The Beatles’ AI-assisted monitor “Now and Then” gained the Grammy for Greatest Rock Efficiency on Sunday evening, marking the primary time {that a} track of its sort has taken house the award.
No, Paul McCartney didn’t use AI to create some creepy LennonGPT bot. As an alternative, he used noise discount programs to wash up a decades-old, low-quality piano demo from his late bandmate. This know-how is just like what video name suppliers like Zoom, FaceTime, and Google Meet use to dam out undesirable background noise and ship a clearer sound.
The surviving Beatles first tried to repair up Lennon’s demo within the 90s, however the know-how accessible on the time couldn’t fairly extract Lennon’s muffled vocals. In 2022, after studying how the filmmakers behind archival Beatles documentary “Get Again” have been utilizing new audio isolation strategies to make poorly recorded demos listenable, they revisited “Now and Then.”