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MusicDNA (company)

MusicDNA (company) is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand MusicDNA (company) rather than just read about it. In short: MusicDNA, formerly Bach Technology, is a Norwegian company that develops and licenses digital music technology, notably MusicDNA to provide custom, Internet updated multi-media content - like videos, song lyrics, or social media - while audio is played. It has partnered with the company that invented MP3, Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology (IDMT), for technical expertise.

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Reference excerpt

MusicDNA, formerly Bach Technology, is a Norwegian company that develops and licenses digital music technology, notably MusicDNA to provide custom, Internet updated multi-media content - like videos, song lyrics, or social media - while audio is played. It has partnered with the company that invented MP3, Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology (IDMT), for technical expertise. Two of its key investors are former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Sony Music Entertainment, Shigeo Maruyama, and MP3's inventor, Karlheinz Brandenburg.

History Bach Technology A.S., founded by Dagfinn Bach and Karlheinz Brandenburg, is headquartered in Bergen, Norway. Bach was instrumental in the development of digital music technology and MP3 technology in 1993. He is the company's president. Brandenburg's experience is in the media; He worked for Bertelsmann in Germany. The company has partnered with the company that invented MP3, Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology (IDMT) in Germany, for their technical expertise. Investors include the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Sony Music Entertainment, Shigeo Maruyama, and MP3's inventor Karlheinz Brandenburg. Bach Technology is a company that licenses an Internet-accessible database containing information about the contents of audiofiles, and other software related to music recognition. Bach Technology uses MPEG-7 technology to create custom selections based upon the customer's preferences for multi-media content. Dagfinn Bach and Sebastian Schmidt are named on the United States patent for the technology to manage the communication of multiple types of data.

MusicDNA Bach Technology has developed MusicDNA technology, the next evolutionary step for playing music after MP3. Introduced at the January 2010 MIDEM music industry trade fair in Cannes, MusicDNA is an MP3 file format that produces data and video content while music plays on MP3 players or iPods. This could include social media, like Twitter, videos or information, including tour dates and song lyrics. Bach intends to differentiate themselves from their competitor, Apple iTunes LP service, by offering the capability of access to real-time information when the player has an Internet connection, accessing more types of information, and ensuring music is legally purchased for download. MusicDNA software was available for free download from the company website starting in 2010. Rhodi Marsden of The Independent questions whether most users will want their music player to have MusicDNA's sophisticated functions. For MusicDNA to be successful, major labels are required. In early 2010, primarily independent labels had signed up for the service. Additionally, some players may not have the functionality to provide the information that the file format is capable of managing, so its success is dependent upon the player's functionality. In 2012 Bach Technology developed their new MusicDNA fingerprint solution with three different fingerprints, tailored for different usage scenarios. A fingerprint solution for radio monitoring was launched during the Reeperbahn Festival in 2014, and from 2016 MusicDNA covers 18,000 radio channels world-wide, providing close to real-time radio monitoring for rights holders, managements and agents, world-wide.

See also List of online music databases Eivind Brydøy, Bach Technology board member

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External links Bach Technology

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with MusicDNA (company)

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what MusicDNA (company) claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to MusicDNA (company) before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about MusicDNA (company) ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of MusicDNA (company)

In research: MusicDNA (company) appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses MusicDNA (company) in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: MusicDNA (company) is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Acoustic fingerprinting, Online music and lyrics databases, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for MusicDNA (company) outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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