Celemony are a bunch of crazy German software engineers known best for making Melodyne, a family of top of the line pitch correction tools. Apparently they've recently figured out how to do what they do with polyphonic audio. I can't begin to explain how cool this is. Just watch the video.
posted to MetaFilter by stenseng at 4:10 PM on March 13, 2008 (122 comments)

John Ruskin: Of The Pathetic Fallacy
posted to MetaFilter by generalist at 6:00 PM on March 14, 2008 (29 comments)

The Yamanote Halloween Train vs. Japanese Netizen Rage The Yamanote Halloween Train party was planned to be held on Saturday night in Tokyo. However, sometime on Saturday morning, the Japanese megaforum 2ch.net discovered an English-language post about the event on JapanProbe, and translated the information about it into Japanese, igniting a raging storm of anti-foreign hatred and sending over 10,000 visitors to the popular English-language blog about Japan. Scroll down for an interview with a JR employee about the event.
posted to MetaFilter by KokuRyu at 10:18 PM on October 28, 2007 (39 comments)

The Philosophy Research Base features thousands of annotated links and text resources for philosophy research on the Internet. Categorized by history, subject and author, this meta-index serves as both a study guide and a platform for a wide variety of community services for students and teachers in philosophy and related subjects.
posted to MetaFilter by netbros at 11:24 PM on August 26, 2007 (5 comments)

Even if you're one of those "I don't like jazz" folks, the iconoclastic multi-instrumentalist Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1936-1977) is probably someone you can dig. For one thing, he wasn't afraid of using a fat backbeat, more akin to soul/R&B than most of the jazz of his time. And how can you say no to a guy who passed out little flutes to his audience members, inviting them to join in, saying "What about a blues in W, in the key of W". Or who played 3 or 4 horns at once, followed by a nose-flute solo? God bless you, Rahsaan Roland Kirk. [more inside]
posted to MetaFilter by flapjax at midnite at 4:30 AM on August 7, 2007 (50 comments)

"Psyche Rock," by Pierre Henry (1967) vs. "Theme to 'Futurama'," by Christopher Tyng (1999ish). Fatboy Slim remixes "Psyche Rock" (also featured 9:20 into here) vs. "Theme to 'Futurama' (Remix)". Discuss amongst yourselves.
posted to MetaFilter by WCityMike at 9:20 PM on August 6, 2007 (31 comments)

The Nolli Plan. In 1748, Giambattista Nolli drew one of the most detailed and accurate maps ever created for the city of Rome. Improving on the Buffalini Plan of 1551 [interactive link to zoom], Nolli’s plan was drawn to an incredible precision, going as far as revealing public interior spaces in a stark figure-ground relationship. The Interactive Nolli Map allows you to overlap transparencies of the modern city to see how little has changed and how precise Nolli’s measurements were. Piranesi’s maps – however fanciful- were also inspired by Nolli’s achievements.
posted to MetaFilter by yeti at 4:57 PM on May 10, 2007 (8 comments)

Is there a website that lets you input the contents of your cupboard and fridge, then shows you recipies you can make with what you have?
posted to Ask Metafilter by 6am at 2:24 PM on May 2, 2007 (23 comments)

Looking to do live music performance with my laptop, how can I make sure it's rock solid and stable during performance sessions?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Alabaster at 2:55 PM on April 8, 2007 (9 comments)