The new computer test will be able to predict music hits

Programists of the University of Massachusetts Brian Witman and Tristan Jean developed the Echo Nest projection, allowing you to determine the “cunning” and the possible popularity of a musical work, Guardian reports.

The program analyzes music according to many indicators - tonality, rhythm, timbreal, harmony and structure of the composition - on the subject of how the new composition is perceived by a person, and also systematizes music according to genres.

The program was created as a personal mp3 collection manager, but large recording companies have already become interested in Echo Nest, seeing the opportunity to analytically predict hits. Dr. Whitman himself says that with the help of Echo Nest, he predicted the ten best songs of the American chart for several weeks.

Thus, the sound recording industry can change a lot, and companies will begin to mathematically calculate the popularity of musical products.