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"moDernisT" was created by salvaging the sounds lost to mp3 compression from the song "Tom's Diner", famously used as one of the main controls in the listening tests to develop the MP3 encoding algorithm. Here we find the form of the song intact, but the details are just remnants of the original, scrambled artifacts hinting at what once was.

download uncompressed audio: http://rpm7.bandcamp.com/album/the-ghost-in-the-mp3

The MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Layer III standard, more commonly referred to as MP3, has become a nearly ubiquitous digital audio file format. First published in 1993, this codec implements a lossy compression algorithm based on a perceptual model of human hearing. Listening tests, primarily designed by and for western-european men, and using the music they liked, were used to refine the encoder. These tests determined which sounds were perceptually important and which could be erased or altered, ostensibly without being noticed. What are these lost sounds? Are they sounds which human ears can not hear in their original contexts due to our perceptual limitations, or are they simply encoding detritus? It is commonly accepted that MP3's create audible artifacts such as pre-echo, but what does the music which this codec deletes sound like? In the work presented here, techniques are considered and developed to recover these lost sounds, the ghosts in the MP3, and reformulate these sounds as art.

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moDernisT

Audio Examples for the ghost in the mp3 project @ theghostinthemp3.com

14 moDernisT, verse five

13 Tom's Diner, verse five

12 moDernisT, first verse

11 Tom's Diner, v1, 320 kbps joint/cbr "ghost", with phase estimation (pvoc=1)

10 Tom's Diner, v1, 320 kbps joint/cbr "ghost", no phase estimation

09 Tom's Diner, v1, 320kbps / joint stereo / cbr MP3 "ghost" / masking difference threshold = 0.0007

08 Tom's Diner, first verse, 128kbps MP3 "Ghost"

07 Tom's Diner, first verse, 128 kbps / constant bit rate / joint stereo MP3

06 Tom's Diner, first verse, uncompressed

05 sine wave chords, "ghost"

04 sine wave chords, mp3

03 sine wave chords, uncompressed

02 noise, 8kbps / constant bit rate / joint stereo MP3

still in the lab with this one. new set of songs brewing.

Slow Trill

01 noise, uncompressed

The material deleted from "Fast Car" during MP3 compression is convolved with the original audio file, reverberating the sounds lost from making the MP3. Fast Car was one of the original songs used during the listening tests in the creation of the MP3. More info at http://theghostinthemp3.com

hi-res version for download: https://rpm7.bandcamp.com/album/ghost-ambient

Ryan Maguire 2015

Fast Car Ghost Convolved (Alright / Ambient)

The material deleted from "Tom's Diner" during MP3 compression is convolved with the original audio file, reverberating the sounds lost from making the MP3. The source recording was one of the original songs used during the listening tests in the creation of the MP3. More info at http://theghostinthemp3.com

hi-res version for download: https://rpm7.bandcamp.com/album/ghost-ambient

Ryan Maguire 2015

Tom's Diner Ghost Convolved (moDernisT / Ambient)

The material deleted from Haydn's Trumpet Concerto during MP3 compression is convolved with the original audio file, reverberating the sounds lost from making the MP3. The source recording was one of the original songs used during the listening tests in the creation of the MP3. More info at http://theghostinthemp3.com

hi-res version for download: https://rpm7.bandcamp.com/album/ghost-ambient

Ryan Maguire 2015

Haydn's Trumpet Concerto Ghost Convolved (Vienna / Ambient)

The sonic leftovers from an MP3 compressed recording of Chopin's Polonaise op. 71, no 1, convolved with the original audio file. Thus, the sounds lost from making the MP3 resonate and reverberate, creating an ambient soundscape of all that is discarded during MP3 production. The source recording was used during public listening tests of the MP3. More info at http://theghostinthemp3.com

hi-res version for download: https://rpm7.bandcamp.com/album/ghost-ambient

Ryan Maguire 2015

Chopin's Ghost Convolved (Polonaise / Ambient)

The sonic leftovers from an MP3 compressed recording of 'Take the "A" Train' by Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, convolved with the original audio file. Thus, the sounds lost from making the MP3 resonate and reverberate, creating an ambient soundscape of all that is discarded during MP3 production. The source recording was used during public listening tests of the MP3. More info at http://theghostinthemp3.com

hi-res version for download: https://rpm7.bandcamp.com/album/ghost-ambient

Ryan Maguire 2015

Ellington's Ghost ( "A" Train / Ambient )

The sonic detritus from an MP3 compressed recording of 'Sobre el Fuego' by India, convolved with the original audio file. The sounds lost from making the MP3 resonate and reverberate, creating an ambient soundscape of all that is discarded during MP3 production. The source recording was used during public listening tests of the MP3. More info at http://theghostinthemp3.com

hi-res version for download: https://rpm7.bandcamp.com/album/ghost-ambient

Ryan Maguire 2015

India's Ghost (El Fuego / Ambient)

Demo version of "We'll Still You Remember You Here", from a forthcoming set of songs about loss, grieving, and family. Rest in Peace Aunt Kathy and Grandpa. Ryan Maguire 2016

We'll Still Remember You Here - DEMO

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Guitars, Synths, and Vocals, Ryan Maguire
Additional Vocals, Lona Manik
Drums, Connor Owens
Keys, William King
Bass, Kevin Davis & Ryan Maguire
Drums and Keys recorded by William King in BK, NY
Everything Else Recorded by Ryan Maguire in Cville, VA
Producer, Ryan Maguire
Assistant Producer, Connor Owens

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free_language is made of mp3 detritus from "In All Languages" by Ornette Coleman, one of the test tracks used to create the MP3 format.

download @ rpm7.bandcamp.com as WAV/FLAC/AIFF/whatever

video @ vimeo.com/259198182

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