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Some people are born with musical gifts. Others spend years maybe even decades taking lessons, only to realise that their musical abilities are serviceable, at best. And then there are those who, for a variety of reasons, are best off as an enjoyer of music, rather than a maker of it. Regardless of which category you fall into, there’s a decent chance that you will appreciate Blob Opera. Here’s what to know.
Google s Blob Opera combines machine learning with animated operatics
(Photo / Google) Sun, 20 Dec 2020, 10:54AM
With school out for the year and many taking their summer break, many families will be looking for something fun to do over the next few weeks.
Google s latest machine-learning game may be one way to pass the time, thanks to Blob Opera.
Four actual opera singers Christian Joel (tenor), Frederick Tong (bass), Joanna Gamble (mezzo‑soprano), and Olivia Doutney (soprano) recorded 16 hours of singing and their voices were used to train a machine learning model to create an algorithm for what opera sounds like mathematically.
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Blob Opera is a machine learning experiment by David Li in collaboration with Google Arts and Culture. This experiment plays four opera voices in real time, No singing skills required!
Google developed a machine learning model trained on the voices of four opera singers in order to create an engaging experiment for everyone, regardless of musical skills. Tenor, Christian Joel, bass Frederick Tong, mezzo‑soprano Joanna Gamble and soprano Olivia Doutney recorded 16 hours of singing. In the experiment you don’t hear their voices, but the machine learning model’s understanding of what opera singing sounds like, based on what it learnt from them.
18 December 2020, 11:01 pm EST By
The greatest distraction of the day has hit the internet as four new harmonious blobs all boinging up and down and supposedly bringing joyful music to users this Christmas. The known interactive vocal quartet of these Blobs has recently been created by Google.
What is Google Blob Opera?
According to the article by Classicfm, the Blob Opera is a weird new tool that stars four different colorful Blobs who have all been programmed to sing together in a perfect four-part harmony. They can easily be dragged up and down in order to make a particularly beautiful music.