Machine Rhythm

David Rosenthal

The video discusses Machine Rhythm, a program which emulates human rhythm perception. Given a musical performance represented as a MIDI stream, the program determines the program’s rhythm - that is, it decides the meter of the performance, the rhythmic value of each note, and the location of barlines. The basic orientation of the video is to demonstrate applications of the program; more theoretical aspects are treated in (Rosenthal 1992).
