Create and share original, albeit simple, operas on the fly, no musical talent required on December 16, 2020, 12:27
Found: Google s latest machine learning experiment is a strange but compelling opera simulator. Dubbed Blob Opera, the gadget puts you in control of four squishy singers who perform improvised operatic pieces on the fly.
Each doughy creature in the Blob Opera has a unique voice bass, tenor, mezzo-soprano, and soprano that you control by dragging the blob up and down to change pitch. Moving left or right changes the vowel sound it sings.
The singers will harmonize with the highest voice leading the harmony. So if you are controlling the soprano, the other three blobs will follow its lead. Likewise, using the tenor means that the bass will sing along while the higher voices remain silent.
Google’s Blob Opera lets you conduct a quartet of singing blobs for instant festive joy
Created by artist David Li, the interactive instrument features four animated blobby characters which you can control to warble at different pitches and vowels and create your own music.
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Whatever you’re doing right now, it can wait – because Blob Opera is probably the most fun you’ll have today. A new machine learning experiment by David Li for Google Arts & Culture, the online interactive instrument features four animated blob characters which you can conduct to create your own music. They were trained on the voices of four real opera singers, a tenor, bass, mezzo-soprano and soprano, and by dragging and stretching them you can control the pitch and vowel they sing. As you play around with their voices, they harmonise with each other creating a mesmerising performance, which you can record and send to a loved one. Or you can switch to Christmas mode, and watch the blobs s
If you’ve dreamed about creating your own opera masterpiece, Google has your back. The company has introduced a new experiment under its Arts & Culture non-profit initiative called ‘Blob Opera.’ The name sounds like nonsense until you learn exactly what Blob Opera is a tool featuring colorful blobs that, you know, sing opera music.
The blobs drop one by one onto the screen, each singing a different part of your future opera song. You’re tasked with shifting them back and forth, up and down, to change their pitch and volume. All the while, Blob Opera records your production (assuming you hit the record button).
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Google’s Blob Opera experiment lets you create festive music no talent required
This year has been drab but that doesn t mean we can t end it on a
good note. In fact, Google s new machine learning experiment, called Blob Opera, aims to do just that. With the help of some adorable little blobs reminiscent of Google s much-loved old emoji you can create festive songs before sharing them with friends and family.
The machine learning-powered experiment by David Li, in collaboration with Google Arts & Culture, gives you control over four blobs that take up different opera voices from bass to soprano. Creating your own song is as simple as dragging the blobs up, down, and sideways. While moving up and down changes the pitch, horizontal pulls change the vowel sound.