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Google's new AI-powered experiment - "Instrument Playground" - lets you create music inspired by instruments from around the globe.Google will let you choose one of over 100 instruments from around the world you'd like to play. For example, Veena from India or the Dizi from China or the Mbria from Zimbabwe, and MusicLM (a text-to-music AI tool) will generate a 20 second sound clip.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteNorthwestern UniversityKellogg Post Graduate Certificate in…

Google’s new generative AI experiment lets you create music “inspired by” over 100 instruments worldwide. Instrument Playground starts by asking for a simple prompt containing a musical instrument’s name, optionally preceded by an adjective like “upbeat,” “strange” or “gloomy.” It will then spit out a 20-second audio clip as a starting point to compose (often extremely offbeat or abstract) music that may or may not include the sound of the specific instrument you entered.Simon Doury, an Artist in Residence at Google Arts…

Reverb has refurbished Native Instruments Maschine MK3 units on sale now for half off the sticker price in an early Black Friday sale. The device’s interface is friendly to beginner and advanced beatmakers, providing music-making software and hardware in one package. Typically costing $599 new, Reverb’s “great quality” refurbs of the standalone groovebox cost $299 and come with a 90-day warranty.Native InstrumentsGet Native Instruments’ all-in-one music production studio for half off ahead of Black Friday. $299 at…

Ian King / Bloomberg: Texas Instruments reports Q2 revenue down 13% YoY to $4.53B, beating estimates of $4.35B, and forecasts lukewarm Q3 revenue as the global chip slump continues — - Shares slip after chipmaker delivers quarterly report — Automotive field is bright spot for company suffering slowdown Ian King / Bloomberg: Texas Instruments reports Q2 revenue down 13% YoY to $4.53B, beating estimates of $4.35B, and forecasts lukewarm Q3 revenue as the global chip slump continues …

FBN Holdings built a more than threefold surge in net profit for the first half of the year on an unusual boost in gains from financial instruments. The financial services group recorded the gains at a time other lenders are leveraging spikes in interest rates to drive profits and growth. Details of its earnings report issued on Thursday showed that the group posted a net profit of N187.2 billion, compared to N56.6 billion a year ago. Adesola Adeduntan, CEO of the group’s flagship division First Bank, described…

Listen up, guys: The three members of Haim play their own instruments and any rumors to the contrary are false. In a new interview with NME, the rock band discussed the constant trolling they receive online, saying they are tired of shutting down online comments that accuse them of pretending while onstage. In June, NME posted a video clip of the trio performing “My Song 5” at the Governors Ball on Instagram. Immediately, someone commented, “Is it just me or is that bassist just acting?” At the time, Haim…

The seven aerophones discovered at Eynan-Mallaha. Credit: © Laurent Davin Although the prehistoric site of Eynan-Mallaha in northern Israel has been thoroughly examined since 1955, it still holds some surprises for scientists. Seven prehistoric wind instruments known as flutes, recently identified by a Franco-Israeli team, are the subject of an article published on 9 June in Scientific Reports.…

For years, it seemed like the piano was disappearing from British public life. The bulky instruments were cast out of homes and schools and offered for free online.But now – despite all the digital entertainment alternatives and conductor Simon Rattle’s stark warning last week that UK classical music was fighting for its life amid funding cuts – the piano seems to be making a 21st-century comeback in homes, on streets and online.Piano retailers are reporting strong sales and, according to industry insiders, growing…

ProfilePost Grad Tier-I CollegeRound – 1 (OA Round)It is an Online Assessment Round. I received an Email about this round and the round was taken place in a proctored manner. This Round generally consists of 2 coding questions and the difficulty of this round is medium – hard.. level.Question 1 -> Given a string and a set of (m * 2) matrix where the matrix contains a pair of characters to swap.(user need to swap every character that matches the characters of the string until the pairs of character end in a matrix)Note:…

The finance ministry is examining the possibility of allowing financial institutions to raise funds from blended finance instruments to invest in green climate projects, sources said. Blended finance involves leveraging of financial resources of the public sector or philanthropies to phase in private sector investment, thereby catalysing private finance in high-risk and long-gestation projects. The use of blended finance promotes investments in new and emerging sectors and it attracts commercial capital towards projects…