Experiments in Sound and Music Quantum Computing

Kirke, Alexis; Miranda, Eduardo Reck

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“…By way of related work, we cite initial efforts towards using photonic and adiabatic quantum computers to create music [14]. And James Weaver's pioneering quantum system for generating simple tunes using 17 th century music rules [15].…”

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Creative Quantum Computing: Inverse FFT Sound Synthesis, Adaptive Sequencing and Musical Composition

Miranda

2021

Handbook of Unconventional Computing

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Quantum computing is emerging as an alternative computing technology, which is built on the principles of subatomic physics. In spite of continuing progress in developing increasingly more sophisticated hardware and software, access to quantum computing still requires specialist expertise that is largely confined to research laboratories. Moreover, the target applications for these developments remain primarily scientific. This chapter introduces research aimed at improving this scenario. Our research is aimed at extending the range of applications of quantum computing towards the arts and creative applications, music being our point of departure. This chapter reports on initial outcomes, whereby quantum information processing controls an inverse Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) sound synthesizer and an adaptive musical sequencer. A composition called Zeno is presented to illustrate a practical real-world application.

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Creative Quantum Computing: Inverse FFT Sound Synthesis, Adaptive Sequencing and Musical Composition

Miranda

2021

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“…It is the CNOT gate that allows two qubits to be entangled. The concept of entanglement is beyond the scope of this article, but has been discussed in detail in relation to sonification and computation (Kirke and Miranda 2017). A convenient way of writing qubits and gates is in vector / matrix notation.…”

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“…The problem is approached by mapping the notes of the scale of C Major to qubits. The qubits connections in the D-Wave are designed so that qubits representing notes that are closer together on the keyboard, contribute to a higher energy than qubits representing notes that are further away from each other on the keyboard qHarmony is described in detail in (Kirke and Miranda 2017).…”

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Programming gate-based hardware quantum computers for music

Kirke

2018

Muzikologija

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There have been significant attempts previously to use the equations of quantum mechanics for generating sound, and to sonify simulated quantum processes. For new forms of computation to be utilized in computer music, eventually hardware must be utilized. This has rarely happened with quantum computer music. One reason for this is that it is currently not easy to get access to such hardware. A second is that the hardware available requires some understanding of quantum computing theory. This paper moves forward the process by utilizing two hardware quantum computation systems: IBMQASM v1.1 and a D-Wave 2X. It also introduces the ideas behind the gate-based IBM system, in a way hopefully more accessible to computerliterate readers. This is a presentation of the first hybrid quantum computer algorithm, involving two hardware machines. Although neither of these algorithms explicitly utilize the promised quantum speed-ups, they are a vital first step in introducing QC to the musical field. The article also introduces some key quantum computer algorithms and discusses their possible future contribution to computer music.

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“…For example, the first real-time interactive quantum computer musical performance was (Kirke, 2016) in which a mezzo-soprano's live singing was sent to a quantum computer and used to generate harmonies and sounds to accompany her. However, the algorithm used -as detailed in (Kirke & Miranda, 2017) does not provide any advantage over the classical version of the algorithm. The quantum advantage is defined as the potential for a quantum computer to solve problems faster (Ristè et al, 2017).…”

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Testing a hybrid hardware quantum multi-agent system architecture that utilizes the quantum speed advantage for interactive computer music

Kirke

2020

Journal of New Music Research

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This paper introduces MIq (Multi-Agent Interactive qgMuse), which builds on the single agent quantum system qgMuse using teleportation. MIq is the first attempt at a real-time interactive quantum computer music algorithm that utilises the quantum advantage. Previous interactive or real-time quantum music algorithms running on quantum computers have been mappings of classical computing algorithms, with no quantum advantage obtained. MIq provides a quadratic speed-up over classical methods. It is a Quantum Hybrid Multi-agent System architecture implemented on 5 and 14 qubit quantum hardware. Classical agents and quantum agents connect via a classical/quantum hybrid agent that enables communication using quantum teleportation.

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Experiments in Sound and Music Quantum Computing

Cited by 12 publications

References 32 publications

Creative Quantum Computing: Inverse FFT Sound Synthesis, Adaptive Sequencing and Musical Composition

Creative Quantum Computing: Inverse FFT Sound Synthesis, Adaptive Sequencing and Musical Composition

Programming gate-based hardware quantum computers for music

Testing a hybrid hardware quantum multi-agent system architecture that utilizes the quantum speed advantage for interactive computer music

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