Algorithm and Blues: Shimon is a musical robot that writes its own lyrics.
Music

Algorithm and Blues: Shimon is a musical robot that writes its own lyrics.

Bored with your Spotify playlists? Let this robot singer/songwriter take you on a trip “Into Your Mind.” A music-composing, marimba-playing robot named Shimon has learned to write and sing its own lyrics, IEEE Spectrum reports.

March 25, 20202 min read
Algorithm and Blues: Shimon is a musical robot that writes its own lyrics.
Music

Algorithm and Blues: Shimon is a musical robot that writes its own lyrics.

Bored with your Spotify playlists? Let this robot singer/songwriter take you on a trip “Into Your Mind.” A music-composing, marimba-playing robot named Shimon has learned to write and sing its own lyrics, IEEE Spectrum reports.

March 25, 20202 min read
Old Tools for New Synths: A summary of Differentiable Digital Signal Processing
Music

Old Tools for New Synths: A summary of Differentiable Digital Signal Processing

Neural audio synthesizers like WaveRNN or GANSynth produce impressive sounds, but they require large, data-hungry neural networks. A new code library beefs up the neural music studio with efficient sound modules based on traditional synthesizer designs.

February 5, 20202 min read
Old Tools for New Synths: A summary of Differentiable Digital Signal Processing
Music

Old Tools for New Synths: A summary of Differentiable Digital Signal Processing

Neural audio synthesizers like WaveRNN or GANSynth produce impressive sounds, but they require large, data-hungry neural networks. A new code library beefs up the neural music studio with efficient sound modules based on traditional synthesizer designs.

February 5, 20202 min read
Generative Models Rock
Music

Generative Models Rock

AI’s creative potential is becoming established in the visual arts. Now musicians are tapping neural networks for funkier grooves, tastier licks, and novel subject matter.

September 18, 20192 min read
Generative Models Rock
Music

Generative Models Rock

AI’s creative potential is becoming established in the visual arts. Now musicians are tapping neural networks for funkier grooves, tastier licks, and novel subject matter.

September 18, 20192 min read
AI in the Real World
Music

AI in the Real World

Theoretical advances can be thrilling, but the excitement can drown out all the ways AI is actually being put to use. DeepIndex provides an up-to-date, well organized, cheeky guide to practical applications culled from news reports.

September 4, 20191 min read
AI in the Real World
Music

AI in the Real World

Theoretical advances can be thrilling, but the excitement can drown out all the ways AI is actually being put to use. DeepIndex provides an up-to-date, well organized, cheeky guide to practical applications culled from news reports.

September 4, 20191 min read

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