Guy and Seth on Simulink

April 1st, 2011

Today we have been authorized to give you a sneak peek at a new blockset Guy is working on: SimMusic.

Seth: This new tool will facilitate the application of Model-Based Design to development of new rhythms and music effects. How does it work?

Guy: To begin, you need sources. You can provide the musical score, connect instruments to your computer, or choose from a vast library of already available musical sources. For example here are the sources I am currently using:

Guy: Then you pick instruments to through which you will play your song:

Guy: Here is my latest model, where I started with my favorite Metallica song. I wanted to make it sound special, so I made the bass sound like a bagpipe. Then I used a microphone to replace the original vocal track.

Guy: Finally, you can output your creation to any device of your choice. Even non-traditional hardware!

Seth: Here is an example of the market where SimMusic is useful. (Watch the embedded video below.) At Czech Technical University in Prague they played a Czech Christmas carol using Simulink and a HUMUSOFT DAQ board to control a couple of dot-matrix printers. Imagine how much time and effort SimMusic could have saved them!

Guy: Up to now, we received tremendous feedback from everyone who tried SimMusic. For example, former blogger, and technology expert Scott Hirsch commented:

"Making cars drive, airplanes fly, yada yada yada. Forget about it. THIS is the coolest thing Simulink has ever done!!"

Seth: This tool will have a tremendous impact on society and accelerate the pace of music composition and performance! This sounds so good, Guy and I are starting a band called Polar Foils.

What do you think?

Do you compose music in Simulink? Will you buy a copy of SimMusic? Leave us a comment here.

By Seth Popinchalk

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6 Responses to “Under development: Simulink Symphonics”

1. Hitoshi replied on April 1st, 2011 at 06:45 UTC :
   

   How much is this?

2. WS replied on April 1st, 2011 at 10:55 UTC :
   

   I’ll buy one! But not before next April 1st.

3. Paulo Silva replied on April 1st, 2011 at 12:36 UTC :
   

   It’s April 1st and that’s obvious a joke but it’s possible to do with the power of matlab and simulink :)

4. Scott Hirsch replied on April 1st, 2011 at 19:23 UTC :
   

   Just so you all know that Simulink isn’t the only one that gets to have fun, check out this really fine MATLAB programming from Emile B!

   http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/30940-fight-to-the-death-against-a-giant-chicken

5. Aurélien replied on April 5th, 2011 at 12:50 UTC :
   

   We already tried SimMusic in 2007 for a French summer outing …
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsgX5SRSz3I

   But as you can hear it was the beta release !!!

   Aurélien

6. Seth Popinchalk replied on April 7th, 2011 at 15:31 UTC :
   

   @Hitoshi – the price list is only available on April 1. Please contact your account manager.

   @WS – Thank you for your interest!

   @Paulo Silva – Have you processed music with MATLAB and Simulink?

   @ Scott Hirsch – Thanks for sharing the Chiken Fight MATLAB program.

   @Aurélien – You were important beta testers… I hope you can publish a new version of that video using the general release!

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