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Technologies and Innovations behind an
Award-Winning Musical Product with
Social Network Elements
Awarded Products of iMusicTech
22 October 2010
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Agenda
• Personal Background
• About iMusicTech
• Awarded Product 2009
• The Technology
• Awarded Product 2010
• Social Networking
• The Future
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• Graduated from University of Hong Kong in 1994
• Pioneer to develop 3D cubic printing in Japan
• Introduce in Hong Kong and China in 1995
• Managed production plant in China over 10 years
• Employ more than one thousand mainland workers
• Leader of mobile accessories industry in the early stage
• Enter to Audio & Video industry
Personal Background
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Personal Goal
• To develop local brand and promote it worldwide
• iMusicTech Limited was established in 2008
• Group of experts in IT, music and electronics industries
• Represents interactive music technology
Personal Background
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Achievement
• Invented the 1st iPhone/iPod Karaoke Docking Device
• Software & Hardware developer of Apple
• “Made for iPod Program”
• “Works with iPhone Program”
• Member company of Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks
• Incu-Tech Incubation program
• Small Entrepreneur Research Assistance Programme
• 2 million funding
Personal Background
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iMusicTech Limited was founded in November 2008 by a group
of experts in IT, music and electronics industries.
The company name “iMusicTech” represents interactive music
technology, meaning that we create interactive musical products
by advanced technologies.
About iMusicTech
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• Software & Hardware developer of Apple
• “Made for iPod Program”
• “Works with iPhone Program”
• Developed The 1st iPhone/iPod Karaoke Docking – iMusic Station
iMusicTech aims to develop local brand and promote it worldwide.
We have agents in UK, Japan, etc.
About iMusicTech
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The product serious are
• iMusic Station
• iMusic Party
• iMusic Theater
• iMusic Pocket
• iMusic Buddy
• iMusicTrack
Our Products
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Our Awarded ProductsiMusic Station (2009)
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Our Awarded Products –The Concept
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• Vocal remover
• Remove the Vocal part of a song
• Pattern recognition
• Search Song by Humming
• Pattern comparison
• Scientific Scoring
Our Awarded Products –The Technology
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Technology – Vocal Remover
Left Vocal :
Left Music :
Right Music :
Right Vocal :
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Music Searching by Singing
• Search for an audio by singing or humming.
• Supported by Department of Computing in The Hong Kong Polytechnic University –Pattern recognition
1. User record
humming
2. Send data to server
3. Search by
pattern file
Technology - Pattern recognition
Search Song by Humming
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Scoring and Judging
Algorithm by recent research
– To achieve accuracy and neutrality.
Objective judging
– Rhythm, tempo, harmony, breathing timing, etc.
Motion Detection
Technology – Scientific Scoring
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Time (sec)
Pitch
1s 2s 3s
Original Song
Time (sec)1s 2s 3s
Pitch
Your Voice
Technology – Scientific Scoring
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Our Awarded ProductsiMusic Party (2010)
HKEIA 2010
Gold AwardConsumer Electronics
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Social Network with
interactive music technology
• Music is the common language to connect people all over the world. The current flow of communication is too one-sided.
• We introduce a two way communication product. That is, interactive product which allows users to communicate with each other, through internet all over the world.
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Our PartnersImportant to the path of success
Partnership
Foreign Sales agents: UK, Japan & more…
Provide over 200,000 songs for our database
Selling our hardware products to overseas markets
Local Partners: at least 4 local label comapanies
Provide songs for us to demonstrate our new technology in our website;
To test the algorithm of our new technology
Brand Building in Local Market
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• Integration Project with Karaoke Box starts from Jan 2011
- search songs by humming
• Website www.imusicworld.org
- to promote our brand and technology
- recruit new talents from competitions in product design
- Union platform for teenagers and music lovers
Our FutureImplementation on the technology
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Q & A
THANK YOU !For more details: www.imusictech.com
www.imusicworld.org
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