Placing AI in the Creative Industries: The Case for Intelligent Music Production

Glenn McGarry*, Alan Chamberlain, Andy Crabtree, Christopher Greenhalgh

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Abstract

The digital transformation of the recording industry is one of the most well-known in recent times, with the Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) making new methods of music production available to amateurs and professionals in almost any setting beyond the traditional recording studio. However, the uptake of AI in this domain is seemingly impeded by DAW software architectures and a need for designers to better understand production practices and workflows. Our research addresses the latter of these challenges and in this extended abstract we present an overview of an ethnographic study that “gets inside” the work of the recording studio and exposes opportunities for the design of automated production tools. From a summary report of this work, we then aim to motivate or provoke novel conversations and future work in this problem space.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHCI International 2021 - Posters - 23rd HCI International Conference, HCII 2021, Proceedings
EditorsConstantine Stephanidis, Margherita Antona, Stavroula Ntoa
PublisherSpringer Nature
Pages562-572
Number of pages11
ISBN (Print)9783030786342
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021
Event23rd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2021 - Virtual, Online
Duration: 24 Jul 202129 Jul 2021

Publication series

NameCommunications in Computer and Information Science
Volume1419
ISSN (Print)1865-0929
ISSN (Electronic)1865-0937

Conference

Conference23rd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2021
CityVirtual, Online
Period24 Jul 202129 Jul 2021

Keywords

  • Automation
  • Ethnography
  • Music production
  • Workflow

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