Experimenting With Adaptive Metronomes in Networked Music Performances

Battello R, Comanducci L, Antonacci F, Cospito G, Sarti A. Experimenting With Adaptive Metronomes in Networked Music Performances. J Audio Eng Soc. 2021;69(10):737-747. doi:10.17743/jaes.2021.0034

@article{Battello2021_21468,
  author = {Battello, Riccardo and Comanducci, Luca and Antonacci, Fabio and Cospito, Giovanni and Sarti, Augusto},
  title = {{Experimenting With Adaptive Metronomes in Networked Music Performances}},
  journal = {Journal of the Audio Engineering Society},
  volume = {69},
  number = {10},
  pages = {737--747},
  year = {2021},
  month = oct,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  doi = {10.17743/jaes.2021.0034},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.17743/jaes.2021.0034}
}

TY  - JOUR
TI  - Experimenting With Adaptive Metronomes in Networked Music Performances
AU  - Battello, Riccardo
AU  - Comanducci, Luca
AU  - Antonacci, Fabio
AU  - Cospito, Giovanni
AU  - Sarti, Augusto
T2  - Journal of the Audio Engineering Society
J2  - J. Audio Eng. Soc.
VL  - 69
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PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/10/06
DO  - 10.17743/jaes.2021.0034
UR  - https://doi.org/10.17743/jaes.2021.0034
PB  - Audio Engineering Society
LA  - en
AB  - The increasing attention toward interactions at a distance and the improvement of digital communications networks have steadily increased the interest toward Networked Music Performance both regarding entertainment and education. Unfortunately the unavoidable network latency remains one of the main issues that prevents a satisfiable remote performance. In this work we propose three different techniques that try to contrast this issue by relying on adaptive metronomes, i.e., metronomes that are able to track the tempo of the musicians through a beat tracking technique. We present a series of preliminary experiments with both professional and amateur musicians that demonstrate that these techniques could be a promising approach as an additional tool for contrasting the impact of latency.
ER  -