My Nord G2 gains intelligence?

While the media has been full of developments in computer intelligence, brain scans and the like. I was surprised to find out there were developments a little closer to home. It looks like in the upcoming firmware upgrade my Nord Modular G2 will be retrofitted with “evolutionary computation, a subdiscipline of the research field artificial life“. Super cool.

For more info you can also check out the thesis work for this technology (PDF format) here

Here is the press release:

Nord Modular G2 software revision 1.40
The main feature of the 1.4 revision is an evolutionary patch mutator developed by Clavia associate, composer and researcher Palle Dahlstedt.

The generator is an implementation of Dahlstedts MutaSynth concept, a result of several years of research at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden.

This new tool greatly simplifies the programming of modular patches, by effectively turning the knobs for you. Listen to the results and simply select the the best sounds. A family of new patch variations can be generated from any existing sound, and two different variations can even be mated, to produce exciting new sounds. Using evolutionary computation, a subdiscipline of the research field “artificial life”, the process is similar to the selective breeding of plants. The process can be repeated in any number of generations, greatly simplifying the creation of novel sounds and the exploration of the vast potential of the Nord Modular G2 line of synthesizers.

It may sound complicated, but it is really easy to use, and it will be a real boost to what is already the most flexible hardware synthesizer on the market. Producing great sounds have never been this easy.

The update is free of charge and all G2, G2x and engine users can download it in the near future from www.clavia.se. There will also be a corresponding new version of the Nord Modular G2 Demo software.

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