Title of Thesis: AVISARME: Audio-Visual Synchronization Algorithm for a Robotic Musician Ensemble David R Berman, Master of Science, 2012 Thesis directed by: Professor Nikhil Chopra Department of Mechanical Engineering This thesis presents a beat detection algorithm which combines both audio and visual inputs to synchronize a robotic musician to its human counterpart. Although there has been co...

Amateur choral singing is a common pastime and worthy of study, possibly conferring benefits to health and social behaviour. Participants might be expected to possess musical ability and share some behavioural characteristics. Polymorphisms in genes concerned with serotonergic neurotransmission are associated with both behaviour and musical aptitude. Those investigated previously include the va...

There is a growing interest in insects as promising alternative source of protein that can potentially contribute to help solving the imminent global food crisis. However, research on insect-based foods (IBFs) has repeatedly pointed fact that, many countries and cultures, negative attitudes towards eating are one most significant obstacles promoting consumption IBFs. To date, only small number ...

The application of emergent behavior of multi-agent system to musical creation, such as controlling parameters of sound synthesizer and composition, has attracted interest recently. Although human control or programmed operation works properly, it is very complicated and seems overly monotonic. One of the features of a multi-agent system, self-organization, is suitable for controlling parameter...

The pandemic Covid-19 has highlighted the precarious working conditions that freelance performers and artists have always worked under. aim of this article is to understand explain musicians’ strategies emotional labour for dealing with their ambiguous positions careers. develops a theoretical approach, combining concepts precarity Bourdieu’s theory social practices. Interviews 13 professional ...

The increasing number of casting shows and talent contests in the media over the past years suggests a public interest in rating the quality of vocal performances. In many of these formats, laymen alongside music experts act as judges. Whereas experts' judgments are considered objective and reliable when it comes to evaluating singing voice, little is known about laymen's ability to evaluate pe...

The aim of this study was to model the components of rhythmic function in a case (H.J.) of acquired rhythmic disturbance. H.J. is a right-handed, amateur male musician who acquired arrhythmia in the context of a global amusia after sustaining a right temporoparietal infarct. His rhythmic disturbance was analysed in relation to three independent components using an autoregressive extension of Wi...