Regardless of whether its more about the music or the engineering it is still a great homage to the master and a lovely, very elaborate display of our ability to manipulate our environment.
this is not a shot at Coltrane or the robot... im transcribing Giant Steps as we speak. i guess you can call it jealously that someone just goes click click and this thing plays and i gotta slave for an hour for just six bars. once again not a shot at the robot or Trane. I think they're both brilliant ... although Trane more than the robot
@flippenpinoi its kind of naive to think that all it took was for someone to go "click click" on a computer and out popped a robot that could play Coltrane... Not a shot at you, but just you could probably transcribe Giant Steps in a few days, but I'm sure it took a team, at least a year to make this robot.
@CypheredSoul ok maybe click click was a little harsh. and yes im sure it took a team and at least a year to make the program. but my point is trane's solo was very methodical and almost mathematic and for the most part theres a lot of running eight note lines. and I THINK it is a lot easier to quantize a solo with running eight note lines than lets say a solo from Monk or Rollins who often played on the e's and a's of a 16th note pattern. once again this is not a shot at the engineers or trane
Question: Is this a robot designed specifically to play sax? (I notice it has more fingers than a human player, but it's playing on a human sax.) Or is it a robot that could do other things given the proper training?
I get it, no matter how much one can marvel about "the engineering"- 'The point", the machine fucks up one note on the ii-V -I to Bmaj @ 0:50, which proves on point - Humans are not machines, it's machines that are an attempt @ "Artificial Life"-it's OK as an experiment, but it's still an attempt @ 'Musical experiment" so I feel free to criticize the 'musical ' component of it -Like, I love Pat Metheny, but his "solenoids band" will never sound like the Life found in PMG, PM Trio, etc...
@srleroux I beg to differ. there's a note in that major seventh arpeggio that is not diatonic to those chord changes,it goes chromatic -'Trane's solo is a textbook case of diatonic playing on the master take of Giant Steps. Having said that, it might have been a problem with the intonation on that particular note, w/ the device and not with the program itself, also the mistake I mentioned is very quick and kinda negligible- doesn't compromise that ii/V, but compare it to Coltrane's version.Peace
engineering question for the builders; is the airflow pulsed by the reed or upstream of the instrument, and is it a continuous feed or is there a relay-controlled valve to control the stops? i can't see it well enough to see the moment-arm of the 'fingers'; how long did you have to fiddle with the return mechanism of the solenoids and what did you use?
engineering question for the builders; is the airflow pulsed by the reed or upstream of the instrument, and is it a continuous feed or is there a relay-controlled valve to control the stops? i can't see it well enough to see the moment-arm of the 'fingers'; how long did you have to fiddle with the return mechanism of the solenoids and what did you use?
engineering question for the builders; is the airflow pulsed by the reed or upstream of the instrument, and is it a continuous feed or is there a relay-controlled valve to control the stops? I can't see it well enough to see the moment-arm of the 'fingers'; how long did you have to fiddle with the return mechanism of the solenoids and what did you use?
Very cool from a robotics perspective (jazz robots?) but aside from the whole "soul" thing, the transcription on which this is based is quite wrong in several places
Come on guys obviously this 'bot can't compare to the 'Trane. Thats not the point of video- the point is that they can engineer a fuckin' robot to play giant steps.
sounds really bad. people just dont get that you need to have soul to play something beautiful like this. this robot is just processing instructions, not actually playing from within.
What people? Most people I know can spot the difference between maths and emotions.....it's nae that subtle a contrast. People are cleverer than you think.
Not quite the same as Coltrane is it? Music is more than just a string of notes played in a mechanical way. It's about the heart and soul of the musician.
Good for a laugh, anyway. Odd how the notes might all be correct, and yet it sounds like a high school student practicing. And still these are the exact same notes that flowed like a magical living spring from out the man's horn, the musician of course being John Coltrane. Which only goes to show that you can't replace a good man with a machine.
By way of robotics, this is amazing. The only thing it is missing is human inflection. But its a robot. You can't expect feel from it. But its no doubt pretty cool.
Music is created in real time--the musician is playing off of the mistakes, twists and turns as they happen, playing off the smells, playing the temperature, playing the room. This is as musical as a calculator.
@Johnga2004 Given the exact same strength, the only difference between two notes would be "emotion", and that is *not* something that can be detected by *other people* (let alone machines) through sound alone. You need context for that.
Example: You can get huge amounts of emotion from a recording, but does the cd player have "soul"? No. It merely breaks down every auditory parameter of the piece and reproduced it for your ears.
You can say whatever you want; evidently, you've never played an instrument long enough to see the moment when you actually play the music beyond the physics of the instrument...
Take the piano, for example. A same note played with the same strenght can sound way different if different feelings are being put into it...
My guess is some people will never understand this, and will keep trying to make things like this one, in the vid.
The thing is that when people talk about soul/feeling in music when comparing to a robot, it's really just that a musician is implementing a few extra subtle parameters that haven't yet been programmed into robots. Everything can be broken down into parameters. There's scientific theory and protocol even in the ways the molecules react in our brains - i.e. if we are applying certain subtle techniques in music, I believe it's simply because we programmed those things into ourselves. :)
Star Trek next generation. I really don't get off on robots playing jazz, or music like that. What's the difference between a clone or a naturally born unit?
Robots like this are intriguing because, if a keyboardist wanted to learn sax, he could just hook up his keyboard to this machine and get straight to working on his embouchure instead of learning all his keys and fingerings all over again. Or, even better, hook it up to an isomorphic keyboard and not have to worry about keys at all. Google "wicki-hayden keyboard".
For fucks sake every one it's a robot playing the sax! That's awesome. Of course it doesn't play like Coltrane. But this is still neat. Stop being joyless turds!
Damn. I've tried for almost a YEAR to do this solo, but after failing I don't know how many times, a robot gets it! Holy sh*t that's impressive! One Problem though, I bet that this machine can only play one song. Oh well. Can't wait to more submissions!
Lighten up people. It has more to do with the engineering that went into this project than it has to do with saying a robot could play jazz better than a human.
the more we move towards robotic/computer innovation with regard to music, the further we move away from music. Technology offers a lot of advantages, but it should be kept separate from this type of musical application. As far as i am concerned, this is an abomination.
This proves that individual human expression is valuable and inimitable. Although every note played by the robot is spot-on exactly what Coltrane played, there's absolutely no feeling in it, and it's just sad to hear.
Has this been used to test various saxophones against one another in a double-blind study? It should be. Perhaps we can lay to rest whether the more expensive French horns are worth it.
nobody ever intended to compare this to coltrane, you pretentious cunts. some pretty impressive engineering went into this robot and that's why this video has half a million views. calm down. especially you, mesmer54.
anybody who isn't impressed by this is a stupid jazz nerd who probably can't play anyway--a bunch of romantic charlatans if i've ever seen them. your shitty transcription of giant steps is more offensive than a robots version any day.
How can so many people be unimpressed by this? its a robot playing Giant Steps! thats pretty cool. Who gives a shit if theres a couple of wrong notes or it doesn't sound as good as Coltrane. of coarse it doesn't. Its a robot, how can u expect it to play it with expression? The fact that its a robot playing giant steps is impressive in itself.
yo im a musician and I can really appreciate the time and effort that was put into a project like this...did I expect it to sound like Coltrane? No! but nevertheless this was still cool....good work fellas keep it up!!!
@regilmore89 hummm... Why would you appreciate this as a musician? Its a machine. Playing an instrument. The only use for this i could see is commercial. Which means that you as a musician should be upset.
@aeroshock1 the robot is japanese not a honkey, actually i think its not too bad on the faster stuff, rubato will be hard for a robot, it looks it like it will be a while before robots take over,
poor stage presence
jpasmusic 2 days ago
it needs to put some soul in it
richiitextex 2 months ago
@richiitextex
a robot has no soul
clarence569 3 weeks ago
a robot still cant play john coltranes solo.
darthvater190 2 months ago
Now make that can actually swing, and not play it square.
ShadowsOfLite 2 months ago
It's like analog midi.
forsythdaniel 2 months ago
@forsythdaniel Not even analog . electromechanical MIDI , haha :D
GroovyGuitar02 2 months ago
Bah, this is by no means the first robot egineered to play Jazz badly.
The various models of MIT's Kenny program played it both earlier and worse.
Their first fully functioning prototype was Kenny G, after the failures of Kenny's A through F.
polymath7 3 months ago 13
This proves that it all comes down to flesh and bones....
wesley5383 3 months ago
Myth has fallen ,trane was nothin' but a robot!
delirman92 3 months ago 2
Coltrane was a jerk
jizzy2k 4 months ago
dude it's a machine, don't see it from music context. see it from engineering context
accordingtojazz 4 months ago
技術的には本当にすばらしい成果です。音楽性の再現の面で評価があまり良くないようですが、私の想像ですが、恐らくシーケンサーをMIDIでコントロールしているのだと思いますが、コルトレーンのコピー譜をそのまま音符の長さも変えずに入力したのではないかと思います。音符の長さを微調整（プロのMIDI音源作成はみんなそうしてます）するだけでずいぶんと実際の演奏に雰囲気が似てきます。音楽解析ソフトを使って実際の音符の長さを数値でとって入力してみては如何でしょうか。
alone1833 6 months ago 3
Domo oregato Mr. Roboto
seth3556r 6 months ago
Regardless of whether its more about the music or the engineering it is still a great homage to the master and a lovely, very elaborate display of our ability to manipulate our environment.
mercop14 6 months ago
Those pesky Japanese, always making shit that is only used so people say "wow".
CoachG1000 7 months ago
ugh..sounds like a fucking midi...
BAMeynig 7 months ago
Boss.
londongrl4559 7 months ago
Whitest. Giant Steps. Ever.
scottyboy1928 7 months ago 35
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@scottyboy1928 Aren't Asians are yellow? :)
That was a JOKE.
pebblefrog196 6 months ago
@scottyboy1928 I'm white, but I laughed my ass off at your comment.;-)
polymath7 3 months ago
@scottyboy1928 Yellowist. Giant Steps. Ever.
FreeVonHelton 1 week ago
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speedskis777 8 months ago
very sloppy...i heard better by a 6th grader...
btw its not a shot against trane...hes the best
mikeE997 8 months ago
someone programmed a robot to play pentatonics.
this is not a shot at Coltrane or the robot... im transcribing Giant Steps as we speak. i guess you can call it jealously that someone just goes click click and this thing plays and i gotta slave for an hour for just six bars. once again not a shot at the robot or Trane. I think they're both brilliant ... although Trane more than the robot
flippenpinoi 8 months ago
@flippenpinoi its kind of naive to think that all it took was for someone to go "click click" on a computer and out popped a robot that could play Coltrane... Not a shot at you, but just you could probably transcribe Giant Steps in a few days, but I'm sure it took a team, at least a year to make this robot.
CypheredSoul 7 months ago
@CypheredSoul ok maybe click click was a little harsh. and yes im sure it took a team and at least a year to make the program. but my point is trane's solo was very methodical and almost mathematic and for the most part theres a lot of running eight note lines. and I THINK it is a lot easier to quantize a solo with running eight note lines than lets say a solo from Monk or Rollins who often played on the e's and a's of a 16th note pattern. once again this is not a shot at the engineers or trane
flippenpinoi 7 months ago
Question: Is this a robot designed specifically to play sax? (I notice it has more fingers than a human player, but it's playing on a human sax.) Or is it a robot that could do other things given the proper training?
metaphorce42 9 months ago
@metaphorce42 dude, the fingers cant move between different keys. and there r more than 10 keys, so of course the robot will need more fingers
ownagemonkeyz 8 months ago
hey robot, want a gig?
antifret 9 months ago 2
I am the builder of this robot. Please see also "tAnother "Giant Steps" by the other Sax Robot ".
tkrobosgru 9 months ago
I get it, no matter how much one can marvel about "the engineering"- 'The point", the machine fucks up one note on the ii-V -I to Bmaj @ 0:50, which proves on point - Humans are not machines, it's machines that are an attempt @ "Artificial Life"-it's OK as an experiment, but it's still an attempt @ 'Musical experiment" so I feel free to criticize the 'musical ' component of it -Like, I love Pat Metheny, but his "solenoids band" will never sound like the Life found in PMG, PM Trio, etc...
egyptianminor 9 months ago
@egyptianminor I don't think that the machine did make a mistake there.
srleroux 8 months ago
@srleroux I beg to differ. there's a note in that major seventh arpeggio that is not diatonic to those chord changes,it goes chromatic -'Trane's solo is a textbook case of diatonic playing on the master take of Giant Steps. Having said that, it might have been a problem with the intonation on that particular note, w/ the device and not with the program itself, also the mistake I mentioned is very quick and kinda negligible- doesn't compromise that ii/V, but compare it to Coltrane's version.Peace
egyptianminor 8 months ago
Sloppy sax playing
powersoftritone 10 months ago
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engineering question for the builders; is the airflow pulsed by the reed or upstream of the instrument, and is it a continuous feed or is there a relay-controlled valve to control the stops? i can't see it well enough to see the moment-arm of the 'fingers'; how long did you have to fiddle with the return mechanism of the solenoids and what did you use?
largefather03 10 months ago
engineering question for the builders; is the airflow pulsed by the reed or upstream of the instrument, and is it a continuous feed or is there a relay-controlled valve to control the stops? I can't see it well enough to see the moment-arm of the 'fingers'; how long did you have to fiddle with the return mechanism of the solenoids and what did you use?
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largefather03 10 months ago
amazing! whoever made this should put their engineering abilities to something useful, like how to lower gas prices.
tylerpritz17 10 months ago
That-is-so-killing-man.
Very cool from a robotics perspective (jazz robots?) but aside from the whole "soul" thing, the transcription on which this is based is quite wrong in several places
misterquinly 10 months ago
you blow it and let the robot do the fingers
GraditudevsRevenge 10 months ago
I don't see the point
TeaOnTheGuganSlav 10 months ago
Come on guys obviously this 'bot can't compare to the 'Trane. Thats not the point of video- the point is that they can engineer a fuckin' robot to play giant steps.
mof0912 11 months ago 4
If you could oil it up good with some heroin, chitlins, and smoke...that would be a start.
raydog699 11 months ago
The only thing that robots can't recreate is SOUL.
ChrisMolyneaux93 11 months ago
A robot's musical playing isn't exactly where one should seek heart and soul. Just appreciate the skill of the person that built the damn thing.
9shailendra6 11 months ago
STFU ITS A ROBOT
Brian4hand 11 months ago
sounds really bad. people just dont get that you need to have soul to play something beautiful like this. this robot is just processing instructions, not actually playing from within.
zakurolettuce 1 year ago
People still don't get that this isn't about the music, it's about the engineering.
deadithink 1 year ago 60
@deadithink
What people? Most people I know can spot the difference between maths and emotions.....it's nae that subtle a contrast. People are cleverer than you think.
SixtySumthin 7 months ago
@deadithink If it's not about the music then why dont they have it tap on something other than a saxophone...?
drummerman558 4 months ago
@drummerman558 Why didn't they send astronauts to Mars instead of the moon?
deadithink 4 months ago
Not quite the same as Coltrane is it? Music is more than just a string of notes played in a mechanical way. It's about the heart and soul of the musician.
JazzCat60 1 year ago
Good for a laugh, anyway. Odd how the notes might all be correct, and yet it sounds like a high school student practicing. And still these are the exact same notes that flowed like a magical living spring from out the man's horn, the musician of course being John Coltrane. Which only goes to show that you can't replace a good man with a machine.
DHL1930 1 year ago
sweet.
rookitchen 1 year ago
I don't understand why people dislike this.
This is amazing. Obviously, it doesn't have the niches of a human player, but in terms of robotics, this is incredible.
GaryChinVideography 1 year ago 3
It has the notes but it doesnt have the heart. Still very impressive
pointlessaccount100 1 year ago
It's note for note!! The only thing it can't capture are the subtle lip/mouth movements of a human mouth.
orangesugarcube 1 year ago
Sounds like nearly every artist on the radio and every popular artist... emotionless.
dXAriseXb 1 year ago 2
Is that John Coltrane he looks different, I am partially blind though
numberonesuperman 1 year ago
Pa śwagier jaka franca! Chce mi wejść na tego!
BENZION61 1 year ago
By way of robotics, this is amazing. The only thing it is missing is human inflection. But its a robot. You can't expect feel from it. But its no doubt pretty cool.
yellowbookjones 1 year ago
Lacks emotion.
893165009 1 year ago
@893165009 SHHH!! You're gonna hurt his feelings!
mixolydian61 1 year ago
Music is created in real time--the musician is playing off of the mistakes, twists and turns as they happen, playing off the smells, playing the temperature, playing the room. This is as musical as a calculator.
FreePercussion 1 year ago
Combined with the Band-in-a-box "soloist" feature, you could put this thing on every stage replacing the band's saxophone player!! :D
saschapanknin 1 year ago
No soul whatsoever
raverkansascity 1 year ago
LOL vibrato fail at the end!
Coronas135 1 year ago
@Johnga2004 Given the exact same strength, the only difference between two notes would be "emotion", and that is *not* something that can be detected by *other people* (let alone machines) through sound alone. You need context for that.
Example: You can get huge amounts of emotion from a recording, but does the cd player have "soul"? No. It merely breaks down every auditory parameter of the piece and reproduced it for your ears.
JLMoriart 1 year ago
dudes need to check their transcription again.
erblanman 1 year ago
lol lol lol lol lol that is so odd and funny
mynameaborat993 1 year ago
You can say whatever you want; evidently, you've never played an instrument long enough to see the moment when you actually play the music beyond the physics of the instrument...
Take the piano, for example. A same note played with the same strenght can sound way different if different feelings are being put into it...
My guess is some people will never understand this, and will keep trying to make things like this one, in the vid.
Johnga2004 1 year ago
its like a mad bus trying to catch me
litlewing 1 year ago
The thing is that when people talk about soul/feeling in music when comparing to a robot, it's really just that a musician is implementing a few extra subtle parameters that haven't yet been programmed into robots. Everything can be broken down into parameters. There's scientific theory and protocol even in the ways the molecules react in our brains - i.e. if we are applying certain subtle techniques in music, I believe it's simply because we programmed those things into ourselves. :)
Rich7714 1 year ago
@Rich7714 Agreed.
Hyardacil 1 year ago
Star Trek next generation. I really don't get off on robots playing jazz, or music like that. What's the difference between a clone or a naturally born unit?
eddyvibe 1 year ago
Robots like this are intriguing because, if a keyboardist wanted to learn sax, he could just hook up his keyboard to this machine and get straight to working on his embouchure instead of learning all his keys and fingerings all over again. Or, even better, hook it up to an isomorphic keyboard and not have to worry about keys at all. Google "wicki-hayden keyboard".
JLMoriart 1 year ago
wow
LLroomtempJ 1 year ago
never heard Data do this -
SupernalOne 1 year ago
For fucks sake every one it's a robot playing the sax! That's awesome. Of course it doesn't play like Coltrane. But this is still neat. Stop being joyless turds!
infesticon 1 year ago 2
It has no soul!!!!
*beep boop, be bop.*
wildman00sax 1 year ago
Its cool, but it has no feeling in the music and it is more amazing to see a real person do this cuz robots dont mess up
ChimpGuy9966 1 year ago
it sounds too robotic lol
helpdonate1 1 year ago 7
It can blow, but it ain't got the heart and soul that made John Coltrane a genius.
IndependantW 1 year ago 22
@IndependantW no it just lacks the ability to crescendo and accent.
hdgasm 1 year ago
@IndependantW I think it's more of a embouchure thing, but okay.
TallMikeBismuth 1 year ago
Nice! this is a great video. i used it to demonstrate what playing without dynamics, style and feeling sounds like to my students.
jiangson 1 year ago 4
Damn. I've tried for almost a YEAR to do this solo, but after failing I don't know how many times, a robot gets it! Holy sh*t that's impressive! One Problem though, I bet that this machine can only play one song. Oh well. Can't wait to more submissions!
charzard7 1 year ago
WOHOHOHO. Awesome!!
bluesjack82 1 year ago
1337 H4XORZ
sebthehousekid 1 year ago
you can say, "It's just a machine, it's incapable of real music." But aren't we're really just machines made from biological material?
boogeywoogeybaby 1 year ago
Les robots sont déjà là. Incroyable ce que l'intelligence artificielle peut faire! Ouff
Guytariste 1 year ago
Lighten up people. It has more to do with the engineering that went into this project than it has to do with saying a robot could play jazz better than a human.
dArmanProductions 1 year ago
Congrats. Good work.
edcontact 1 year ago
But can it play the vuvuzela?
Persillebalzm 1 year ago
cool machine but lame music. theres no emotion, haha its robotic.
christophergradwohl 1 year ago
amazing engineering feat.. but not human.. Hats off
JCBM231 1 year ago
DAMNIT!!! All the Jazz Musicians are out of a job now! :(
ericfontainejazz 1 year ago
@ericfontainejazz haha they've been out of jobs for many years
grotonhomie 1 year ago
@grotonhomie HAHA so true! being one myself ....
hockeywarrior 1 year ago
this is painful.
YourMateJosh 1 year ago
It is great music but not having a guy behind the sax kind of kills the jazzy feel
Yet this really does show what they can do with modern technology nowadays
thectl11 1 year ago
the more we move towards robotic/computer innovation with regard to music, the further we move away from music. Technology offers a lot of advantages, but it should be kept separate from this type of musical application. As far as i am concerned, this is an abomination.
SethFromal 1 year ago
this feels kinda sick..
josepharchbold 1 year ago 2
no comment
RMoogsterama 1 year ago
so good.
calcner 1 year ago
we need jhon connor!
ZupraVisor 1 year ago
jesus christ!!!... man!!! who the hell... really play.... mmm i dont know what think about this.... its so weird!!!!
ensemble64 1 year ago
sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
brock3175 1 year ago
This proves that individual human expression is valuable and inimitable. Although every note played by the robot is spot-on exactly what Coltrane played, there's absolutely no feeling in it, and it's just sad to hear.
poojaloobaCow 1 year ago 3
@poojaloobaCow true sooo true
mugen206 1 year ago
yea sounds like a robot. no soul whatsoever. but damn robots can do something like this kudos to whoever made this thing
musictpt1 1 year ago
lol
aFightingChristian 1 year ago
this is wrong on so many levels..
arterialshadow 1 year ago 4
@arterialshadow so true
zbalder14 1 year ago
that robot makes the sax sound like a friggen accordion
boredincorperated 1 year ago
that robot makes the sax sound like a friggen accordion
boredincorperated 1 year ago
robots take the fun out of everything, it even makes showing up a black dude boring
-note: no offense to all african-american people out there, and none to Coltrane either
blacknickeltenorsax 1 year ago
:/ eh... it's just a programmed robot...
LFZ15 1 year ago
art taylor-bot in progress
5000Dollars 1 year ago
no sense
bluegrooves 1 year ago
without passion!!!!
Saxophone1590 1 year ago 4
The Trumpet-nator!!!!!
joeylodes 1 year ago
shouldn't the invention of the programmable synthesizer have spared us from facing this abomination?
danimations80 1 year ago
sounds midi!
fasaxify 1 year ago
Favorite robot of all time
TrygveTveita 1 year ago
I have heard youhg sax players who sound kind of like this???
CrystalSkyWarrior 1 year ago
Has this been used to test various saxophones against one another in a double-blind study? It should be. Perhaps we can lay to rest whether the more expensive French horns are worth it.
elhaf 1 year ago
@elhaf But sound isn't everything. Some saxophones are just more comfortabe to play, or it's easier to have a good sound.
ZielaczK 1 year ago
this is wut im scared of o.o
BASSHEAD89030 1 year ago
Hahaha, not even a robot can even perfect John's already being perfect. :)
Ringo111222 1 year ago
I hope this thing never finds John Connor.
mannyac82 1 year ago
all the notes, no jazz!
Marcus538 1 year ago
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SamTaube 1 year ago
How long until the McCoy Tyner-bot joins this thing?
SamTaube 1 year ago
but that's is coltrane solo....
maaarekjs1000 1 year ago
Very cool...I was half expecting the robot to start smoking and blow up half way through. Coltrane's is better though, obviously.
isthisit345 1 year ago
it's funny, computers will even make real instruments sound like MIDI
jazzpsalti 1 year ago 43
@jazzpsalti MIDI horns sound like crap
everything else can sound ok at least
speeps84 1 year ago
Sounds like Coltrane on crack
15879604 1 year ago
it just goes. could you imagine trying to comp along to this?!? weird.
trigomusic 1 year ago
@trigomusic Imagine comping to John Coltrane... this is the exact transcription of his solo.
kaseyWtrumpet 1 year ago
Very cool. Has an odd sound, but I bet a LOT of man-hours went into this.
HuggumsMcgehee 1 year ago
Amazing stuff. It seems like the air flow is constant; any chance of getting the computer to emulate some nuance of breath control?
vegasbone 1 year ago
nobody ever intended to compare this to coltrane, you pretentious cunts. some pretty impressive engineering went into this robot and that's why this video has half a million views. calm down. especially you, mesmer54.
wakeupboo 1 year ago 4
anybody who isn't impressed by this is a stupid jazz nerd who probably can't play anyway--a bunch of romantic charlatans if i've ever seen them. your shitty transcription of giant steps is more offensive than a robots version any day.
TimmyGuido 1 year ago
@TimmyGuido Totally agreed!
Limited317 1 year ago
This is pure shit
FilippoParisi 1 year ago
this isnt really impressive musically, but as for robotics this is pretty awesome
PontiacPOWA 1 year ago
this is disrepect to coltrane right here!
hanj31 1 year ago
It has no soul, no groove, this is a waste of time and energy
rcortez911 1 year ago
this is so fucking stupid get rid of this shit
Mesmer54 1 year ago
How can so many people be unimpressed by this? its a robot playing Giant Steps! thats pretty cool. Who gives a shit if theres a couple of wrong notes or it doesn't sound as good as Coltrane. of coarse it doesn't. Its a robot, how can u expect it to play it with expression? The fact that its a robot playing giant steps is impressive in itself.
ICEMAN6282 1 year ago 3
@ICEMAN6282
not really. you just program when the switches or buttons press down and the sounds come out of the tenor. robots have so much more ability then this
lakotawest42 1 year ago
This robot is an amazing accomplishment, but God what awful noise! It really lacks the essential human touch
nuber11blade 1 year ago
Can you use it for sex?
loniousmonk 1 year ago 60
@loniousmonk I have a mechanised one eye piccolo for sex
Marcus538 1 year ago
@dropfan195
I'm not going to whine but
Really man.... Really?
I've met babies less ignorant than you
goobersamuel 1 year ago
wrong note on the downward arpeggio pattern @ 0: 51?
egyptianminor 1 year ago
Wrong Notes
IdiotVideottt 1 year ago
HA! try harder, mr. roboto... there are a 1000 players out there who play the sh** more mechanical than you... sayonara to you, man!
pascal62 1 year ago
WWHHHYYYYYYYYYY....???????????
HermanTheMole 1 year ago
wtf is this? why? they could spend as much time learning as they did programming
eerieinhabitants 1 year ago
cant aggree more.. ;)
lokju 1 year ago
Because its implications are greater than a robot playing a solo. Is that hard to understand?
iamlameduck 1 year ago
yo im a musician and I can really appreciate the time and effort that was put into a project like this...did I expect it to sound like Coltrane? No! but nevertheless this was still cool....good work fellas keep it up!!!
regilmore89 1 year ago 21
@regilmore89 hummm... Why would you appreciate this as a musician? Its a machine. Playing an instrument. The only use for this i could see is commercial. Which means that you as a musician should be upset.
leocurythebrazilian 1 year ago
This is a white person's experiment on trying to figure out what a soul is...nice try whitey! ;)
aeroshock1 1 year ago
@aeroshock1 the robot is japanese not a honkey, actually i think its not too bad on the faster stuff, rubato will be hard for a robot, it looks it like it will be a while before robots take over,
SonicArchives 1 year ago
Just cuz you cant play doesnt mean you gotta be a bitch
goobersamuel 1 year ago
Now i want a Tommy flanagan robot to fuck up the piano solo !!!
paulf56 1 year ago 3
Yeah! You guys are all right! Fuck this robot and whoever built it! I could build a better jazz-playing robot in my sleep!
CallistoAshus 2 years ago
sounds empty after a while
not really Jazz, unless, , sad empty robots have soul or something...
yago111yeeah 2 years ago
no soul. sounds like a white person is playing it.
dropfan195 2 years ago
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calisoldier414 2 years ago
@dropfan195
How did this get 4 thumbs down? I'm white and that cracked me up.
SydCosmic 1 year ago
@dropfan195
No, sounds like a white person programmed a robot to play it.
Kanarie1973 1 year ago
@dropfan195 haha soo true
mikebrown1181991 1 year ago
The robot needs to work on his tone....lol
tenorj5962 2 years ago 3
Plays better than a lot of people I know.