> 2021年03月27日信息消化 ### 人工智能创造的音乐比你想象的更好 原文:[Music Created by Artificial Intelligence Is Better Than You Think](https://onezero.medium.com/music-created-by-artificial-intelligence-is-better-than-you-think-ce73631e2ec5) "当然,没有什么比合成器更让人厌恶的了。"1983年,史密斯乐队的主唱莫里西在接受采访时说,这反映了当时围绕着70年代的新型电子乐器是否符合 "正统 "音乐而展开的争论。1982年,英国音乐家工会的一个分会甚至试图禁止使用合成器,理由是合成器抢走了演奏弦乐器的音乐家的工作。 2017年1月,澳大利亚A.I.音乐初创公司Popgun可以聆听人类弹奏的钢琴,并回应接下来可能出现的旋律;到2018年7月,它可以将钢琴、贝斯和鼓一起创作和演奏,作为人类人声的伴奏。 - https://splashpro.popgun.ai/ Popgun只是众多探索A.I.潜力及其对人类--包括专业音乐家和我们这些几乎不能及时敲响手鼓的人--可能意味着什么的科技初创公司之一。创业公司包括 [Jukedeck](http://www.jukedeck.com/), [Amper Music](https://www.ampermusic.com/), [Aiva](https://aiva.ai/), [WaveAI](https://www.withalysia.com/), [Melodrive](https://melodrive.com/), [Amadeus Code](https://amadeuscode.com/coming-soon), [Humtap](https://www.humtap.com/), [HumOn](http://hum-on.com/?ckattempt=1), [AI Music](https://www.aimusic.co.uk/), [Mubert](http://mubert.com/), [Endel](http://endel.io/), 以及 [Boomy](https://boomy.com/), Amadeus Code声称要 "用人工智能提升你的歌曲创作能力",并正视那些已经在创作和录制音乐的人。它的宣传语是 "用人工智能的力量让你的歌曲创作摆脱困境 永远告别写作障碍" 这款应用可以根据现有曲目的灵感,创造出旋律甚至整首歌。由WaveAI开发的一款名为Alysia的新应用,甚至会在创作音乐的同时创作歌词。在2018年,音乐人Taryn Southern使用了一系列A.I.工具,包括Amper Music、Aiva、Google和IBM,创作了一张名为《I Am AI》的专辑,同样使用A.I.系统创作了最初的旋律,并将其发展成完整的歌曲。 --- 2021年来检查,jukedeck,Melodrive,HumOn域名已不可访问...创业不易 实测popgun的splash pro搭配Garageband可调试notes, Aiva随机生成的音乐片段还不错。 ---- 下面是Taryn Southern用Aiva的系统创作的一首歌曲。 [Lovesick | Composed with AIVA Artificial Intelligence - Official Video with Lyrics | Taryn Southern](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQSPjAYTlx8) ### 早期用户营销--初创企业如何获得第一批用户 原文:[Early Adopter Marketing – How startups get their first users](https://www.kevin-indig.com/blog/early-adopter-marketing-startups-get-first-users/) Whitney Wolfe在几乎零预算的情况下,她靠自己获得了第一批Tinder的用户。 她去大学的兄弟会和联谊会,向学生们推销这款应用。 她印了1000份自己制作的传单,付给学生20美元,让他们帮她把传单贴在汽车挡风玻璃上,递给人们,然后扔进宿舍邮箱。 她在几所大学重复了这个过程。 当Wolfe后来创办第二款应用 "Bumble "时,她也做了完全相同的事情。 这两家公司现在都是独角兽。 #### 独角兽公司和僵尸公司的区别 独角兽不会错过任何成长的机会。“Build it and they will come” 不是他们的选择。对你来说也不应该是这样。 > “Startups take off because the founders make them take off” (Paul Graham) "创业公司之所以起飞,是因为创始人让它们起飞" "让创业公司腾飞 "分三步走。 1. 创造一个产品 2. 实现产品与市场的契合 3. 规模增长 第二步执行得如何,是独角兽和僵尸的区别,是0和1的区别。 创业公司失败的首要原因是他们创造了一些没有人需要的东西。其他常见的失败方式是产品差、营销差、忽视客户、产品时机不对。 ![HLu6bD](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Phalacrocorax/memo-image-host/master/uPic/HLu6bD.jpg) ### 漫画家的12个秘密 原文:[12 Secrets of Comic Book Artists](https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/640856/comic-book-artist-secrets) Whether they’re working with a writer or generating their own material, **comic book artists must be versatile.** - 让自己的角色 "OVERACT"。| COMIC ARTISTS LIKE TO HAVE THEIR CHARACTERS “OVERACT.” - 确保人物只在一个方向上运行。| COMIC ARTISTS MAKE SURE CHARACTERS ONLY RUN IN ONE DIRECTION. - 一个页面上有一个最重要的板块 | COMIC ARTISTS CONSIDER ONE PANEL ON THE PAGE TO BE THE MOST IMPORTANT. - “When I'm breaking down a script, I try to look for the impact panel or panels on each page,” Coller says. “If there's something that stands out I try to build the page around that, using the size, layout, or progression of panels to carry the story in the most interesting manner.” - Still, Coller says, there’s always room for the basics. “There are some pages where a simple grid is the best way to tell a story, and it's never a bad thing to fall back on that as long as the storytelling is clear and effective.” - 用**人物剪影测试**。|COMIC ARTISTS LIKE TO USE THE SILHOUETTE TEST FOR CHARACTERS. - it helps both creators and readers recognize familiar concepts. - 需要考虑对话框的空间。| COMIC ARTISTS STILL NEED TO THINK IN WORDS AS WELL AS IMAGES. - 漫画家可以在艺术中获得报复。 | COMIC ARTISTS CAN GET REVENGE IN THEIR ART.、 - It’s not uncommon for artists to use real people as models for their fictional characters—typically background or supporting figures. “You spend so many hours alone with a page that you get bored sometimes,” Jones says. “So you’ll draw your editors in the background.” Other times, it might be someone they’re annoyed with who meets an untimely end. “Maybe someone who has frustrated you becomes a bystander getting crushed.” - 很多漫画家在画画之余还在做其他事情。|MANY COMIC ARTISTS SPEND THEIR TIME DOING OTHER THINGS BESIDES DRAWING. - 漫画家仍在画画只是为了好玩。|COMIC ARTISTS STILL DRAW JUST FOR FUN. ### 一点收获 - **You can’t be what you can’t see.** -- Sally Ride