Re: [ANNOUNCE] Genetic Programming with Groovy (MirComp 1.0.0-beta.1 Released)

Hi Mirco,

that sounds really cool, I will forward this to a friend who is into 
composing music & toying with new sounds G-)

Cheers,
mg


On 05/11/2023 18:39, Mirco Colletta wrote:
> Hi Apache Groovy community,
> I have the pleasure to announce the release of the first beta version 
> of MirComp, the framework for algorithmic and assisted music composition:
> https://mcolletta.github.io/mircomp/
> MirComp is developed in Groovy (currently v4.0.15 with STC by default) 
> and can now run as a self-contained application with OpenJdk 21 and 
> OpenJfx 21.
> This new version contains lots of bug fixes and improvements but the 
> main highlights of this release are:
>
> MirGene: a Grammatical Evolution (GE) library.
> One of the most interesting things about this library is its powerful 
> context sensitive grammars that I've designed for musical purposes. A 
> MirGram (as I named it) is stochastic, weighted and adaptable (i.e. it 
> can add new rules during the derivation using the results from 
> previous NonTerminals). Moreover, it can control the length of the 
> results through arithmetic attributes and guards.
> https://github.com/mcolletta/mircomp/tree/main/mirgene
>
> MircOracle: a machine learning library that implements dictionary 
> based predictors and factor oracles (similar to variable order markov 
> models).
> https://github.com/mcolletta/mircomp/tree/main/mircoracle
>
> Note: These two libraries are general enough to be used outside 
> musical contexts. For example in the source of MirGene you can find 
> "symbolic regression" tests.
>
> MirSynth: a library for sound synthesis.
> With few lines of code it is possible to create MIDI "virtual" 
> instruments like Double Frequency Modulation (DFM), Additive and 
> Subtractive Synthesis.
>
> Solfeggio syllables and Roman numerals for universal key composition 
> in MirChord.
>
> MusicXml Reader: lead sheets music in MusicXml format can now be read 
> and processed by the system.
>
> I've tested the software only on Ubuntu (20.04 and 22.04) so if you 
> try the software on other platforms and encounter issues please let me 
> know.
>
> Enjoy groovy music and machine learning... in Groovy!
>
> Mirco