Wonderful integration of technology and art, exploring new ways of Musical composition

When the willows on the shore sprout new branches, the wild ducks swim over and create layers of ripples; When cicadas and crickets play together in the evening, the gentle breeze brings refreshing coolness to the face; When the fallen leaves in the maple forest form a beautiful arc, the air is filled with a fresh fragrance of rice; When the jade trees and Qiongzhi on the mountain are like fairy tales, the soft snow "creaks" and makes a crisp soundThere will always be a moment when the emotions in my heart quietly flow, transforming into notes and connecting them into melodious melodies, and I can't help but sing softly on my lips. Everyone has a music world in their heart

When the willows on the shore sprout new branches, the wild ducks swim over and create layers of ripples; When cicadas and crickets play together in the evening, the gentle breeze brings refreshing coolness to the face; When the fallen leaves in the maple forest form a beautiful arc, the air is filled with a fresh fragrance of rice; When the jade trees and Qiongzhi on the mountain are like fairy tales, the soft snow "creaks" and makes a crisp sound

There will always be a moment when the emotions in my heart quietly flow, transforming into notes and connecting them into melodious melodies, and I can't help but sing softly on my lips.

Everyone has a music world in their heart. Now, with the development of science and technology, Musical composition has a new "open way", and AI and other digital technologies are increasingly involved in all aspects of Musical composition.

On June 15, an AI singer Musical composition software was updated and launched, with 12 AI singers with different reputation lines. According to one of the producers, Xiaobing Company, musicians can input lyrics and songs into the software and generate professional A-level singing dry sounds within 3 seconds. They can also adjust parameters to achieve AI singers' smooth, transition, tremolo, bite, rhythm, timbre or intensity changes, and finely interpret the production effect.

A new generation seems to be coming.

AI singers bring "singing and smiles" to children

Li Zhaoyang is a music teacher and a Record producer. Good children's music can promote the development of their physical and mental health, and parents have high demands in this regard. As the father of a 4-year-old daughter, Li Zhaoyang deeply understands the significance of children's songs for their growth.

Indeed, high-quality children's songs can not only promote children's language learning and intellectual development, but also instill aesthetic awareness and subtly influence their values.

However, Li Zhaoyang found that the current market for high-quality children's music is limited, and the range of choices for parents is very small, and demand and production capacity do not match. On the one hand, classic nursery rhymes are still the mainstream of children's singing, but the music style is mostly traditional orchestration; On the other hand, the ubiquitous "internet magic song" has sparked parents' concerns about their children's aesthetic taste.

Therefore, Li Zhaoyang has invested more and more time in the field of children's education Musical composition, and will create music that is truly suitable for children of different ages according to their spiritual needs. However, after the creation is completed, Li Zhaoyang often finds it difficult to find young singers who have both vocal skills and precise matching of song styles.

After a period of reflection, Li Zhaoyang fixed his gaze on the AI singer. AI singers have advantages such as convenience and stability. For example, in terms of convenience, AI singers can work anytime and anywhere, while human working hours are relatively fixed. In terms of stability, AI singers are in a consistent state and will not have sudden situations such as poor mood or vocal cord damage

After carefully listening to the voice of AI singers on the market, he found that in the aforementioned software XStudio, the voice of AI girl Xiaobing is the closest voice he can find to a child's voice in similar products, with high plasticity.

The song "Li Weng's Rhyme", which was nominated for the 5th Singing Committee Music Award, was created by Li Zhaoyang through XStudio and sung by a young girl named Xiaobing.

AI Singers Open Another Window to the Music World

Musician Sun Yujing created soundtracks such as "The Ancestor of the Demon Road", "Full time Expert", and "Romance of Luo Xiaohei". Like Li Zhaoyang, he often applies XStudio in the process of Musical composition.

As far as the singer of this software itself is concerned, richness is sufficient, and in my opinion, XStudio has a unique rock tone voice line, and there are very few products in the market with similar voices.

According to him, in the work of song creation, it is common to go to a singer to record a demo after all the lyrics, composition, and arrangement are completed. At this point, the client can intuitively feel whether it is the feeling they want. If rework is carried out at this stage, it will undoubtedly increase time and labor costs.

AI singers can just help creators solve this problem. Sun Yujing revealed, "Now in the early creative stage, we will have the AI singers of XStudio perform a part first, helping us quickly determine whether the melody and lyrics match the feeling we want. As the creation deepens, we will make more adjustments in a timely manner. In the arrangement stage, with the support of AI singers, we can see at least 80% of the finished product

Actually, AI singers and even AI songwriters are not a new concept. In June 2020, AI girl Xiaobing graduated from the Department of Music Engineering at Shanghai Conservatory of Music. She is the first AIBeing (AI digital person) created by Xiaobing Company. In 2014, she was just a Chatbot. During school, Xiaobing created a large number of music works based on the artificial intelligence Musical composition model for teachers to listen to and give systematic comments.

Afterwards, the young girl Xiaobing trained and adjusted according to the teacher's feedback, continuously handed in homework, and then received new feedback at any time. After only six months, the teachers at Shanghai Conservatory of Music believed that the young girl Xiaobing had similar creative abilities to her human classmates and awarded her the title of Honorary Graduate.

Young girl Xiaobing and her AI sisters demonstrated their musical ability on a series of occasions. Young girl Xiaobing's music works have participated in the children's music teaching carried out by the Shanghai Conservatory of Music in Intangible cultural heritage areas, helping children complete their first song creation in life; During the Beijing Winter Olympics, AI He Chang collaborated with famous musician Xiao Ke to launch the multi day "Top Search" of "Only You Have No Other"; The theme promotion song "Reading towards the Future" of the first National Reading Conference held in 2022 was composed and composed by a young girl named Xiaobing, and performed by He Chang

AI Singers Drive New Frontiers in Music Art

Xiaobing revealed that these 12 Meistersinger have highly anthropomorphic and diversified voice styles, which can adapt to various styles of pop, folk, national, electronic, rock and roll. At the same time, the software also supports merging up to 30 AI tracks, which means that each musician can have a "30 person choir".

The emergence of AI has lowered the threshold for creation to the lowest level and allowed more good music to shine. In the view of Li Di, CEO of Xiaobing Company, for the industrialization of music, artificial intelligence can produce content with stable quality, extremely low cost, and high concurrency, and provide it. There is a lot of room for its implementation in industries such as video, film and music.

But AI is also powerful beyond its reach. For example, in terms of singer diversity, there are currently not many mature AI singers in the market, and they cannot cover all song styles. The upper limit that AI singers can reach is closely related to the technical level of AI companies. In addition, copyright is also a huge problem. Live singers often can't control the use of their AI voice, and can't obtain relevant benefits. Music creators dare not use such AI voice to publish their works.

Regarding this, Li Di stated that XStudio includes high security and privacy protection policies, and all AI singers undergo strict data training, and all creations can be traced back. This software puts AI singers under the sun for the first time and hopes that this move can provide a positive reference for the future development of AI creation.

According to the 2023 Research Report on the Development of China's Online Audio Market, the current Chinese audio market is rapidly developing, with a total of 692 million online audio users and over 300 million monthly active users in 2022.

It can be foreseen that in the long years to come, with the development of software and technology represented by XStudio, the boundaries of music art will further expand, and more and more people can fully embrace their inner music world.

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