Juppiemusic Post Archive

A phone with a microphone

Posted on October 30, 2014 in audio, sounds

So this is what a phone does when left alone? Looking forward to perform with the City University Experimental Ensemble! You can download the recording here: download

PhD Thesis: “Spot the Odd Song Out: Similarity Model Adaptation and Analysis using Relative Human Ratings”

Posted on September 20, 2014 in research

Finally I managed to put almost everything I have done research on together in one volume, and here is the outcome: Authors:Daniel Wolff Music Informatics Group, City University London. download thesis Abstract: Understanding how listeners relate and compare pieces of … Continue reading →

Poster(Sysmus2014): Adapting computational music similarity models to geographic user groups

Posted on September 19, 2014 in research, tools

We presented “Adapting computational music similarity models to geographic user groups”, as poster at Sysmus 2014 at Goldsmiths University of London. Authors:Daniel Wolff and Tillman Weyde Music Informatics Group, City UniversityLondon. dowload poster Abstract: We present first results of experiments … Continue reading →

First Piezo Recordings

Posted on April 12, 2014 in audio, sounds

I’ve started building this wonderful piezo amp using the schematics and instructions from this great site . Unfortunately, I still use really bad cables (I thought using a USB cable with cut-off plugs would be a cheap way to get … Continue reading →

Talk(DMRN+8): Adapting music similarity models to geographic user groups

Posted on December 18, 2013 in research, tools

We presented first experiments on adapting music similarity models to geographic user groups poster at DMRN+8 at Queen Mary University. Authors:Daniel Wolff, Tillman Weyde and Andrew MacFarlane Music Informatics Group, City UniversityLondon. dowload slides Abstract: We present first results of … Continue reading →

Poster(DMRN+7): An online game for collecting music similarity data

Posted on December 18, 2013 in research, tools

We presented, “Spot the Odd Song Out”: an online game for collecting music similarity data poster at DMRN+7 at Queen Mary University. Authors:Daniel Wolff(1), Guillaume Bellec(2) and Tillman Weyde(1) (1) Music Informatics Group, City UniversityLondon. (2)École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques … Continue reading →

Magnetic Resonator Guitar

Posted on December 4, 2013 in sounds

This is a small experiment motivated by the Magnetic Resonator Piano. The audio features harmonics of the E-string. I’ve hooked up a more or less random electromagnetic coil to an old cassette player amp. The coil is positioned between the … Continue reading →

Audio: Experiment Excerpt 1

Posted on September 30, 2013 in audio, sounds

Starting jams again, here one some rough excerpt (5 out of 45min) from my experimental music jam with Andrea (see herefor his stuff) and Lorenzo. Hope someone’s enjoying this!

GAME: Spot The Odd Song Out

Posted on June 26, 2013 in research, tools

In a collaboration with Guillaume Bellec at ENSTA Paristech, we have developed “Spot The Odd Song Out”, a music game on Facebook. The fast-paced multi-player game allows users to explore new music, based on their favourite genre. The researchers use … Continue reading →

Sounds: Smartphone EM fun

Posted on June 25, 2013 in audio, sounds

I had fun using my SM57 as an electromagnetic pickup for my smartphone processor. Using the recording as raw material I made just little adjustments and doubled the track into stereo by using the frequency range recorded at 22-44kHz (which … Continue reading →