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In: Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression, pp. Robot trumpets ToyotaвЂ™s know-how, BBC (2004), (accessed April 2005)Дannenberg, R., Brown, B., Zeglin, G., Lupish, R.M.: A Robotic Bagpipe Player. Recently, McBlare has been interfaced to control devices to allow non-traditional bagpipe music to be generated with real-time, continuous gestural control.Д«BC News UK Edition. Using a collection of traditional bagpipe pieces as source material, McBlare can automatically discover typical ornaments from examples and insert ornaments into new melodic sequences. One characteristic of traditional bagpipe performance is the use of ornaments, or very rapid sequences of up to several notes inserted between longer melody notes. McBlare can perform traditional bagpipe music as well as experimental computer-generated music. The control mechanism exceeds the measured speed of expert human performers. McBlare is MIDI controlled, allowing for simple interfacing to a keyboard, computer, or hardware sequencer. McBlare plays a standard set of bagpipes, using a custom air compressor to supply air and electromechanical вЂњfingersвЂќ to control the chanter. From the artistic perspective, McBlare offers an interesting platform for virtuosic playing and interactive control. This project has taught us some lessons about bagpipe playing and control that are not obvious from subjective human experience with bagpipes. McBlare is a robotic bagpipe player developed by the Robotics Institute and Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University.

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