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The 6000th generation of DarwinTunes sound loops
DarwinTunes is a generative music software first developed by Bob MacCallum in 2009 where melodies are produced in a manner similar to that of natural selection. Volunteers listen and rate different sound loops generated by the program, and then the most highly rated loops ‘reproduce’, creating a new generation of sound loops which are then subjected to the rating process. I admire this project because it incorporates human feedback to constantly improve it’s output. With each new generation of sound loops, they become more and more highly rated and indicative of the musical preferences of those rating them, so it actually closely mirrors the actual development of music genres and preferences over time.