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Audio Mining

Occasionally referred to as audio indexing, audio mining is a computerized task involving the processing of an audio file, extracting the dialog and creating a textual transcript, and searching the transcript for certain words or phrases. Considering the amount of audio content on the Internet and other sources, it is clear that audio mining is a growing technology. To get an idea of what audio...

https://scout.wisc.edu/report/nsdl/met/2002/1220
AV Music Morpher Gold 4.0.77

As a musical jack of all trades, AV Music Morpher is a pretty handy application. This music editor and player allows users to copy, paste, and edit songs for just about any purpose. The application also allows users to customize a wide range of surround sound configurations. Additionally, the application can be used to burn CDs and organize music. This version is compatible with computers running...

https://mp3-player.audio4fun.com/mp3-music-editor.htm
Data Sonification: Sounds from Around the Milky Way

What does the Milky Way sound like? The Chandra Data Sonification project transforms data from the NASA Chandra X-ray Observatory, the Hubble Space Telescope, and the Spitzer Space Telescope into sound so that stargazers can "listen" to the Galactic Center of the Milky Way, the supernova Cassiopeia A, and the "Pillars of Creation" star-forming region of the Messier 16 "Eagle Nebula." Each...

https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2020/sonify/
FLAC: Free Lossless Audio Codec

The Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC) is a method of compressing audio data. Whereas the widely known MP3 format sacrifices sound quality for a smaller compressed size, FLAC does not lose information in the encoding process. FLAC is an open source software project, and its homepage contains downloadable encoding utilities for most common operating systems. An excellent overview of the FLAC format...

https://xiph.org/flac/
Music Technology

With the exception of orchestral performances and truly "unplugged" concerts, today's music has evolved into a very hi-tech industry. It takes elements from many disciplines, including computer science, electrical and mechanical engineering, mathematics, and physics. Because music technology encompasses everything from audio compression and encoding to advanced sound equipment, this Topic in Depth...

https://scout.wisc.edu/report/nsdl/met/2003/0214
SoundWIRE Group at CCRMA

SoundWIRE, which stands for Sound Waves on the Internet from Real-time Echoes, is a research group investigating streaming audio and underlying network performance characteristics. A novel utility developed by the group measures network delay by recirculating a basic signal between two hosts. "The internet connection itself is thereby converted into a vibrating acoustic medium, producing a...

https://ccrma.stanford.edu/groups/soundwire/
The Recording Industry and Napster, Inc. May Reach a Settlement

A federal judge's order, made public Wednesday, January 30, 2002, puts the recording industry's copyright infringement suit against Internet song-downloading service Napster, Inc. on hold until February 17, 2002. The case was put on hold for a month after both sides submitted requests to seek a possible settlement. Capitol Records, Inc. and Virgin Records America were the only two recording labels...

https://scout.wisc.edu/report/2002/0201
Whither Music IR Evaluation Infrastructure: Lessons to be Learned from TREC

Dr. Ellen Voorhees, of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, has submitted an online copy of her keynote paper for the Music Information Retrieval/Music Digital Library (MIR/MDL) evaluation workshop. This workshop presentation is a part of the Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (held in Portland, Oregon July 14-18), and discusses background information of the Text REtrieval...

https://www.music-ir.org/mirex/wiki/MIREX_HOME