Animusic

This is a computer generated video showing six thin machines playing music. Three of the instruments are stringed instruments in a shape of big harpsichords. Those three are an acoustic guitar, a hammered dulcimer, and a hammered bass guitar. The drum set, vibraphone, tubular bells, and the two hammered stringed instruments are play with curved hammers, sticks, and mallets. The two guitars are played by strumming. When viewed from the top, the array of instruments look like curved lines around a circle. Read more on Last.fm.

Animusic's founder Wayne Lytle began to envision algorithmically synchronizing music and animation over 20 years ago – in 1982. It wasn't until 1989 that he first began experimenting with music-driven computer animation. His first full multi-instrument music animation More Bells and Whistles premiered in the Electronic Theater at SIGGRAPH 1990. It has since won awards and been shown in various contexts world-wide. In 1991 Lytle received an award from IBM for his early work in music animation. In 1995 Lytle brought computer artist David Crognale on board to produce a music animation for a commercial client. Animusic produced a 5-minute stereoscopic music animation for VRex, a manufacturer of stereoscopic glasses and projectors. The award-winning stereoscopic version was entitled Concerto in 3D, while the regular version was called Beyond the Walls. In 1998 Lytle and Crognale began production on a full 3D computer graphics music animation video album which was released in December 2001. All music and instrument design is original. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.