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Cool. Anyone have an opinion on "state of the art" for music generation? I realize this is entirely subjective. This one sounds pretty interesting! It'd be

Cool. Anyone have an opinion on "state of the art" for music generation? I realize this is entirely subjective. This one sounds pretty interesting! It'd be awesome to get something like this on a top 10 list and start influencing man made music. We can't be so far off from that. The kids these days love techno and that is easily synthesized relative to music with original lyrics and voices.

6stringmerc 11y ago
Well there are a couple different paths, if I can offer up a bit of perspective. There's the "generated" music concept sort of like this, that basically creates the piece from zero to finished product. As in, there are tones and sounds and maybe some rhythm in it. Basically it makes a track. There was a post here recently about a 'brain support' music generation program/service thing, and I'm pretty sure the sounds they use would fit in the above description. The other concept is "element" music generation. This would be a plug-in or software piece that works for a specific instrument. Apple's GarageBand has Drummer[1] and I've had good results using it so far. I think there are others on the market and different examples of a similar concept, like Instant Haus[2]. These aren't stand-alone music generation pieces, but resources upon which to build into a whole. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pwlKgS43gM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pwlKgS43gM [2] https://www.ableton.com/en/packs/instant-haus/ https://www.ableton.com/en/packs/instant-haus/
- studentrob 11y ago
  Cool thanks. I find this area really interesting and relatively unexplored to the degree that profitable ventures are sometimes pursued. Yet it seems to me there would be a market for it. Not that there needs to be. But could be, and will be at some point.
iammyIP 11y ago
Any musical program running on a machine, one that outputs a continuous number stream, shall be written so that on execution the program gives the machine the ability to interpret and express a part of its current inner state. That current inner state shall as much as possible be un-colored by human prejudice and mood and so must the program be written (dilemma). The human shall fully acknowledge its role as initiator to a universe of binary logic unfolding over time, thus enabling the machine to be the only composer, the only conductor and the only performer of itself without any further interference.

6stringmerc 11y ago

Well there are a couple different paths, if I can offer up a bit of perspective. There's the "generated" music concept sort of like this, that basically creates the piece from zero to finished product. As in, there are tones and sounds and maybe some rhythm in it. Basically it makes a track. There was a post here recently about a 'brain support' music generation program/service thing, and I'm pretty sure the sounds they use would fit in the above description. The other concept is "element" music generation. This would be a plug-in or software piece that works for a specific instrument. Apple's GarageBand has Drummer[1] and I've had good results using it so far. I think there are others on the market and different examples of a similar concept, like Instant Haus[2]. These aren't stand-alone music generation pieces, but resources upon which to build into a whole. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pwlKgS43gM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pwlKgS43gM [2] https://www.ableton.com/en/packs/instant-haus/ https://www.ableton.com/en/packs/instant-haus/

studentrob 11y ago
Cool thanks. I find this area really interesting and relatively unexplored to the degree that profitable ventures are sometimes pursued. Yet it seems to me there would be a market for it. Not that there needs to be. But could be, and will be at some point.

iammyIP 11y ago

Any musical program running on a machine, one that outputs a continuous number stream, shall be written so that on execution the program gives the machine the ability to interpret and express a part of its current inner state. That current inner state shall as much as possible be un-colored by human prejudice and mood and so must the program be written (dilemma). The human shall fully acknowledge its role as initiator to a universe of binary logic unfolding over time, thus enabling the machine to be the only composer, the only conductor and the only performer of itself without any further interference.