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Yamaha Gets Siri to Play a Piano [Video]

Yamaha Gets Siri to Play a Piano [Video]

Posted December 19, 2011 at 7:49pm by iClarified
Craig Knudsen, the inventor of SmartKEY for Disklavier, shows how Yamaha has got Siri to play a piano.

The Loop received an explanation of how it works...

Take a standard MIDI songfile and convert it to an audio file (while maintaining the MIDI data). The songfile is then sent wirelessly via WiFi to an Apple Airport Express (which is mounted underneath a Yamaha Disklavier reproducing piano. The audio output of the Airport Express is then connected to the analog MIDI inputs of the Disklavier, using a standard audio cable.


Then, you simply ask Siri to play your favorite song from your iTunes library, and Siri responds immediately, by making the Disklavier's keys and pedal move up and down, recreating the performance, including full orchestration.


Take a look below...

[via Loop]





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Syd
Syd - December 24, 2011 at 12:50pm
Anyone knows to convert midi file to song file and keep midi data?
Meredith McKay
Meredith McKay - December 21, 2011 at 3:38am
Siri is NOT playing the song, it's just initiating the play of a MIDI file (much as it can any file in your music library). Extremely deceptive narration in the video.
Toty
Toty - December 21, 2011 at 2:47am
Fantastic feature :)
The Informer
The Informer - December 20, 2011 at 3:09pm
Wow so f*cking amazing
Lord
Lord - December 20, 2011 at 2:55am
Awesome! All things happen in movies now comes to real life..! Easy for Movie director to make ghost story after tis..heheh
Thoune
Thoune - December 20, 2011 at 12:24am
Incredible! Indeed. How much is this wireless iPhone connection piano? Wow.
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