Observed arrival · 2026-09-13
MLI: Audio In, Light Out
An independent research project testing whether AI can translate musical structure into professional stage-lighting decisions and console-oriented commands.
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MLI describes a pipeline from musical analysis to learned lighting decisions and then to deterministic, console-oriented control commands. Its current dataset contains 96 real concert recordings, with quality and comparability treated as research constraints rather than hidden implementation details. The page says cue timing shows measurable learning, while higher-level generation, stylistic consistency, and generalization remain unresolved. A possible designer-facing interface is described as a future direction rather than an available product.
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