Guitarist and songwriter Pete Townshend, famous for his contributions to the iconic rock band The Who, has taken the wraps off The Lifehouse Method, a new Internet-based software program which enables users to “sit” for musical portraits created in response to their interactions with the Method software. The software, developed by composer/mathematician Lawrence Ball and programmer Dave Snowden takes rhythms and audio sample input by the user (or selected from an existing library), then mashes and fabricates the material into audio portraits unique to each user. The software requires Java, JavaScript, and Adobe’s Flash player, and users should ideally have a microphone connected to their computer so they can input their own sounds and rhythms.
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