Music Mouse

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Music Mouse is an algorithmic musical composition software developed by Laurie Spiegel.

Spiegel's best known and most widely used software, "Music Mouse - An Intelligent Instrument" (1986) is for Macintosh, Amiga and Atari computers.[1][2][3] The "intelligent instrument" name refers to the program's built-in knowledge of chord and scale convention and stylistic constraints.[4] Automating these processes allows the user to focus on other aspects of the music in real time.[5] 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.[6] She continued to update the program through Macintosh OS 9, and as of 2012, it remained available for purchase or demo download from her website.[3]

Sources

  1. ↑ Commodore Magazine, Sept. 1987
  2. ↑ Simoni, Mary (1998). "Profiles of Determination", p.20. Computer Music Journal 22 (4): 19-28.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Laurie Spiegel. "Computer Software by Laurie Spiegel". Retrieved 2012-04-12. 
  4. ↑ Dean, R.T. (2003). Hyperimprovisation: Computer-interactive Sound Improvisation. p. 62. ISBN 0895795086. 
  5. ↑ Hinkle-Turner, Elizabeth (2006). Women Composers And Music Technology in the United States. p. 47. ISBN 0754604616. 
  6. ↑ Gagné, Nicole V. (2011). Historical Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Classical Music. p. 255. ISBN 0810867656. 

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