Music Mouse

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Post by raldu » Sat, Nov 19, 2022, 10:36 AM UTC

Re: Music Mouse

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Post by lioeters » Mon, Nov 21, 2022, 9:07 AM UTC

It's a modern Web Audio implementation of this Mac software from 1986 (last updated in 2004).

Music Mouse - An Intelligent Instrument - https://web.archive.org/web/20220629172536fw_/http://retiary... (Archived because the original site is quite slow: http://retiary.org/ls/programs.html)

It was written by Laurie Spiegel, a composer and early pioneer in electronic music.

> Music Mouse is an algorithmic musical composition software developed by Laurie Spiegel. The "intelligent instrument" name refers to the program's built-in knowledge of chord and scale convention and stylistic constraints. Automating these processes allows the user to focus on other aspects of the music in real time.

> In addition to improvisations using this software, Spiegel composed several works for "Music Mouse", including Cavis muris in 1986, Three Sonic Spaces in 1989, and Sound Zones in 1990. She continued to update the program through Macintosh OS 9 and, as of 2021, it remained available for purchase or demo download from her website.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurie_Spiegel

She was featured in the documentary, Sisters with Transistors. https://sisterswithtransistors.com/

Re: Music Mouse

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Post by geocar » Mon, Nov 21, 2022, 9:08 AM UTC

how fun.

maybe the author does not know this, but shift+/ doesn't work on a portuguese keyboard at least in safari; shift-7 is / and shift-' is ?

all of the other keys work.

Re: Music Mouse

#4

Post by disillusioned » Mon, Nov 21, 2022, 9:34 AM UTC

Wow, it's like a Keith Jarrett improv generator!

Re: Music Mouse

#5

Post by fire » Mon, Nov 21, 2022, 9:44 AM UTC

god I clicked in and suddenly an hour went by, this is brilliant

Re: Music Mouse

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Post by franciscop » Mon, Nov 21, 2022, 10:04 AM UTC

With the default settings and just scrolling around it really feels like I'm in some sort of badly played Ghibli's OST!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpfLKbjTWn0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz68vFJmLKk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFFy0yEYki0

Re: Music Mouse

#7

Post by tapland » Mon, Nov 21, 2022, 10:05 AM UTC

geocar wrote: post #3

how fun. maybe the author does not know this, but shift+/ doesn't work on a portuguese keyboard at least in safari; shift-7 is / and shift-' is ? all of the other keys work.

It's the same for a lot of EU keyboard layouts =(

Re: Music Mouse

#8

Post by cloogshicer » Mon, Nov 21, 2022, 10:12 AM UTC

Is the source code available somewhere?

Re: Music Mouse

#9

Post by lioeters » Mon, Nov 21, 2022, 10:15 AM UTC

lioeters wrote: post #2

It's a modern Web Audio implementation of this Mac software from 1986 (last updated in 2004). Music Mouse - An Intelligent Instrument - https://web.archive.org/web/20220629172536fw_/http://retiary... (Archived because the original site is quite slow: http://retiary.org/ls/programs.html ) It was written by Laurie Spiegel, a composer and early pioneer in electronic music. > Music Mouse is an algorithmic musical composi…

> To enable MIDI output, please use a Web MIDI capable web browser. (Chrome or Opera)

It took 10 years, but Firefox finally has Web MIDI!

Bugzilla: Implement the WebMIDI API - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=836897

Re: Music Mouse

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Post by johnchristopher » Mon, Nov 21, 2022, 10:17 AM UTC

franciscop wrote: post #6

With the default settings and just scrolling around it really feels like I'm in some sort of badly played Ghibli's OST! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpfLKbjTWn0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz68vFJmLKk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFFy0yEYki0

Haha, I thought the same !