mHashup at SIGGRAPH 2008

mHashup was presented at SIGGRAPH 2008, from August 11th to August 15th, in the category of NEW TECH DEMOS.

• about 30-40 demos per day to audiences averaging 6-12 people

• presentations made to representatives from, amongst others:
  • Pixar
  • Disney
  • Intel
  • Apple
  • Warner
  • Samsung
  • Adobe
  • Parc
  • Microsoft

• excellent response overall, enthusiasm about potential applications

SIGGRAPH 2008 user feedback

• frequent requests for access to the application, either on the web or as a download

• general excitement about the ability to detect copyright infringement in the music and film industries

• feedback from composers working in the Hollywood and advertising industries: an essential tool for testing new compositions against existing music

• potential of the application when combined with social networking

• use of the application in conjunction with large-scale music file and music data management

• requests for a beat similarity version (a beat extract for fftExtract has been completed by BenFields, tests in progress)

• many suggestions of testing a particular old composition against a new one identified as being "remarkably similar"

• questions about potential applications with film and video

• excitement about being able to discover new artists

• requests for a downloadable plugin

• suggestions of use when editing and compiling music for film and media

• a variety of usability CaseStudies were derived from conversations with potential users

mHashup at SORTED SOUNDS

mHashup was presented at the SORTED SOUNDS event, Science Museum's DANA CENTRE, on 6 June 2008.

• user feedback from the DANA CENTRE

-- MichelaMagas - 29 Oct 2008