Biography:Tantacrul

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Tantacrul
Tantacrul.jpg
Born1982
NationalityIrish
EducationRoyal Conservatoire of Scotland
OccupationYouTuber, Composer & Software Designer
Years active2017–present

Martin Keary (born 1982), better known as Tantacrul is an Irish YouTuber, composer and designer, who runs two popular open source music applications: Audacity and MuseScore. His YouTube channel features video essays that cover music, music philosophy and descriptions of his ongoing development of Audacity and MuseScore.

Career

Keary studied for an undergraduate degree at the Limerick School of Art and Design in 2005, later working as a designer for Supermassive Games, Canonical, and Microsoft. He completed a Masters degree (MMUS) at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, under Gordon McPherson, winning the Craig Armstrong prize for composition in 2016.[1][2]

In January 2018, he released a video about the band UK band Cardiacs and their lead singer Tim Smith. Later, when Tim Smith was nominated for an honorary doctorate from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Keary was invited to the ceremony to discuss Tim's contributions to music. In an interview about the ceremony, Keary said: "My old composition professor, Gordon McPherson had been talking about nominating Tim for an honorary degree for quite a while and the fact that it happened in the same year that I published my Cardiacs video was great because it presented me with a unique opportunity to be involved." [3]

In November 2018, he released a YouTube video critiquing the design of Avid's Sibelius, an industry standard software package used by classical musicians. The video went viral, which, according to authors of the website scoringnotes.com "created something of a sensation in the notation community...".[4] After this, his channel began to grow in popularity, sparking a fresh interest in the art of software design in music applications.[5]

In March 2019, his design critique of the open source software, MuseScore, ultimately led to him being hired as their new product lead in November 2019.[6][7] In January 2020, as part of his work on MuseScore, Keary designed and released the open licence notation font, "Leland" named after Leland Smith, the creator the abandonware notation application, SCORE.[8][9][10]

In November 2020, Keary became the project lead and spokesperson for Audacity, a popular audio editing application that has been downloaded over 200 million times.[11][12][13][14][15] In November 2021, he announced a new release that included non-destructive editing for the first time.[16] In April 2022, he announced that Audacity was being released on the Microsoft Store (for free) to combat the numerous fake imitations that were charging users for inferior products.[17][18][19]

Tantacrul has also featured in videos alongside other popular YouTubers, including Adam Neely, David Bruce and Ben Levin (of the band Bent Knee)[20]

References

  1. ↑ "Irish Composer's Collective Biography of Martin Keary". http://irishcomposerscollective.com/martin-keary. 
  2. ↑ "Plug festival review: Red Note/Music Lab at RCS, Glasgow". 4 May 2016. https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/arts_ents/14469901.plug-festival-review-red-note-music-lab-rcs-glasgow/. 
  3. ↑ "INTERVIEW: Cardiacs' Tim Smith". 9 November 2018. https://thequietus.com/articles/25644-interview-cardiacs-tim-smith. 
  4. ↑ Sabatella, Marc (31 October 2019). "MuseScore 3.3 released". https://www.scoringnotes.com/news/musescore-3-3-released/. 
  5. ↑ "What Researchers can Learn from a Critique of Music Notation Software". 15 August 2019. https://rtiresearch.com/2019/08/15/what-researchers-can-learn-from-a-critique-of-music-notation-software/. 
  6. ↑ Philip, Rothman (30 April 2021). "Muse Group formed to support MuseScore, Ultimate Guitar; acquires Audacity". https://www.scoringnotes.com/news/muse-group-formed-to-support-musescore-ultimate-guitar-acquires-audacity/. 
  7. ↑ Alexandre, Prokoudine (1 May 2021). "Ultimate Guitar launches Muse Group and acquires Audacity". https://librearts.org/2021/05/ultimate-guitar-launches-muse-group-and-acquires-audacity/. 
  8. ↑ Whittaker, George (21 January 2021). "MuseScore Created New Font in Memory of Original SCORE Program Creator". Linux Journal. https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/musescore-created-new-font-memory-original-score-program-creator. 
  9. ↑ "MuseScore Created New Font in Memory of Original SCORE Program Creator". 21 January 2021. https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/musescore-created-new-font-memory-original-score-program-creator. 
  10. ↑ "Standard Music Font Layout Fonts". https://www.smufl.org/fonts/#:~:text=Leland%20is%20a%20font%20family,the%20SIL%20Open%20Font%20License.. 
  11. ↑ "Audacity is a poster child for what can be achieved with open-source software". 5 July 2021. https://www.theregister.com/2021/07/05/audacity_profile/. 
  12. ↑ Ben, Rogerson (4 May 2021). "Ultimate Guitar owner Muse Group acquires Audacity, pledging to keep it free and open-source". https://www.musicradar.com/news/ultimate-guitar-owner-music-group-acquires-audacity-pledging-to-keep-it-free-and-open-source. 
  13. ↑ Damion, Pell (6 May 2021). "Audacity acquired by Muse Group". https://www.decodedmagazine.com/audacity-acquired-by-muse-group/. 
  14. ↑ "MIDI Association Member Muse Group Acquires Audacity". https://www.midi.org/midi-articles/midi-association-member-muse-group-acquires. 
  15. ↑ Peter, Kirn (4 May 2021). "Audacity finds home along open-source MuseScore in new acquisition by growing Muse Group". https://cdm.link/2021/05/audacity-finds-home-along-open-source-musescore-in-new-acquisition-by-growing-muse-group/. 
  16. ↑ "Audacity 3.1 improves editing with three very useful changes, such as non-destructive clipping". https://www.linuxadictos.com/en/audacity-3-1-mejora-la-edicion-con-tres-cambios-muy-utiles.html. 
  17. ↑ Rich, Stanton (29 April 2022). "Audacity releases on Microsoft Store to counter the 'ludicrous number of fake[s'"]. https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/audacity-releases-on-microsoft-store-to-counter-the-ludicrous-number-of-fakes/. 
  18. ↑ Mark, Hachman (28 April 2022). "Audacity developer puts the ‘proper’ version on the Microsoft Store". https://www.pcworld.com/article/695591/audacity-developer-puts-the-proper-version-on-the-microsoft-store.html. 
  19. ↑ AlexGM24 (28 April 2022). "AUDACITY DEVELOPER PUTS THE CORRECT VERSION ON THE MICROSOFT STORE". https://game-news24.com/2022/04/28/audacity-developer-puts-the-correct-version-on-the-microsoft-store/. 
  20. ↑ "Listen: Chroma Ensemble". https://www.chromaensemble.co.uk/music. 

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