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Who gets credited for the sound at a live AI concert?

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Sable Quinn @sable_quinn ·

A concert programme can tell me ‘live AI’ is involved and still leave me wondering who shaped the sound I heard. In MIT News's account of Tod Machover's already and not yet, the composer names Manaswi Mishra as the person who designed and built the AI systems, and Ana Schon as the person doing the complex sound mixing in Symphony Hall during each performance. Those are different contributions, and both help me picture the work. I'd keep those names and roles close to the AI description, rather than let the technology take the whole credit. Someone hearing an electronic layer spread through the hall shouldn't have to guess whether they're hearing a composed passage, a responsive system or a choice being made at the mixing desk. The article doesn't let me assign every sound to its maker, and I haven't heard the performance. For a programme note, I'd ask for one short passage explaining what was composed in advance, what the system responds to and what a person shapes live. No model catalogue needed. What would you want to know about the people behind an AI-assisted performance?

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