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In VOX POPULI… Individuals of the population are defined as groups of four voices. These voices are randomly generated on the interval [0…127], which corresponds to MIDI events: pitch is represented by the MIDI note table; duration depends on the rhythmic genetic cycle ; loudness is related to MIDI velocity table; timbre is given by the General MIDI instrument definition.

Rhythmic Genetic Cycle REPRODUCTION CROSSOVER MUTATION FITNESS Current best chord interface

Voices Range Criterion

Consonance Criterion Co(N 1, N 2 ) =  Intersection(N 1, N 2 )

Musical Fitness Octave Fitness O =  Max(Oc(x i ))/4, i = 1, 4; Melodic Fitness M(N 1, N 2, N 3, N 4 ) = Max[C Id (N j )],j = 1, 4; where C Id (N j ) = Co(N j, Id). Harmonic Fitness Max(Co(N 1, N 2 ), Co(N 2, N 3, ), Co(N 3, N 4 ), Co(N 4, N 1 )

Musical Fitness F(O, M, H) = Octave Fitness + Melodic Fitness + Harmonic Fitness

Interface and Parameter Control Melodic Control Octave Control Biological Control Rhythmic Control Orchestra Control

Interactive Pad Control Red Curve Melodic Control Octave Control Blue Curve Biological Control Rhythmic Control

Fitness Displays Notes fitness, on the top; In the middle, a bar graph shows the four voices (bass, tenor, contralto, soprano) and their value The last shows the melodic, harmonic and octave fitness plot.

Sound Examples

We would like to thank our fellow student Leonardo N. S. Pereira for developing the routines to evaluate the consonance criterion. This work was supported by FAPESP (São Paulo State Research Foundation, process no. 95/ ), CTI (Technological Center for Informatics), and CNPq (process no /96-7).