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Google’s ‘Shared Piano’ experiment lets you create music with friends remotely

— Jun. 17th 2020 2:03 pm PT

Google’s online tools are great for collaboration, and now, the company is putting that expertise to use for something a bit more fun. “Shared Piano” is a new experiment from Google that gives you the ability to make music with your friends from a distance.

The idea behind Google’s Shared Piano experiment is to allow people to collaborate on music, or even teach lessons, from their own homes. Given the current state of the world, that’s something many people could find genuinely useful. To get things going, one user creates a session and then sends a unique link to up to 10 friends who can then join in on the fun. No logins, no installations. Google identifies the different users with animal emoji, too, which is cute.

In a brief test, I found that this experiment works basically anywhere. It launched on Google Chrome, of course, but also worked flawlessly on my iPad with Safari (default apps, please Apple). The new Chromium-based Edge works too. It even works on an Android phone, albeit with a smaller keyboard layout.

On top of working with multiple browsers, Shared Piano also accepts multiple forms of input. It supports a computer keyboard, a touchscreen, and even a MIDI keyboard!

Shared Piano is a simple tool for remote music teaching and collaboration that lets you play music together live on the web. You can play on MIDI or computer keyboards. Up to 10 people can play together at once. You don’t need to login or install anything. Just send a link to someone and start playing together.

You can use Shared Piano from Google right now in your browser.

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Shared Piano is a Google experiment for jamming with your friends remotely

Lockdown has been especially hard for musicians around the world, whether professionals who play in bands or amateurs who like to noodle around with their friends sometimes. Google’s latest web-based experiment could help with that, allowing groups of up to 10 to play music together remotely.

Head to the site and you can then share a custom link with your mates so they can join your room. There’s a selection of instrument types you can mimic, including a drum kit/machine, marimba, strings, woodwind, synth, and regular piano — you can essentially emulate a full band if you can get enough people together.

It’s a neat idea, and it seems to work okay for me without too much latency thanks to the WebRTC real-time communications standard it uses (albeit just playing with myself on two devices at home). You can even connect up a MIDI keyboard rather than playing with the keyboard on your laptop/computer. I plugged in my M-Audio Keystation Mini 32 via USB, and because I’m using it with a recent version of Chrome that supports WebMIDI, it just works. If you have a mobile device with a touchscreen, you can use that too.

Shared Piano is only in beta right now, so expect the occasional bug or stutter, but it’s remarkably good considering. Aside from just messing around with friends, it could even be used for teaching purposes. Let’s hope it gets some new instruments and features down the line.

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Виртуальное пианино Google позволяет играть под аккомпанемент искусственного интеллекта

Google выпустила рабочую интерактивную версию AI Duet — приложения, позволяющего играть на виртуальном пианино под аккомпанемент компьютерной системы. Приложение было представлено ещё в ноябре музыкантом Йотамом Манном (Yotam Mann), работающим в Google Creative Lab в Нью-Йорке. Примерно тогда же он опубликовал открытый исходный код проекта, на основе которого разработчики могли создавать свои приложения. Теперь же Google создала такое приложение для тех, кто не имеет навыков в программировании.

AI Duet может работать как на компьютере, так и на мобильном устройстве: в первом случае для игры используются клавиатура или мышь, во втором — сенсорный экран. Приложение действительно реализовано очень интересно — настолько, что в декабре на 31 ежегодной конференции по машинному обучению и нейровычислениям NIPS получило приз «Лучшее демо».

Приложение использует открытую аудиобиблиотеку Tone.js, созданную Манном. Также для того, чтобы правильно реагировать на нажатия пользователя на клавиши, AI Duet задействует Magenta — библиотеку, построенную на базе фреймворка Google для глубокого обучения под названием TensorFlow, имеющего открытый исходный код.

Время от времени AI Duet реагирует на игру пользователя одной или более нотой, которые могут звучать необычно — например, ниже или дольше, чем нужно. Тем не менее, по словам Дага Эка (Doug Eck), исследователя Google, работающего над Magenta, это скорее преимущество, чем недостаток. «Я думаю, неожиданность — это одна из самых важных вещей, о которых можно говорить, занимаясь генеративным медиа, — сказал Эк. — Когда всё предсказуемо, то это уже не так интересно».

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Start with One, Invent for Many is a collection of experiments that started by working with one person to make something impactful for them and their community.

If you’re working on a project that starts with one, you can share it here. What starts small can grow with exposure and impact many more people.

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Sarah Ezekiel is an artist, who was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2000. She is one of millions of people worldwide living with speech and motor impairments.

In 2020, together with her Speech and Language Therapist Richard Cave, she met with a small group from Google exploring how machine learning on smaller devices could make eye-gaze communication technology more accessible to more people.

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The Adaptive Design Association builds custom adaptations for people with disabilities. In September 2018, a group of game designers, coders and kids came together for a hackathon to build games with Morse Code, an input system for people with limited mobility.

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Start with Jay Alan Zimmerman

Musician Jay Alan Zimmerman has developed a way of experiencing sounds and music for himself and others who are hard of hearing. His Seeing Music tool is now being used by music teachers – students with hearing disabilities, and by vocal teachers.

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What is a Start with One project?

Any project where a maker has worked together with one person to make something impactful for them and/or their community. Impact here is not only about the practical. Joy, discovery, and play can also make a difference in people’s lives.

What do these projects have in common?

Many of the projects built in this spirit share a few common threads:

-They provide real impact for at least one person

-They start small and scrappy

-They result from deep collaborations

Is this only about accessibility?

Not at all. While some Start with One projects are related to accessibility, other ones have involved dancers and older adults in Japan, amongst other communities.

Does my project have to scale to qualify?

No. Even if your project is impactful for only one person, we’d love to see it featured on this site — perhaps the exposure will help it scale 🌱.

How do I find my one to collaborate with?

All around you! There are probably dozens of people or communities around you (your neighbors, your school, your family, your co-workers etc.) who you can work with to spark innovation.

Who are you starting with?

If you’re building something together with one person or community, we would love to hear your own Start with ______ project.

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