Gérard Assayag (ERC REACH) with Elaine Chew (ERC COSMOS project) and percussionist Thierry Miroglio have toured China’s main Music Conservatories from Beijing to Hangzhou to the Shangai Power Station of Art Museum to explain the research behind REACH and COSMOS, train the students to use the software tools (Somax2), and give several concerts on the […]
Article by Alberto Gatti and Marco Fiorini (equal contribution) has been accepted for the Sound and Music Computing Conference (SMC2025) in Graz, Austria. Read the full paper Video demo Abstract: This paper presents a novel methodology for creating dynamic auditory landscapes in co-creative musical interaction through the Somax2 system, introducing a new approach to spatial […]
Article by Joséphine Calandra, Marco Fiorini and Gérard Assayag has been accepted for the Journées de l’Informatique Musicale (JIM2025) in Lyon, France. Read the article Abstract: Somax2 is a multi-agent improvisation software based on a probabilistic recombination model of an audio or MIDI corpus, annotated according to several musical dimensions, and sensitive to influences of the external […]
Article by Marco Fiorini*, Nicolas Brochec*, Joakim Borg and Riccardo Pasini (* equal contribution) has been accepted for the New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME) Conference in Canberra, Australia. Read the full paper Video demo Abstract: This paper presents two key contributions to the real-time classi- fication of Instrumental Playing Techniques (IPTs) in the context […]
Article by Nicolas Brochec*, Marco Fiorini*, Mikhail Malt and Gérard Assayag (* equal contribution) has been accepted for the 50th International Computer Music Conference (ICMC) in Boston, United States. Read the full paper Video demo Abstract: This paper presents a significant advancement in the co- creative capabilities of Somax2 through the integration of real-time recognition […]
ICMC 2025 has seen an impressive series of Reach related events, such as the opening concert where the Reach Team performed with Somax2, SoVo (Somax2 /+ George Lewis’ Voyager) along legendary musicians Roscoe Mitchell, Steve Lehman and George Lewis. The next day there was an evening concert entirely devoted to Somax2 (see program below), and […]
This version introduces Max 9 compatibility, a redesigned user interface, multi-label corpus building, and new label handling for filtering and real-time control. Max 9 Compatibility Somax2 now runs on Max 9.0.3 or later (earlier versions of Max 9 contained a bug in groove~ and buffer~ that caused issues with corpus loading). Updated User Interface Somax2’s interface has been redesigned and updated […]
ERC COSMOS is pleased to partner with ERC REACH in a demonstration-performance to set the stage for a panel discussion and a performance on AI’s impact on art creation, at the Night of Ideas at the Institut Français du Royaume-Uni (17 Queensberry Place London SW7 2DT)on 6 February at 19h20-20h10 in Les Salons. The event is free and open to the public with registration. […]
William Teixeira, Marco Fiorini, Mikhail Malt, Gérard Assayag. The Application of Somax2 in the Live-Electronics Design of Roberto Victório’s Chronos IIIc. Musica Hodie, 2024, 24, ⟨10.5216/mh.v24.78611⟩. ⟨hal-04760169⟩ Wililam Teixeira : » Excited to share one of the big research achievements I could be part of. It was just published in Musica Hodie the article concerning « The Application of […]
Marco Fiorini is giving two Somax2 workshop in Prague (CZ), on 12 December 2024 at Kampus Hybernská and on 13 December 2024 at Punctum, followed by a concert featuring Michal Wróblewski on sax, and Jonas Gerigk on doublebass.The trio will present works from their album Paragliding, published in 2023 for Ma Records. Paragliding by Gerigk […]
