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In classical music, as well as in jazz, there are many tapes of great pianists of the past, from Glenn Gould to Monk and many more, whose great artistic value, however, is undermined by poor quality ; recordings. How to improve the sound when the original master is hopelessly compromised? A U.S. company has succeeded echoing tracks to a virtual pianist, just as they were carried out on old recordings.
Glenn Gould recorded the Goldberg Variations of Bach in 1955. A timeless masterpiece, if it were not for mono recording. Bring new life to this design, perhaps with a high definition sound, it would seem impossible. Yet he managed to trick Zenph Innvations Sound, an American company specializing in creating software algorithms and processes of understanding that includes a team of engineers, researchers and professional musicians.
The process occurs as follows: using sophisticated software, every nuance of the original track of old versions is translated Midi files in high resolution and then made again to play piano keys with robotic-controlled electromechanical systems. In this way were re-recorded perfect copies of records of some of classical music legends such as Sergei Rachmaninoff and Glenn Gould and jazz pianists like Oscar Peterson and Art Tatum.
New recordings, apart from the sound quality shot with the latest technology, they seem exactly the same as the original, but not all. The pianos robotic controllers miracle amazed the audience in live concerts at Carnegie Hall, Steinway Hall and Lincoln Center. Sure going to the theater to see a piano playing alone is perhaps not the best, but the process is very attractive to record companies who can now get perfect copies of the new disc catalog interpreted by the myths of the past.
For the leaders of Zenph is only the beginning. The intention is to explore new ways in which real and virtual merge to create new projects in which contemporary musicians can play and work with great actors (virtual) of the past. After the piano, the engineers have nearly completed and are working on virtual bass guitar and saxophone and then re-create virtual instruments of all components of a jazz band.
Although to date the system creates only copies of records, believes Zenph that in future we may even get to use only the style of the great musicians of the past to play new compositions. If the hypothesis is realized, you must also think about new types of licensing and copyright management. The famous artists or their heirs could sell it only the style that sets them apart, even from the comfort of sitting in the audience to listen to their avatars to play live.
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