Convert the domain name registered by ENS into MIDI Art, and convert it into NFT, so as to realize the conversion of domain name into audio.
With the development of the web3 industry, various new ways of playing are relying on NFT, DAO, ENS and other infrastructure to make the blockchain industry more and more diversified. Diversified industries have in turn spawned more, cooler, and more wonderful gameplays, such as the E2M we are going to introduce today.
Launched by Kola Labs, E2M (ENS2MUSIC) is a project aimed at converting ENS addresses into digital identities for music. The platform can convert the human-readable domain name provided by ENS into MIDI music through AI, and cast the audio into NFT, thus providing users with a unique audio identity.
What is MIDI?
MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is an electronic musical instrument signal transmission standard born in the 1980s. Simply put, it is a digital score. It accurately quantifies the pitch, beat, and volume of music recorded by traditional notation, and also loads a lot of information such as timbre, pan, reverb, sustain, etc., so that the score can be recorded by electronic equipment (synthesizer, software music) to perform.
Due to the high versatility of this technology, a wide variety of instruments and techniques give creators unprecedented creative freedom. MIDI has not only become the mainstream standard for electronic musical instruments, but also gave birth to a new music form based on this technology: MIDI Art.
MIDI art not only relies on the traditional musical instrument timbre and performance method, but also innovates the electronic arrangement method. In the traditional arrangement method, the score is described by a set of data structures marked with scales, instruments, duration, and beats, while MIDI is a sampled analog signal, similar to a matrix in graphic design. Midi files can be edited flexibly for secondary creation.
A typical example is that patterns and text can also be played as musical notation, such as adapting a world map to MIDI notation:
Source: Youtube-Musical World Map, John Keats
Or in one sentence:
Source: Youtube-Midi Art's [I don't want to go to work]! - Talk dry with music #003, Midi Art Art Art
How many steps does it take to convert a domain name to audio?
The method adopted by the E2M project is to convert the domain name registered by ENS into MIDI Art and convert it into NFT, so as to realize the conversion of domain name into audio.
At present, E2M has been launched, and ENS has specially added a music field for users to fill in on the dashboard. When using, the user can select the domain name he owns from the wallet, and pay 0.03ETH and the gas fee generated by the transaction, so as to convert the domain name into a piece of music.
As a start-up team, Kola Labs has definitely shown their ambitions: they plan to convince ENS to accept the new ENSIP-12, a proposal that allows converting long IPFS links into standardized URI links and allowing audio to be read as digital identities. Pick.
In addition, Kola Labs also plans to support more DID projects to broaden the source of audio. At the same time, they are also trying to promote the concept of audio digital identity to more platforms, such as SocialFi and GameFi.
Music + NFT track is wide
In fact, audio NFT projects are not uncommon in the market at present, but mainstream projects are all focused on NFT of music and records. Only the music copyright NFT platform Opulous, NFT record Catalog, NFT music platform Royal, and NFT music platform Royal have recently received financing. Music NFT marketplace Mint Songs, etc. Compared with these projects, E2M can be said to be one of the few music NFT platforms with more Web3 temperament.
But from another direction, as a fairly early project, E2M converts domain names into audio NFTs in a rather crude and simple way. In this process, there are actually many directions that can be explored. It is not uncommon to use pictures and strings to generate music, and the algorithm is quite rich. Although the audience is small, it still has potential worth digging.