Latest Computer music Stories
University experts awarded £312,000 to research the story of the computer sounds that transformed music FOR many listeners, music made with computers and synthesizers is still the sound of the future. But it also has a history, now being uncovered by a £312,000 research project based at the University of Huddersfield. The aim is to investigate the impact made by technology on the creative processes of composing electroacoustic music. There is some urgency. Pioneer composers in...
Why stop at the dark side of the moon to make music when you can look thousands of light years into space? That’s what a team of Georgia Tech researchers have done, using data from two stars in our galaxy to create sounds for a national recording artist. Over the years, researchers in Georgia Tech’s Sonification Lab (SonLab) have converted numerical data into sounds to analyze stock market prices, election results and weather data. When the reggae/rock band Echo Movement called wanting...
Historians, archivists and experts in computer science from the Universities of York and Brighton are teaming up to develop new ways of exploring digital historical records. Together with colleagues from Canada, the United States, and the Netherlands, the researchers will be developing tools to allow people to work effectively and efficiently with the vast amounts of historic material currently being digitized. The international partnership has received over £420,000 funding under the...
The sounds produced by a fiddle are not always musical, but the fiddle is still nevertheless regarded as a musical instrument. However, if one uses sticks or car engines to create music – do they become musical instruments? This is the point of departure for Per Anders Nilsson's research at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. On 25 November 2011 Per Anders Nilsson successfully defended his doctoral thesis A Field of Possibilities: designing and playing digital musical instruments in...
New software tool provides unprecedented searches of sound, from musical riffs to gunshots Audio engineers have developed a novel artificial intelligence system for understanding and indexing sound, a unique tool for both finding and matching previously un-labeled audio files. Having concluded beta testing with one of the world's largest Hollywood sound studios and leading media streaming and hosting services, Imagine Research of San Francisco, Calif., is now releasing MediaMinedTM for...
Ten years after his death, the composer Iannis Xenakis is still attracting attention around the world. Many people consider him to be one of the most influential composers of our time. However, equally many find his works to be nothing but incomprehensible as they are full of contradictions. A doctoral thesis from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, sets out to untangle some of his contradictions. 'I guess it doesn't happen very often that a doctoral thesis written in the field of...
Boston Area Computer Teacher Offers Free Computer Training and Proves You Can Teach An Old Dog New Tricks Boston, MA (PRWEB) October 11, 2011 Do you feel like an “old dog†when it comes to your computer skills? In this rough economy, many companies have cut back on technology training for their employees, and the unemployed often can’t afford the training they need to gain the computer skills necessary to compete in the job market. Boston-area software trainer and...
Loyola University New Orleans finance professor Mehmet Dicle, Ph.D., and economics professor John Levendis, Ph.D., have created a computer program designed to electronically check students into class, eliminating the need for a lengthy roll call and saving valuable class time. New Orleans, La. (PRWEB) October 07, 2011 Loyola University New Orleans finance professor Mehmet Dicle, Ph.D., and economics professor John Levendis, Ph.D., have created a computer program designed to electronically...
MIT researchers have developed a new tool that allows computer users to save data and finish tasks before a computer crashes. Stalled programs go into what computer scientists call an infinite loop, where it keeps executing a single block of code over and over. The researchers said at the 25th European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming in Lancaster, England in July that they have developed a new tool that automatically interrupts infinite loops and moves on to the next line of...
Craig Chaquico, David Ellefson, Euge Groove, Tommy Bolan and Beamz Inventor Jerry Riopelle Line Up to Demonstrate Music Created with Beamz Studio Software Jan. 13-16 at NAMM Anaheim, CA (Vocus/PRWEB) January 13, 2011 Beamz Interactive, an interactive music products company, today announced top music artists Craig Chaquico, David Ellefson, Euge Groove, Tommy Bolan and Beamz Inventor Jerry Riopelle will be demonstrating the Beamz Player interactive laser controller at the 2011 NAMM...
