The present invention relates to systems and methods for visual image audio composition. In particular, the present invention provides systems and methods for audio composition from a diversity of visual images and user determined sound database sources.

Systems and methods for creating customized vocal ensemble arrangements are provided herein. A user can specify a musical selection and provide information about an ensemble, such as the number of vocalists, vocal range, gender, and display preferences into the system. The system generates a conductor's score and individual vocalist scores that have been customized for each member of the ensemble to match their individual vocal range and tailored to balance the entire ensemble.

A system enabling the performance of sensory stimulating content including music and video using gaining in a cyber reality environment, such as using a virtual reality headset. This disclosure includes a system and method through which a performer can virtually trigger and control a presentation of pre-packaged sensory stimulating content including musical programs through gaming. A theme for the performer is that the pre-packaged sensory stimulating content is preferably chosen such that, even where the performer is a novice, the sensory stimulating data is presented in a pleasing and sympathetic manner and scoring is provided as a function of the performer's ability to provide a gesture in association with a displayed virtual trigger.

An automated music composition and generation system and process for scoring a selected media object or event marker, with one or more pieces of digital music, by spotting the selected media object or event marker with musical experience descriptors selected and applied to the selected media object or event marker by the system user during a scoring process, and using said selected musical experience descriptors to drive an automated music composition and generation engine to automatically compose and generate the one or more pieces of digital music.

An automated music composition and generation process within an automated music composition and generation system driven by lyrical musical experience descriptors. The process involves the system user accessing said automated music composition and generation system, employing an automated music composition and generation engine having a system user interface. The system user interface is used to select and provide musical experience descriptors, including lyrics, to the automated music composition and generation engine for processing by said automated music composition and generation engine. The system user initiates the automated music composition and generation engine to compose and generate music based on the musical experience descriptors and lyrics provided.

An autonomous music composition and performance system employing an automated music composition and generation engine configured to receive musical signals from a set of a real or synthetic musical instruments being played by a group of human musicians. The system buffers and analyzes musical signals from the set of real or synthetic musical instruments, composes and generates music in real-time that augments the music being played by the band of musicians, and/or composes and generates music for subsequent playback, review and consideration by the human musicians.

A method of automatically confirming the uniqueness of digital pieces of music produced by an automated music composition and generation system while satisfying the creative intentions of system users. The method involves reviewing, selecting and providing one or more musical experience descriptors and time and/or space parameters, to an automated music composition and generation engine operably connected to the system user interface. The automated music composition and generation engine includes a music piece analysis subsystem for automatically examining each piece of composed music that has been generated by said automated music composition and generation engine, comparing the digital piece of composed and generated music against other digital pieces of music composed and generated by said automated music composition and generation system for said system user, and determining whether or not the examined digital piece of composed and generated music is sufficiently unique. Also, the method automatically confirms with the system user that each examined digital piece of composed and generated music satisfies the creative intentions of the system user.

An automated music composition and generation system provided with a system user interface enabling system users to review, select and provide one or more musical experience descriptors as well as time and/or space parameters, to an automated music composition and generation engine, operably connected to the system user interface. The automated music composition and generation engine includes a musical kernel generation subsystem for automatically analyzing and saving musical kernel elements automatically abstracted from the digital piece of music. The abstracted musical kernel elements distinguish the digital piece of music from any other digital piece of music automatically composed and generated by the automated music composition and generation system, and serve as a music kernel definition of the digital piece of composed music, which can be subsequently used during future automated music composition and generation processes, and in future music production environments, to replicate the digital piece of composed music at a later time, either with complete or incomplete accuracy, as required or desired by the system user.

An automated music composition and generation system having an automated music composition and generation engine for receiving, storing and processing musical experience descriptors and time and/or space parameters selected by the system user. The automated music composition and generation engine includes a user taste generation subsystem for automatically (i) determining the musical tastes and preferences of a system user based on user feedback and autonomous piece analysis, (ii) maintaining a system user profile reflecting musical tastes and preferences of each system user, and (iii) using the musical taste and preference information to change or modify the musical experience descriptors provided to the system to produce a digital piece of composed music composition that better reflects the musical tastes and preferences of the system user.

An automated music composition and generation system having an automated music composition and generation engine for receiving, storing and processing musical experience descriptors as well as time and/or space parameters selected by the system user. The automated music composition and generation engine includes: a user taste generation subsystem for automatically determining the musical tastes and preferences of each system user based on user feedback and autonomous piece analysis, and maintaining a system user profile reflecting musical tastes and preferences of each system user; and a population taste aggregation subsystem for automatically aggregating the musical tastes and preferences of the population of system users, and modifying the musical experience descriptors and/or time and/or space parameters provided to the automated music composition and generation engine, so that the automatically generated digital pieces of composed music better reflect the musical tastes and preferences of the population of system users and more accurately and quickly meet future system user requests for automated music compositions.