A team of researchers sponsored by the US National Science Foundation is currently investigating the way people and their instruments make music, in order to develop a new type of compression algorithm that would capture the very essence of a song.We are all familiar with the compressed files played by iPods and mp3 ... |
16 August 2010 07:05 GMT |
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You don't necessarily have to be a metalhead to know that rock and metal is a music that's played hard, loud and fast. But behind all the (sometimes) scary and twisted looks, music involves a lot of hard work using high-class instruments, mastering countless techniques and making everything look easy, even ... |
20 February 2009 12:31 GMT |
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Pretty much everybody loves steampunk gadgetry, or at least feels a special attraction towards a certain type of steampunk gear, be it kitchenware, watches, and all sorts of useful or completely futile gadgets; the steampunk technology is something rather fascinating precisely because it involves someone thinking out... |
22 October 2008 08:47 GMT |
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The piano is one of the world's best recognized instruments and dates from many centuries ago; despite the technological evolution during the last decades, pianos have suffered minimal transformations as far as their design is concerned. No matter whether speaking about horizontal pianos or their vertically-orie... |
30 September 2008 04:53 GMT |
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