Abstract: This paper introduces V2Coder, a non-autoregressive vocoder based on hierarchical variational autoencoders (VAEs). The hierarchical VAE with hierarchically extended prior and approximate ...

Abstract: We propose a new algorithm for time stretching music signals based on the theory of nonstationary Gabor frames (NSGFs). The algorithm extends the techniques of the classical phase vocoder ...

Each year The Game Awards sees its fair share of viral moments both cringe and heartwarming, but none have persisted through the years quite so much as orchestra member Pedro Eustache--better known as ...

Joshua Hopkins as Papageno and Erin Morley as Pamina in the Metropolitan Opera’s Magic Flute. Photo: Ken Howard/Met Opera. This is the time of the year for familiar comforts, and at the Metropolitan ...

The Game Awards 2025 has officially wrapped up, and it was quite a memorable night. Clair Obscur Expedition 33 dominated the ceremony with the highest number of nominations and an impressive nine wins ...

Boldly going where no Predator film has gone before, Predator: Badlands flips the franchise script, putting the Predator (aka Yautja) front and center. Directed by Dan Trachtenberg, the same visionary ...