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PR: Cyanite appoints Jay Ahern as Director of Music Industry Relations

PR: Cyanite appoints Jay Ahern as Director of Music Industry Relations

by | Mar 10, 2022 | Announcement, Company

PRESS RELEASE

Cyanite appoints Jay Ahern as Director of Music Industry Relations

Mannheim/Berlin, March 10, 2022 – Music industry veteran Jay Ahern joins the further growth of Cyanite as Director of Music Industry Relations and brings with him an impressive track record from the music industry with previous stations at LANDR, PIAS, Domino, Beatport, and The Orchard.

With a background across the spectrum of digital distribution, A&R, product, partnerships, and operations, Jay always saw a loss of business due to incorrect metadata throughout his career and the opportunity to leverage Cyanite’s mission to enable the music industry to develop products with cutting-edge creative metadata and search algorithms.

In his previous position at LANDR, Jay has shaped the global expansion strategy and acted as the representative for Europe. At IRRUPT he set up product collaborations with Native Instruments, Roland and Ninja Tune, and developed the digital distribution of Berlin’s infamous Hard Wax record store.

At Beatport, he was a central figure to launch Beatport Sounds and served as an A&R and North America consultant at finetunes/The Orchard.

Throughout his entire career, he has always nurtured his artistic side while working in the music business itself. Based in Berlin, he has been a producer for over 10 years with live performances in Fabric, Berghain, and many other clubs in Europe, Japan, and North America. 

Cyanite CEO Markus Schwarzer says: “After 5 minutes of our first call, it was crystal clear that Jay is the perfect addition to our growing team. With his background, he brings a deep understanding of our customers, knows the intricacies of the music industry, and has a strong grasp of technology and AI. We are very excited to have Jay on board and look forward to working with him to further cultivate and grow our relationships and partnerships with the music industry.”

Press and picture material can be found in a printable resolution via this link.

Background to Cyanite:
Cyanite empowers companies from the music and creative industries with algorithms for music analysis and discovery. The start-up is one of the leading independent innovators in the field of music-AI and supports some of the most renowned and innovative players in the music and creative industry. Among the music companies using Cyanite are APM Music, Mediengruppe RTL, BPM Supreme, SWR, the music publishers Nettwerk, NEUBAU Music, and Schubert Music, and the sound branding agencies Universal Music Solutions, TAMBR, and amp sound branding. The 16-person team is mainly located in Berlin and Mannheim and supported by a renowned group of international business angels and family offices from the music business, AI sector, and startup world.

Press Inquiries 

Jakob Höflich

Co-Founder

+49 172 447 0771

jakob@cyanite.ai

Headquarter Mannheim

elceedee UG (haftungsbeschränkt)

Badenweiler Straße 4

68239 Mannheim

Berlin Office

Cyanite

Gneisenaustraße 44/45

10961 Berlin

Website: https://www.cyanite.ai/

Web App: https://app.cyanite.ai/register

API: https://api-docs.cyanite.ai/

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Introducing Cyanite’s Keyword Search by Weights – New Feature Announcement

Introducing Cyanite’s Keyword Search by Weights – New Feature Announcement

by | Jan 19, 2022 | Announcement

Cyanite presents a new way to search for music characterized by increased accuracy and precision of search – Keyword Search by Weights. The Keyword Search by Weights allows for searching tracks based on multiple keywords simultaneously where each keyword can be weighted for its impact on the search. This feature leads to more relevant search results with less time-effort spent on search. 

Usually, you search for music by entering the respective keyword or keywords into the search bar. With Keyword Search by Weights, you choose from 1,500 unique terms representing various characteristics of the song such as mood, genre, situation, brand values, and style, and then you can select the weights to maximize the relevance of search results. Ultimately, if you have an idea of the track in mind, Cyanite can give you exactly what you’re looking for.

How It Works?
You access Keyword Search by Weights through the Search tab in the menu. Please contact the Cyanite team via the link below beforehand to unlock the feature. 

You can select up to 10 keywords from the Augmented Keywords set in the search bar. The chosen keywords will appear on the right with a weight bar and a cursor which you can place at any point between -1 to 1. For example, the keyword search input sparkling: 0.5, sad: -1, rock: 1, dreamy: 1, would refer to a search for a rock track that is dreamy, slightly sparkling, and not at all sad.

To show you how it works, our CEO Markus made a video introduction walking you through each step of the process.

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What are the Benefits?
The Keyword Search by Weights:

 

  • Allows for increased relevance of search results 
  • Provides better control over the outcome of the search
  • Ensures a level of granularity and ability to create slight or total differentiation between tracks
  • Takes away the stress of scrolling and checking through hundreds of search results
  • Saves time on finding the right fitting songs for various use cases
Possible Use Cases
There are many possible scenarios where the Keyword Search by Weights can be used: from DJs looking to create smoother mixes to video creators looking for a perfectly fitting track for the next video upload. The Keyword Search by Weights can also be used by brands looking to maintain the brand sound across various touch points such as podcasts, instore sound, advertising, etc., where the chosen tracks should be on brand but still sound slightly different. In general, this feature is for anyone in the music industry who wants to exercise more direct and precise control over the search results and find a perfectly matching song.

Check out the Keyword Search by Weights for yourself and see how your music preferences can impact the performance and efficiency of music search.

I am interested in Keyword Search by Weights – how can I get started?

If you want to get the first grip on Cyanite’s technology, you can register for our free web app to analyze music and try similarity searches without any coding needed.

Please note that Keyword Search by Weights is unlocked separately. Please contact us via sales@cyanite.ai. You can also directly book a web session with Cyanite co-founder Markus here.

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Cyanite API Update – New Sub-Genres and More

Cyanite API Update – New Sub-Genres and More

by | Oct 13, 2021 | Announcement, Company

We are proud to announce our latest API update. This update includes new sub-genres, improved genres, improved similarity search, and more. For details, see full documentation here. 

Now let’s take a closer look at it!

New Sub-Genre Classifiers

A ton of new sub-genres were added to the existing ones. Among them: blues-rock, folk-rock, hard rock, indie alternative, psychedelic progressive rock, punk, rock-and-roll, pop-soft-rock, abstract IDM left field, breakbeat DnB, deep house, electro, house, minimal, synth-pop, tech house, techno, trance, contemporary RnB, gangsta, jazzy hip-hop, pop-rap, trap, black metal, death metal, doom metal, heavy metal, metalcore, nu-metal, disco, funk, gospel, neo-soul, soul, big band swing, bebop, contemporary jazz, easy listening, fusion, Latin jazz, smooth jazz, country, and folk. 

Improved Genre Classifier

The genre classifiers have also been improved to give more accurate results. The country, folk, and punk genres are now deprecated to be replaced by the country, folk, and punk sub-genres.

Improved Similarity Search

The algorithm powering the Similarity Search has been improved. The Similarity Search now yields better results when searching for similar tracks based on musical features.

Removal of old GraphQL API types

Finally, we completely removed everything InDepthAnalysis related from our GraphQL schema.

To see the full list of changes, head over here.

Go ahead and start coding

Contact us with any questions about our API services via mail@cyanite.ai. Give us a shout-out on Twitter, LinkedIn or wherever you feel like. Don’t hold back with feedback on what we can improve.

If you want to get a first grip on how Cyanite works, you can also register for our free web app to analyze music and try out similarity searches without any coding needed.

If you are a coder and want to join the ride, please send your application to careers@cyanite.ai.

PR: APM Music Partners with Cyanite to Enhance Music Tagging

PR: APM Music Partners with Cyanite to Enhance Music Tagging

by | Sep 9, 2021 | Announcement, Company

PRESS RELEASE

APM Music partners with Cyanite to Enhance Music Tagging

Mannheim/Berlin/Los Angeles, September 9, 2021 – APM Music, the largest production music library in North America, and Cyanite, a technology company developing a suite of AI-powered music search products announced today a strategic partnership that will provide users with improved tagging and metadata to enhance their search queries.

A superior music discovery experience begins with content that is comprehensively, consistently, and accurately tagged. With an ever-growing music library such as the one APM Music has been providing the marketplace for nearly four decades, maintaining high-quality tagging and precise metadata at a large scale is a primary concern. Incorporating Cyanite’s AI will allow APM Music to introduce human-assisted auto-tagging to the music submission and review process, thus increasing the quality and consistency of tagging.

APM Music’s President/CEO Adam Taylor comments: “For APM Music, accurate and reliable music tagging has always been of the utmost importance and we are aligned with Cyanite on this constant strive for quality. Markus and the team have proven that they are able to quickly react to our feedback and improve their algorithms at a rapid speed. We are excited to integrate artificial intelligence into APM and create the best possible support for our team.”

Cyanite’s artificial intelligence listens to and categorizes songs, helping to deliver the right music content, no matter the use case. Integrating this technology will benefit the end user by ensuring search queries continue to yield accurate and tailored results as APM’s music library expands in depth and breadth.

Markus Schwarzer, CEO of Cyanite: “We look forward to working with such a prestigious and renowned partner as APM Music. Everyone on their team is a unique expert in their field. Being the chosen AI partner for the important and extensive transition into this new age of music distribution fills our entire team with pride.”

The addition of Cyanite’s technology extends APM’s commitment to continually increasing the quality and performance of its search engine, thereby delivering a superior quality discovery experience to match its richness of catalog.

Anyone wishing to try Cyanite’s technology can register for the Web App free of charge and upload music or integrate Cyanite into an existing database system via their API.

Full press material including German press release can be found via this link.

Background to APM Music:
APM Music is located in Hollywood, California, and is the premier go-to source for production music. Founded in 1983, APM Music is the largest production music library in North America. To find out more, please visit www.apmmusic.com. 

Background to Cyanite:
Cyanite believes that state-of-the-art technology should not be exclusive to big tech companies. The start-up is one of Europe’s leading independent innovators in the field of music-AI and supports some of the most renowned and innovative players in the music and audio industry. Among the music companies using Cyanite are the Mediengruppe RTL, the record pool BPM Supreme. the radio station SWR, the music publishers NEUBAU Music and Schubert Music, and the sound branding agencies Universal Music Solutions, TAMBR, and amp sound branding.

Press Inquiries 

Jakob Höflich

Co-Founder

+49 172 447 0771

jakob@cyanite.ai

Headquarter Mannheim

elceedee UG (haftungsbeschränkt)

Badenweiler Straße 4

68239 Mannheim

Berlin Office

Cyanite

Gneisenaustraße 44/45

10961 Berlin

The New Detail View is LIVE!

The New Detail View is LIVE!

by | Jul 19, 2021 | Announcement

Introducing Cyanite’s Detail View

If you like to explore music data in a visual format, we have news for you. Our Detail View is now live and it is maybe the world’s most advanced AI-driven graphical interface for music.

The level of granularity is truly amazing with each visualization showing all the data points for an in-depth analysis of your music.

Here is what you get in the Detail View:

  • colorful graphs for each section such as Genre, Mood, Voices, Instruments, and more
  • ability to see the dynamic changes in a piece of music
  • ability to customize graphs and data for a clearer and better view.

To show you how it works, we analyzed one of the songs we find most interesting from a data standpoint – ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ by Queen. Keep reading to see the detailed analysis or check the  Detail View yourself in the Cyanite app.

An in-depth analysis of ’Bohemian Rhapsody’

‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ has quite a lot going on. It starts as an acapella, carries on as a ballad, then progresses to almost an opera, then there is a rock bit, and finally the ending. But this is just the first sight.

Here is what our detailed AI analysis reveals:

Genre 

The main genre is rock. But at some points, the AI determines rock as low as 0.05 and other genres take over such as classical and pop.

Genres in Detail View

Mood

The three dominant moods are energetic, chilled, and sad. The track is most sad in the beginning, but then it picks up a pace and alternates between energetic and uplifting to end on another chilled note.

The least present moods are sexy and happy. It is a very heavy song after all.

Mood in Detail View

Instruments

As you might have guessed, in this song bass, bass guitar, electric guitar, and percussion are mostly present. But piano especially carries the song through almost all of Freddie Mercury’s solo parts and toward the end. The piano was actually Freddie Mercury’s most favored instrument though his vocals quickly overshadowed his piano skills.

Instruments in Detail View

Augmented Keywords

Finally, here is a snapshot of augmented keywords for Bohemian Rhapsody which provides additional insight on what emotions and moods the song can evoke in listeners.

Augmented Keywords

If you enjoyed this read, check out the Detail View for yourself and see what insights you can discover about your favorite tracks.

I want to try out Cyanite’s AI platform – how can I get started?

If you want to get a first grip on how Cyanite works, you can also register for our free web app to analyze music and try out similarity searches without any coding needed.

Contact us with any questions about our frontend and API services via mail@cyanite.ai. You can also directly book a web session with Cyanite co-founder Markus here.

Explore New Cyanite Features – June 2021

Explore New Cyanite Features – June 2021

by | Jun 21, 2021 | Announcement

Introducing Cyanite’s new features

We are constantly updating and adding new features to Cyanite based on your feedback. In June we released features that will make you even more efficient at analyzing and discovering music.

Our new features include an updated library view, more opportunities for deep analysis with genre and mood values, musical era tags, and improved Similarity Search with Custom Interval scanning and up to 100 search results.

New Library View

The new library view is a feast for your eyes with the following new features:  

    • You can now enjoy the library view with colored tabs highlighting results in Energy Level, Emotional Profile, and other columns. The color scheme helps you understand the song’s character right away.
New Library View
    • Find the exact numerical values for each genre and mood and get a granular analysis of the song. You’ve never experienced such a detailed music analysis before.
Mood Numerical Value
    • Additionally, have a look at the musical era column. The AI can now determine the decade the song sounds like.

      Similarity Search

      The Similarity Search lets you search your own database using a reference track from Spotify, Youtube, or from your own library, and filter the results by genre, bpm, and key.

        • We have now improved the performance of similarity search so you can get more relevant and precise results.
        • Choose the exact part of your reference song you want to find similar tracks for using the Custom Interval
      Custom Interval
        • Also now you can display up to 100 songs in the search results.
      Search Results

      Augmented Keywords

      If there are keywords you don’t see in Cyanite but would like to use, we have additional keywords for you. Augmented keywords are now available and can be unlocked upon request. Explore genres, brand values, moods, and ‘music fors’ such as “urban”, “mellow”, “party”, “sports”, “contemplative”, and “confident”.

      I want to try out Cyanite’s AI platform – how can

      I get started?

      If you want to get a first grip on how Cyanite works, you can also register for our free web app to analyze music and try out similarity searches without any coding needed.

      Contact us with any questions about our frontend and API services via mail@cyanite.ai. You can also directly book a web session with Cyanite co-founder Markus here.

      For more Cyanite content on AI and music, check these out:

      Free White Paper: 8 Tips How To Organize Your Music Catalog Better

      The 4 Applications of AI in the Music Industry

       Translating Sonic Languages: Different Perspectives on Music Analysis