Technologies and media
Humanoid robot to conduct Italian orchestra playing Verdi works alongside tenor Andrea Bocelli
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- Tuesday, 22 August 2017
The robot, called YuMi, will be the closest a humanoid has come to mastering the nuances of a human orchestra director when he performs.
Adjust The Beat! Tech Entrepreneurs And Music Labels Unite To Make Music Adaptable
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- Tuesday, 22 August 2017
When we try to adjust the beat of a song, its quality usually degrades. Going for a faster tempo leads to the “chipmunk effect”, where the pitch of instruments and voices goes up. And with lower tempos, the mood of the song moves towards the score of a scary movie.
Millennials on millennials - digital music and communication
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- Tuesday, 22 August 2017
Volume II of Nielsen’s Millennials on Millenials report series offers critical insight into Millennials influence and engagement.
Why you can’t download all the streaming media you want
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- Tuesday, 22 August 2017
Your online life is an embarrassment of media riches. You can hear virtually every song ever recorded through Spotify, or jump onto YouTube and find a million covers and mashups.
Les ordinateurs connaissent la musique
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- Tuesday, 22 August 2017
Quand l’intelligence artificielle se fait musicienne. Des chercheurs suisses ont mis au point un algorithme capable de créer des partitions de musique après un véritable apprentissage.
AI and music: will we be slaves to the algorithm?
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- Tuesday, 08 August 2017
Tech firms have developed AI that can learn how to write music. So will machines soon be composing symphonies, hit singles and bespoke soundtracks?
This music production tool is the reason why all new music sounds the same
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- Tuesday, 08 August 2017
Imagine music as a recipe. Would you be able tell whether it had been made with artificially engineered ingredients or fresh produce from the farmer’s market?
Surround Sound? You Ain’t Heard Nothing Yet
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- Tuesday, 08 August 2017
If you’ve spent any time at children’s birthday parties, you probably know what an inflated balloon sounds like when rubbed: harsh, squeaky, not particularly resonant.
Sad Songs, Artificial Intelligence and Gracenote’s Quest to Unlock the World’s Music
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- Tuesday, 08 August 2017
It’s all about that vibe. Anyone who has ever compiled a mix-tape, or a Spotify playlist for that matter, knows that compilations succeed when they carry a certain emotional quality across their songs.
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