<s>
Score	B-Application
following	I-Application
is	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
automatically	O
listening	O
to	O
a	O
live	O
music	O
performance	O
and	O
tracking	O
the	O
position	O
in	O
the	O
score	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
an	O
active	O
area	O
of	O
research	O
and	O
stands	O
at	O
the	O
intersection	O
of	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
,	O
pattern	O
recognition	O
,	O
signal	O
processing	O
,	O
and	O
musicology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Score	B-Application
following	I-Application
was	O
first	O
introduced	O
in	O
1984	O
independently	O
by	O
Barry	O
Vercoe	O
and	O
Roger	O
Dannenberg	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latest	O
version	O
of	O
IRCAM	O
's	O
score	B-Application
following	I-Application
,	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
is	O
capable	O
of	O
following	O
complex	O
audio	O
signals	O
(	O
monophonic	O
and	O
polyphonic	O
)	O
and	O
synchronize	O
events	O
via	O
the	O
detected	O
tempo	O
of	O
the	O
performance	O
in	O
realtime	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
's	O
distributed	O
publicly	O
since	O
2009	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Antescofo	B-Application
and	O
has	O
been	O
successfully	O
performed	O
throughout	O
the	O
world	O
for	O
a	O
wide	O
number	O
of	O
contemporary	O
music	O
productions	O
including	O
realtime	O
electronics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
score	B-Application
following	I-Application
authors	O
include	O
Chris	O
Raphael	O
,	O
Roger	O
Dannenberg	O
,	O
Barry	O
Vercoe	O
,	O
Miller	O
Puckette	O
,	O
Nicola	O
Orio	O
,	O
Arshia	O
Cont	O
,	O
and	O
Frank	O
Weinstock	O
(	O
;	O
;	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
,	O
in	O
October	O
2006	O
,	O
there	O
is	O
going	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
Score	B-Application
Following	I-Application
evaluation	O
during	O
the	O
second	O
Music	O
Information	O
Retrieval	O
Evaluation	O
eXchange	O
.	O
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