

Tenor Christian Joel, bass Frederick Tong, mezzo-soprano Joanna Gamble and soprano Olivia Doutney. Another machine learning model lets the blobs respond to and harmonise your input in real time.Ĭlick the Christmas Tree for a holiday surprise based on the top searched Christmas Carols of the year. Or forwards and backwards for different vowel sounds. 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.ĭrag the blobs up and down to change pitch. Tenor, Christian Joel, bass Frederick Tong, mezzo‑soprano Joanna Gamble and soprano Olivia Doutney recorded 16 hours of singing.

We 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. This experiment pays tribute to and explores the original musical instrument: the voice. Check out Google’s Magenta Lo-Fi Player here and Google’s Music Week on Inside Guide here.“Blob Opera is a machine learning experiment by David Li in collaboration with Google Arts and Culture. This isn’t Google’s first fun music experiment. The blobs don’t simply play samples of their voices, rather the machine learning model’s understanding of what opera singing sounds like. The machine learning model was created by David Li and trained on 16 hours of singing from four opera singers: tenor, Christian Joel, bass Frederick Tong, mezzo‑soprano Joanna Gamble and soprano Olivia Doutney. Here you can select from 8 popular Christmas Carols. You’ll see a playlist icon in the lower right corner. Active Christmas mode to don the Santa hats and let the snow fall. Once you’ve got used to the basics, hit record to share your creations with friends. Silence any blob by simply clicking the mute swich above their head. Drag forwards and backwards to sing different vowels. Pitches stick to a scale, so there are no wrong notes. Simply drag the different blobs up and down to alter pitch as they all sing along in perfect harmony.

It’s easy to get started creating your choir. Using machine learning Blob Opera replicate a four piece opera choir. Image Credit: Google Prepare to waste hours of your day with Google’s latest experiment.
