BMAT Music Innovators’ Post

In sound engineering and acoustic science, the human voice is considered the most intricate musical instrument—yours included, whether you can sing or not. And like every other element in AI, ethical concerns arise regarding the extent of manipulation and privacy implications involved in advancing voice data. Here's our second instalment in the music innovation series: Decoding voice cloning and recognition – an AI introspective: https://lnkd.in/di4tMENz. We hope this article truly speaks to you.

Our fascination with the potential of voice cloning and transformation has spanned nearly 3 decades. In 1997, Yamaha and the Music Technology Group initiated their first collaborative research project. At the same time, Pedro Cano and Alex Loscos were fresh graduates from the UPC - ETSETB TelecomBCN. Their initial project with the team named “Elvis,” aimed to transform users’ voices into those of their idols using Yamaha karaoke machines. We hereby present to you the original demo video featuring young Àlex testing Elvis and intentionally singing off-key (he actually has a few musical projects himself) to showcase the voice morphing system's capabilities. You can read more about it in our latest article.

Working with IMB International Music Business School to nurture the next generation of music innovators, offering them hands-on industry knowledge and opportunities for professional growth. The goal is to empower students with practical expertise and a deep understanding of the ever-changing music technology.

Together with SPAUTORES, we've nurtured a partnership that's been going on for more than a decade. Our collaboration deepens as we work to enhance and automate their back-office processes with ATLAS—our comprehensive end-to-end solution bridging documentation, usage data, matching, and royalty distribution. Our goal is to create a highly efficient workflow that resonates with the power of a Fado performance.

"One of the key drivers of the Music360 project, which we're a part of, is to contribute to a sustainable music ecosystem. When we discuss the music ecosystem, we are not only referring to a complex network of relations between different interested parties but also to an ecology of music data sustained by different databases like IPD, VRDB, RDx, CMO’s local systems, industry standards and choreographies (DDEX) of data exchange and validation." More on that here: https://lnkd.in/dWuSXzEc.

Last week, Alizzz and Alex Loscos discussed the transformative role of AI in music creation, examining both the groundbreaking opportunities and ethical considerations. Thanks the invite, Unison. and Primavera Pro, we had AI blast.