Animusic fuses cutting edge computer animation with digitally created music to produce an entirely new genre of music entertainment. Virtual bands and imaginary instruments put on a spectacular show that you'll enjoy over and over again. Scientists say they've gotten new ideas as they watched Lytle's music animations. 

Lytle envisioned the first Animusic disc in 1982, when MIDI synthesizer technology was forming. But it wasn't until the late '80s that computers caught up enough for him to begin plying his art.

WATCH THE CLIP "STARSHIP GROOVE"

Somewhere in the pastoral hills of upstate New York, not far from Cornell, Lytle lives with his wife/office manager, Patricia, and their kids. Animusic's lead digital artist David Crognale and his family live just down the road. It's a million miles from the high-tech Meccas of L.A., Silicon Valley, and New York City.

"There is a lot of setup involved in Animusic|studio, but once the setup is in place, it's completely automatic; as the music changes, so does the animation—automatically. The heart of Animusic|studio is a set of algorithms called MIDImotion that analyze the MIDI music fed in and look forward and backwards in time. And there are secondary motions, such as stage platforms moving up and down, which are keyframed manually, as well as other things such as camera moves and lighting changes."

Please visit the official Homepage here .  A very good report by Randy Alberts  is found here.