Clients

Skywalker Sound

With its 18 Academy Awards® and dozens of nominations in both Sound and Sound Effects Editing, Skywalker Sound is a premiere facility for Sound, Sound Editing, and Mixing. Skywalker Sound, the audio division of Lucas Film, Ltd, partners with Imagine Research for state-of-the-art consulting and research surveys in audio post-production technology and University research.

Pandora

Pandora (www.pandora.com) is the largest online radio service in the world with over 100 million registered users.   Pandora's unique personalized radio service, powered by the Music Genome Project, provides access to a massive music collection in the home, office, and on mobile devices, including Apple's iPhone.  Imagine Research provides Pandora with focused music information retrieval research and consulting solutions.

Line 6

Line 6 is world-renowned for their modeling and digital signal processing used in guitars, amplifiers, effects, effects processors, and recording interfaces. Their modeling technology has revolutionized the way guitarists record, perform, rehearse, and write songs. Line 6 trusts Imagine Research for research and consulting on advanced audio signal processing technologies.

JamLegend (acquired by Zynga)

JamLegend changed the way you play music online. Like the games Guitar Hero and Rock Band, JamLegend simulated the thrill of rocking out for a sold out crowd while enabling features never before available in console games. Imagine Research delivered research consulting, software development, technology brokering, and intellectual property protection consulting to this next-generation music gaming platform. JamLegend users have analyzed more than 1.1M songs with our innovative analysis technology.

iZotope

iZotope is a research-driven audio technology company, with hardware/software products and licensed audio technology used by millions in over 50 countries. Their innovative audio technology is present in consumer and professional applications ranging from applications for the iPhone to award-winning software and hardware used by world's leading recording and post-production studios. Imagine Research provides iZotope with surveys of the field, advanced research in signal processing, and development of music information retrieval algorithms.

BreathResearch

BreathResearch creates tools for precision measurement of breath phase, smoothness and so-called "side-band" artifacts (which can indicate different levels of airway tension), with a self-monitoring and en-training bio-feedback algorithm which can "optimize" your breathing. Imagine Research partnered with BreathResearch to provide algorithmic support on the design of its MyBreath™ iPhone app and web-SaaS-based breathing analysis (e.g., inhale, exhale, pause) using the advanced feature vector and DSP in MediaMined.

Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary, University of London

The Centre for Digital Music at Queen Mary, University of London is a world-leading multidisciplinary research group in the field of music and audio technology, well-known for its work in digital signal processing, semantic audio analysis, and advanced audio processing techniques. The Centre for Digital Music selected Imagine Research for its business development and recruitment of technology licensing partners for a £10 million UK-funded initiative.

BM-T

bm-t: the Thuringian general investment corporation is a partner for innovative high-growth companies based in Erfurt, Germany. Equity capital of more than 112 million Euros has been invested in the current bm-t portfolio. bm-t relies on Imagine Research for technical due diligence for audio technology investments.

Bach Technology

Bach Technology's MusicDNA™ is the next generation of the popular MP3 format. The next fundamental transition in digital music will be based on richer metadata and true metadata portability, improving the consumer music experience and providing significant new revenue opportunities for the entire music industry. MusicDNA represents a significant step in the evolution of the digital music experience. Bach Technology provides industry-leading music recommendation, search, fingerprinting, and audio metadata solutions. Imagine Research provides Bach Technology with competitive market analysis, industry surveys, and continuing business development services.