Voctro Labs’ team of researchers develops projects at the forefront of the use of computer-created or recreated voices applied to music and creativity. In this talk we will see what kind of singing patterns we want to model with these systems, and how we can use them in a context of artistic production, or in other applications for the general public.

Finally, a debate we cannot leave out: the ethical and cultural implications of the generation of voices with artificial intelligence. For example, does it make sense to recreate Michael Jackson’s voice?

Given by: Jordi Janer

Jordi is an audio technologist with more than 15 years of experience in activities related to research and innovation. He is co-founder and current director of Voctro Labs, a company that works in the generation of artificial voice for use in creative media.

Jordi was born in Barcelona in 1975 and graduated with a degree in Electronic Engineering. He worked as an Engineer at Creamware GmbH in Germany, designing and developing sound effects and synthesizers. He then joined the Music Technology Group of the Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, where he obtained his doctorate. His academic experience as a researcher includes work at McGill University in Canada and Northwestern University in the United States, as well as public investment projects and industrial collaborations such as with Yamaha Corp in Japan. Jordi has administered Voctro Labs since 2011, where he has licensed and launched his products “Voiceful.”(www.voiceful.io) with whom he has also obtained competitive innovation funds.