Whitney Houston lives again thanks to AI
Whitney Houston died in 2012, but her estate and record label are determined to keep her earning.
There’s a new tour entitled “The Voice of Whitney: A Symphonic Celebration,” which combines her voice with live orchestras. This is being done in conjunction with a company called Moises. It used AI to isolate her vocals from her records. This was required because, for whatever reason, many of the original multitrack recordings are just…gone. All that was left were the final mixes. AI was used to extract those vocals, just like we saw with John Lennon’s parts on the Beatles track “Now and Then.”
I quote from the press release:
“The concert transports fans into Houston’s musical world, as live orchestras perform alongside Houston’s vocals and rare footage. Audiences experience the power of Houston’s voice in a live setting, with a breathtaking fusion of technology and artistry that celebrates her enduring legacy.
“To overcome this challenge [of the missing multi-tracks], they turned to Moises, the AI-powered music platform with stem separation technology that isolates individual instruments and vocals from recordings. Using Moises’ advanced algorithms, Park Avenue Artists successfully extracted Houston’s vocals from her songs, producing near-studio quality audio that enabled the creative team to fulfill their vision while honoring her legacy.”
There’s more of this coming. Welcome to the future.
