In this Late-breaking/Demo submission, we present a completely revamped version of the RAMA interactive artist network visualization prototype. This version keeps most features from previous versions, and additionally to an improved graphical design 1 and an improved compatibility with diverse Operating Systems and web browsers, it adds a number of features aiming at a better music discovery ex...

We have constructed an easy-to-use portable, wearable gesture-to-speech system based on the Glove-TalkII [1] and GRASSP [2] Digital Ventriloquized Actors (DIVAs). Our new portable system, called a ForTouch, is a specific model of a DIVA and refines the use of a formant speech synthesizer. Using ForTouch, a user can speak using hand gestures mapped to synthetic sound using a mapping function tha...

In this paper, we compare timbre features of various cello performers playing the same instrument in solo cello recordings. Using an automatic feature extraction framework, we investigate the differences in sound quality of the players. The motivation for this study comes from the fact that the performer’s influence on acoustical characteristics is rarely considered when analysing audio recordi...

We have constructed an easy-to-use portable, wearable gesture-to-speech system based on the Glove-TalkII and GRASSP gesture-controlled speech systems and a vizeme based face-synthesizer. Our new portable system is called a Digital Ventriloquized Actor (DIVA) and refines the use of the formant speech synthesizer. Using a DIVA, a user can speak using hand gestures mapped to both synthetic sound a...

We study the offers submitted by consumers to a large Name-Your-Own-Price (NYOP) online retailer. A distinctive feature of this retailer is that it allows consumers to repeatedly submit offers on one and the same product. While consumers could identify the threshold price (the minimum price for which the retailer is willing to sell) by incrementing their offer in small steps in each consecutive...

The purpose of the article is to explore little-known areas performing work famous Ukrainian composer Mykola Lysenko — his accompanist and ensemble activities. Research methodology. A system analysis, which combined analytical, culturological, observational methods, was applied. Scientific novelty. research first experience a special analysis Lysenko’s practice as an player in domestic musicolo...