Written on October 1, 2008 – 6:13 pm | by Maria Mihale |


I’ve been listening to my Pink Floyd favorite song since the first days I’ve become conscious of the surrounding world. Sounds converted into music from the day “the child is grown, the dream is gone”. All of my acquaintances know how I’ve evolved as the years passed by and got used with the idea of me becoming “comfortably numb”.

They don’t quite actually understand how come I feel like listening to this song day after day after day and never get bored. Although I know by heart every syllable and every note, I always find something new hidden beyond any power of comprehension. It’s something like magic, but I'm the only one who sees it. For others, it’s nothing but the same old tune I’ve driven them crazy.

Therefore, I should give them what they want! The MXP4 technology is now able – for the first time ever – to change the sound of music and make it unpredictable, even if it has been recorded at a certain point. MXP4 is in fact a new digital audio format that transforms music into a multi-sensory experience. This technology is based on interactivity and the unexpected and connects musical recordings with real life.

French company Musinaut aims at changing music according to your mood. In order to do this, they invented a special player meant to read your brain waves, interpret them and then mix the music to match your state of mind. The solution these guys came up with is a new format called MXP4, which stands for Multiplied Experience Platform in 4D, might be a little bit limitative as far as its adoption in the music industry is concerned. The MXP4 incorporates various versions of songs into one file, versions recorded by the artist. When using such a device – able to detect a mood variation – the music changes according to it. I don’t know, but I can’t visualize the mainstream device manufacturers – such as Apple – rushing to adopt such a technology, nor the musicians to remix their songs multiple times.



The company treats the song as if it were a living creature, having endless variations to match your mind. Listeners are offered combinations that ensure that the music they love so much is forever new, unlimited and surprising.

The MXP4 product suite is made up of the MXP4Creator, which is available for artists and musicians, and the MXP4Player, which is designed for use by listeners. Using the MXP4Creator software program both professional and amateur musicians can create a single file containing different arrangements called “skins”. This way, artists no longer have to decide on a final version, because they can lay down several versions depending on each band member’s preferences. As far as music fans are concerned, they can listen to MXP4 files using the free-to-download MXP4Player. They can either select a skin according to their mood or they can use the “auto mode” to let the technology choose for them.

Maybe it would have been a better idea to apply the same technology to current players and to mix existing songs automatically as the mood changes. We’re never satisfied, aren’t we?

(Source gadgets.boingboing.net)