Evolutionary GUIs for Sound Synthesis

This paper describes an experiment carried out to determine which, among several possible evolutionary and non-evolutionary sound synthesizer graphical user interfaces, is the most suitable for the task of matching a target sound. Results show that standard and new varieties of evolutionary interface are competitive with a standard non-evolutionary interface, achieving better results in some situations and worse in others. Subjects' comments suggest a preference for a new type of evolutionary interface, presented here, which allows faster audition of the population, avoiding the need for time-consuming fitness evaluation of poor-quality sounds.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: EVOW
• Authors: James McDermott, Niall J. L. Griffith, Michael O'Neill
• Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, Evolutionary Interface, EVOW 2007, Non-evolutionary Sound Synthesizer, Standard Non-evolutionary Interface