Author: Brian Dys

  • Suno’s 2-minute Audio Upload

    Recently, I’ve been using Suno AI music generator to compose some music. I’ll have another time to tell the whole story but I’ll start with what I’ve been experimenting about. Suno has an upload feature which you can use an audio recording to extend or to cover — the thing is that it has a…

  • Dream World Delight x AI

    This is a poem I wrote in 7 February 2002. I’m amazed how GenAI can easily interpret this into an image and a song. Dream World Delight Dreaming, unconsciousnessSubconscious, lonelinessThough the worldis fully in a botherI guess I would ratherSleep with the dead Living in a dream worldWhere good stories are heardGood but unrealBetter than…

  • Automating file organization via PowerShell

    My process in sharing and archiving event media (aka the numerous pictures and videos that I take in various formal and informal events) is to, first, download the file from the memory card and sort them out according to the date and type of event. This is a tedious task especially if a batch consists…

  • Avaloq × BlackRock

    Avaloq, a subsidiary of NEC Corporation, and BlackRock, through its Aladdin Wealth business, have formed a strategic partnership aimed at enhancing their investment technology solutions for wealth managers and private banks. As part of the strategic partnership, BlackRock is making a minority investment in Avaloq. BlackRock and Avaloq unveil strategic partnership to provide integrated technology…

  • Bedtime Stories

    There were many nights when Bryce was younger, about a couple of years ago, that our imaginations ran wild through bedtime stories. We took turns in continuing episodes of adventures of multitude of characters, starting from X-Fighter-X — which was Bryce’s brainchild. It starred him and his classmates in Cascades, where they battle otherworldly creatures…

  • Playing with Music

    Playing with AI-generated music is like going to a restaurant, looking at the menu and instead of meals, you find ingredients. You point to the waiter which ones you want mixed-and-matched. It gets cooked and prepared in the kitchen while you wait. Et voila, the dish is served and all you have to do is…

  • Trying Out BandLab Mastering

    I’ve got some old recordings of Luna and I’m trying out new ways to enhance the audio quality of the recordings. First I feed the songs to Audacity for some noise reduction and normalization then I use BandLab’s Mastering feature, using Clarity preset. This is the result, enjoy!