In NY, of all places, scientists have found a way to digitally reproduce music from a file nearly 1,000 times smaller than a regular MP3 file.
"Researchers at the University of Rochester said their new technology can encode a 20-second clarinet solo in less than 1 kilobyte." from UPI.com
On one hand, not only will we be able to steal music from artists even faster but we will also be able to steal there entire collected works within seconds. You could also transfer all of your MP3 files to this new type of file and back up your entire music collection using only FLOPPY DISKS. I'm excited.
Apparently this science uses computers to simulate the instrument's nuances as well as the human player. This means that a performance of 20 seconds on a clarinet could be simulated and transformed into only 1 kilobyte of information.
If you are a professional musician like me, this technology sounds intriguing and scary. I admit that I've fallen into the trap of utilizing electronic music and technology to create music but I still maintain a classically trained ability to perform and improvise using my well trained hands on a well worn instrument.
It's been a long time since the hot jazz of the 20's was in full swing and I am waiting and hoping that the apocalypse will bring back all of those old traditions that were so prevalent in the world of music and life and death.
"Maybe the future of music recording lies in reproducing performers and not recording them,".
Blasphemy
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"Maybe the future of music recording lies in reproducing performers and not recording them".
i looked up the information you are referring to on the internet so i could get more information and hopefully a clearer idea of what they are talking about. and maybe i'm still not getting what they are trying to say by the above statement, but here's my thought on it: while they may be able to reproduce the performances of musicians with this technology, one thing they can't reproduce is the creativity of those artists. it sounds like they are pretty much limited to rehashing established music pieces, and not necessarily creating any new pieces of music. well, these scientists could try making new pieces of music with this technology, but it's not guaranteed that it will be any good, or contain any of the creative genius of the original musicians. so maybe we can take comfort in that.
well, i hope i'm making sense and not sounding dumb here, haha. i'm just commenting on your blog 'cuz i am very passionate about music, so this seemed like the best entry for me to comment on for the learning 2.0 exercise. ;-P
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