Real or fake: Identifying AI-generated music and voices
Though the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in music has been growing over many years, there has been a recent explosion of conversation around AI-generated music. The latest crop of
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The six product principles at the heart of what we build at Pex
At Pex, we are fortunate enough to have folks from diverse backgrounds with interests and expertise in many things. From 80s pop, to anime, to bee keeping, you’ll quickly find
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Evaluating ACR: Introducing Pex’s audio fingerprinting benchmark toolkit
When social media platforms first emerged, they were about connection and sharing your life with friends through words or images. As these platforms grew and changed, so did the type
A3E NAMM recap: The impact of technology and AI on the music industry
The music industry has always been influenced by technological advancements and today it finds itself at the forefront of another digital revolution. At the 2023 NAMM Show, industry experts brought
Next-gen MRT: how melody and phonetic matching identify more music
Millions of dollars of mechanical royalties should be going to songwriters, but instead go unmatched and unpaid. Why? Because most music technology companies and royalty organizations are relying on only
Music on social media: do’s and don’ts for brand marketers
Brands have embraced music on social media and created some of our favorite content. But even with big budgets and major partnerships on their side, brands can’t use any music
Mastering music rights on social media: a copyright crash course for brands
Music makes social media pop, right? Creators use music to produce engaging content, which contributes to a social media platform’s success, and gives advertisers highly-valuable inventory to market against. But
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Pex by the numbers – 2023
In February, Pex celebrated it’s ninth anniversary and as a way to celebrate, we took a look at our accomplishments by the numbers. For roughly nine years our Discovery product
How the Pex Definition of Done helps us ship
Once a small and largely Los Angeles-based company, Pex is now a growing, remote organization. Because of this, what once had been an effective way for us to communicate and
Going remote: 10/10 Pexers would recommend
In May of 2020, Pex officially adopted remote work as its standard and announced to all Pexers they would not be returning to an office, but could instead work from
Three simple rituals for stress-free product documentation
Last March, many companies were forced to switch to remote-first working due to the global pandemic. Among many realizations that Covid-19 brought to light was the increased importance of internal
An introduction to neural network model uncertainty
The past decade has seen a rise in the application of machine learning to all walks of life – from low impact applications like music recommendation systems to high-stakes uses,
Auto-scaling an Azure Virtual Machine Scale Set from an external metric source
Recently, the Infrastructure Team at Pex had the pleasure and challenge of shifting all of our deployments from Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to Microsoft Azure.Our services rely heavily on Apache
