
  • Performance using an automatic piano
  • On-site voting by the attendees.
5. Closing

* After the above procedure, internet voting (grading) is also available (coming soon)

Set Piece

Participants are required to submit the following piece.

  1. Piano piece (Chopin-style, 1 min. )

The subject piece is composed by Prof. Tadahiro Murao (Aichi University of Education). The time signature is constant. The total duration of the piece will be about one minute in the case of no-expression (it entails 32 measures of 120 BPM in 4/4.)

The participants will be given a dead-pan MIDI file (SMF, Format 1) at the introduction of the contest. The velocity of each note is set to 64. The program change (instrument) is set to 0 (acoustic grand piano.) The value of tempo (BPM) is set to 120 a quarter note. The data will not include any control messages nor pedals information.

A printed score will be provided as a reference.

Award

  • Rencon Murao Award will be given to the entrant that affects Prof. Murao (Set piece composer) most.

Qualifications

  • Participants are required to bring a system that meets the above requirements.
  • At least one system operator should attend the ICMPC-Rencon. She / he will be required to register at ICMPC.
  • Participants are required to bring all of the equipment for performance rendering. Electricity (100 v), a desk, chairs, and a notice board for posters will be provided by the organizer.
  • Please note that the ICMPC-Rencon organizer won't take on any responsibility for entrant's system trouble.
  • Participants are required to attend the organized Rencon session, where the Rencon Awards will be given.