Exploring New Frontiers in Music
Tonamic represents a paradigm shift in music creation, analysis, and interaction, merging ab initio methods with profound musical insights. Our project is underpinned by principles akin to statistical mechanics, offering a fresh lens through which to understand and create tonal music.Â
Diverse Applications: From Creation to Research
Music Composition and Analysis Software: Designed for both amateurs and professionals, our software encourages the exploration of emotional content in music, enabling users to craft unique musical pieces. It promises a new form of musical notation, where emotional states drive the composition process, offering a tool that enhances creativity rather than replacing it.
Electronic Musical Instruments: Implementing our algorithm within electronic instruments allows real-time generation of music based on emotional inputs, opening new avenues for performance art and interactive entertainment.
Research and Education: Our methodology offers valuable insights for studies in music, psychology, and neuroscience, exploring the fundamental mechanisms of music perception.
Addressing Questions and Curiosities
Our approach complements conventional music composition by focusing on the intrinsic relationship between tonality and emotion, rather than reproducing existing musical styles. Unlike mainstream AI music generators that interpolate between known samples, Tonamic facilitates real-time composition that connects with emotions. It stands apart from aleatoric music by ensuring deterministic outcomes aligned with the composer's intended emotional narrative.
The Tonamic and EEG: A Symphony of Brain Waves
In collaboration with Brainihacks, we're pioneering the translation of EEG data into music through the Tonamic system. This venture aims to convert brain waves into a musical lexicon, offering groundbreaking applications in artistic expression and scientific research. The initial results promise a novel way of understanding and interacting with music, bridging human cognition and emotional expression through sound.
Looking Ahead
As we continue to refine Tonamic, we are developing an Android app, DJ Bach, soon to be released on Google Play. We invite you to stay tuned for these developments and explore our app once it becomes available.