Inside the Music Industry's High-Stakes AI Experiments; AI Can Now Master Your Music—and it Does Shockingly Well
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AI Elvis Presley: How do you digitally resurrect the King?
An immersive concert in London later this year will see the return of the King in all his leather-bound, hip-swivelling, Memphis-scented glory.
Inside the Music Industry's High-Stakes A.I. Experiments
Lucian Grainge, the chairman of UMG, has helped record labels rake in billions of dollars from streaming. Can he do the same with generative artificial intelligence?
Why synthetic audio data is the sound of the future
Sound is an integral part of our daily lives. Whether we’re jumping on a video call, listening to music or using voice commands to interact with our devices, the quality of our audio is of paramount importance. As such, continuing to improve audio technologies is vital for the companies who create these platforms.
“A new chapter in the evolution of DJing”
The reimagined Vision Pro version of djay - already a hit on iOS, Mac, Windows and Android - enables you to mix on a set of virtual 3D turntables, interacting with them by moving the needle around or scratching. You can position yourself in various immersive environments, and there are light shows that respond in time to your performance.
AI can now master your music—and it does shockingly well
After mastering, the end result should sound "more like a record," but this stage of the music-making process has always required subtle value judgments, as every change operates on the entire stereo track. And well-trained humans excel at subtle value judgments.
⚙️ Cool Tools
spin ai-music synthesizer encourages users to explore nuances of algorithmic music
Google's MusicFX AI tool has been used to create 10m tracks
© Copyright/wrong
AI developers must get authorization to use copyrighted materials, India’s government declares
Google, YouTube Trained AI on Copyrighted Music Before Making Deals
🎼 Innovation
Karta launches studio dedicated to in-game experiences in Zepeto platform
Muus Collective joins Web3 music accelerator headed by Warner Music Group and Polygon
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