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The Music Trades, 1924:
Entire Piano Industry to Profit by Work of Newly Organized Research Department of American Piano Company
“Among other things,” said Mr. Stoddard in discussing the plans of the new department, “we shall make a careful research into tone analysis. […] We doubt if there has been enough absolutely accurate knowledge in this whole subject of tone production. We cannot, of course, predict what we will find out, but we propose to go into the matter as thoroughly as is humanly possible. The manner in which we are approaching this subject is revolutionary.”
Zenph Software Creates Opportunity: Interactive Technology Delivers Unique Educational and Performance Experience That Promises to Expand the Keyboard Market
RePerform provides a user-friendly environment for recording and editing performance data at up to eight times time resolution of normal MIDI data. The program measures a wide range of parameters that correspond to even the subtlest nuances of a musician’s performance — from hammer velocity to pedal technique — ultimately replicating the gestures, timing, and physicality that define an artist’s individual imprint on a piece of music. “Representing the artist’s unmistakable signature, this incredibly rich, highly-detailed data set can then be used to create new music,” says Litterst.