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So I tried to mix two guitar-heavy songs that were bound to be incompatible and the results are kind of okay. Only one has vocals and it comes out way out of tu
by thanatropism 8y ago
So I tried to mix two guitar-heavy songs that were bound to be incompatible and the results are kind of okay. Only one has vocals and it comes out way out of tune, but the general development of the songs fits well. It somewhat feels that this has more to do with the predictable sequence of verse/chorus/verse bars in pop music. But eh.
The video is pretty good too:
https://rave.dj/dBgxMMEtR9j-nw https://rave.dj/dBgxMMEtR9j-nw
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Edit: Here's an example of an utter failure that illustrates my hypothesis: it mixes a song that has a traditional verse/chorus/verse structure with a techno track that's a monotonic crescendo. The algorithm doesn't know what to do about it (the correct answer, although not leading to great music, would be to use parts from the begginning of the crescendo track so not to overpower the pop song.)
https://rave.dj/-Ls2Nu6CPD0Ssw https://rave.dj/-Ls2Nu6CPD0Ssw
Edit 2: Here's an easy one it gets wrong: track 1 has great loopable instrumental grooves that go on each for a few bars before rap vocals kick in. Track 2 is a person talking. It should not be overlapping vocals, it should just highlight the instrumental loops.
https://rave.dj/acvjP2J3oQWF4Q https://rave.dj/acvjP2J3oQWF4Q
- e_proxus 8y agoI think the tracks needs to carefully picked by a human first, then it can turn out good. Too many chords and melodies in both tracks just creates a mess. Pure drum and beat tracks on top of melodies seems to be an easy combo: Covers on top of the original was a surprising success: https://rave.dj/ArkBRLe-216kdg https://rave.dj/ArkBRLe-216kdg https://rave.dj/Pty3Hy1Fum9Tag https://rave.dj/Pty3Hy1Fum9Tag Pure drum tracks plus acapella: https://rave.dj/3K-oowQBpD09GA https://rave.dj/3K-oowQBpD09GA
- thanatropism 8y agoBut dissonant melodies can sound good; for a while bitonalism (some Debussy; most notoriously Darius Milhaud) was a compromise or a gateway drug to straight atonalism. My first example has vocals in a different key from the guitar, but the song structure works. Basically mixing any pop songs work -- here's a very very very good one with Sepultura + Pet Shop Boys https://rave.dj/SENYa64kow5OLg https://rave.dj/SENYa64kow5OLg ... the point being that pop music is very very regular in its verse/chorus/verse narrative curve.