Image of the week #013
Direct Note Access
Peter Neubäcker, a former German guitar maker turned programmer, has done what many in the computer-music business believed impossible.
A new piece of software called Direct Note Access, first publicly demonstrated by Neubäcker and his company Celemony Software last month, will for the first time allow computers to analyze the digitized sounds of guitar or piano chords, or even multi-instrument recordings, and then extract and modify individual notes.
Moby Gratis
Right on track (because of an ongoing discussion with friends), Moby has a new website with “free” music specifically for film projects…
Check out the video with Moby on mobygratis.com.
Singularity
Recently i read an article in Wired magazine that focused on the term “singularity” used to describe a crucial moment in the evolution of humanity. According to Raymond Kurzweil that moment is coming sooner that most of us ever dreamed of…
Today as i was checking my RSS daily fix i ran into a BBC documentary that picked where that Wired article has left ; )
How our brain works!
Massive TED talk by neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor who had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a massive stroke. As it happened — as she felt her brain functions slip away one by one, speech, movement, understanding — she studied and remembered every moment. This is a powerful story about how our brains define us and connect us to the world and to one another.
Granada
Currently i’m in Granada, Spain… working and getting to know the city in the spare time…
