Picard 2.0.1 released! (Windows and macOS users rejoice)
Note – There are no changes for Linux users, so they can safely skip this release if they want. Given the massive feedback about the shortcomings of the Windows and macOS versions of Picard, we decided...
View ArticleGSoC 2018: More detailed integration of AcousticBrainz with MusicBrainz
Here comes an end to a fantastic summer for this year and time to wrap up my GSoC project which I have been working in for the last 3 months (the official GSoC coding period). Hello people!! I am Rashi...
View ArticleGSoC 2018: SpamBrainz – Fighting spam in MusicBrainz using machine learning
Hi, I’m Leo and I spent my summer building and training SpamBrainz, our new solution to fighting spam in MusicBrainz. If you haven’t heard of SpamBrainz before it’s probably because it did not exist...
View ArticleInstruments part three: The “next” branch and Even Moar Taonga pūoro
It’s time for Instruments again! Now that I was allowed to create fix versions I set about creating such fix versions! (And also, retroactively (re)creating previous batches where these seemed...
View ArticleInstruments, part four: After Summer Special and loose ends
After 2-ish months of summer vacation I decided to do an “After Summer Special” (name as a reference to After School Specials) By the end of summer I had been working hard… on Debussy instead of...
View ArticleGSoC 2018 : Building a design system. Journey and learnings..
Hello, I am Chhavi. I have mostly been helping around with all things design in MetaBrainz. I recently graduated from IIT Guwahati, India and started contributing to MusicBrainz after attending the...
View ArticleMusicBrainz introducing: Genres!
One of the things various people have asked MusicBrainz for time and time again has been genres. However, genres are hard to do right and they’re very much subjective—with MusicBrainz dealing almost...
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