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Wow, this is both amazing and beautiful. Watch, listen, and be awestruck! I love it, but I have to admit that those mechanical fingers are kind of creepy. The result is elegant, but weird.
From Wikipedia:
Animusic is an American company specializing in the 3D visualization of MIDI-based music. Founded by Wayne Lytle, it is incorporated in New York and has offices in Texas and California. The initial name of the company was Visual Music, changed to Animusic in 1995.
The company is known for its Animusic compilations of computer-generated animations, based on MIDI events processed to simultaneously drive the music and on-screen action, leading to and corresponding to every sound.
Unlike many other music visualizations, the music drives the animation. While other productions might animate figures or characters to the music, the animated models in Animusic are created first, and are then programmed to follow what the music “tells them” to. ‘Solo cams’ featured on the Animusic DVD shows how each instrument actually plays through a piece of music from beginning to end.
Many of the instruments appear to be robotic or play themselves using curious methods to produce and visualize the original compositions. The animations typically feature dramatically-lit rooms or landscapes.
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The music of Animusic is principally pop-rock based, consisting of straightforward sequences of triggered samples and digital patches mostly played “dry”; i.e., with few effects. There are no lyrics or voices, save for the occasional chorussynthesizer. According to the director’s comments on Animusic 2, most instrument sounds are generated with software synthesizers on a music workstation (see Software Programs for more info). Many sounds resemble stock patches available on digital keyboards, subjected to some manipulation, such as pitch or playback speed, to enhance the appeal of their timbre.
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No Sound.
It works on all the computers in this house, including my tiny little mini. Click through the still picture to get to the YouTube video. I added a still so there’d be a visible image, but it’s just an inert screen capture: the YouTube high definition footage is “underneath.” Try it. If you still can’t get to it, I’ll redo it so the link is easier to find. Glad you brought up the question because you probably aren’t the only one having this problem.
My bad! Unknown to me we must have had a power interruption last night that shut off my stereo amp. I powered it back up and now I have sound. Doh! Sorry.