Technology in music seems to have taken off from musician and comedian Oscar Levant when he explained his way out of a speeding ticket, saying, “You can’t possibly hear the last movement of Beethoven’s Seventh and go slow.”With innovations and inventions in music technology leaping off the drawing board at the speed of a pianist’s finger flying across the keyboard, technology is moving to another level. We will see music controllers, visual art, music software that have never been seen before.
“Change of technology in music and music production will mostly be related to improved softwares or specifically upgraded music softwares,”agree music directors Sangeet and Siddharth Haldipur. “Tech- nological advancements in music are moving more towards reliability. Ways to simulate the quarter inch tape are also being developed,”adds Dean Picardo, senior engineer, Purple Haze Studios. “Everything is moving towards a computing-based recording.”
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Reuters is reporting that BACH Technology is working on the successor to the current MP3 format. Called MusicDNA, the digital music technology will feature additional content including lyrics, news updates, and images. The new format, which could help convince consumers to purchase music rather than leech torrent files, already received an official blessing from the original MP3 creator.
According to the report, MusicDNA is based on the MP3 format: consumers simply download the song to the PC and will receive the bonus content. While that may sound appealing, there’s a catch: music labels, bands or retail outlets can send updates to the music you have purchased and downloaded. This may be some type of DRM hidden behind new interviews, social network updates, or other news content.
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While rhythm games may be fading in popularity due to a glut of releases, it’s hard to find a game-loving home that doesn’t have at least one plastic guitar or set of drums. Omega Music Technology wants to take your existing rhythm game and go one better: wouldn’t it be great if playing along to Guitar Hero or Rock Band made you a better drummer, or at least got you on the way to learning how to play the real instrument?
The Omega GM-1 System allows you to hook up an actual, big-boy drum set to your favorite rhythm game, and we were able to take the product for a test drive. It’s an interesting idea, but you need to be willing to put some serious time and money into the project to get worthwhile results.
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