Bipscript Demo Applications

Robot Jazz Band

The robot jazz band is an interactive backing band for a human performer. The band consists of three bots:

• comp piano - plays comping chords on the piano
• swing drum - plays a simple swing beat on the drums
• walking bass - plays a simple walking bass line

All three take a parameter called "power" which controls playing louder and busier vs softer and sparser.

The main script adds one of each bot to an audio mixer, and controls the power level via three different sources:

• MIDI control change messages from e.g. a control surface
• Audio onset detection, e.g. on an audio stream of the human performer
• OSC messages from any software or hardware source

Robot Jazz Band Demo on Vimeo.