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53 points by lexandstuff 4y ago

DeathArrow 4y ago
That's really funny: https://beatbot.fm/song/31ceb9260d7f48f2a2a9feb300667313 https://beatbot.fm/song/31ceb9260d7f48f2a2a9feb300667313
techer 4y ago
This is excellent. Really got the vibe of my prompt better than I could imagine. Didn’t really mail the style of beat I wanted but didn’t matter.
SirLJ 4y ago
great idea, but unfortunately the vocals are all the same no mater the music style... "Heavy metal song about myself Iron Maiden style" "primus style song about me" "pantera style song about a dog" "classical music about fishing"
- lexandstuff 4y ago
  Just rap vocals in this version. We are working on integrating our singing models for a future release.
  - sphars 4y ago
    Ah it would've been good to know that, I also tried a couple different prompts but they all had the same vocals. A small note indicating as such would've helped. Also tried a couple prompts to get just ambient music, but vocals are always included? An option to include vocals would be nice to have.
  - Semaphor 4y ago
    I liked some of the crossover rap metal stuff it generated, reminds me of the early 2000s ;)
  - SirLJ 4y ago
    Thanks, can't wait to try it again with different vocals...
AnIdiotOnTheNet 4y ago
I asked it for something ambient that made me feel like the world was wondrous and vast. I was aiming for something that'd fit an exploration game like Subnautica, or Venineth. The melody was in the ball park of what I expected, and I didn't expect vocals at all but when they kicked in they were kinda hop-hopish? Lyrics even kinda made sense. It worked better than I thought and it wasn't a combination I'd have ever come up with on my own.
- matthewfcarlson 4y ago
  I agree- was asking for a lofi haunting melody with samples from the movie Groundhog Day (a song I wish existed but haven't found it). The lyrics were right on theme but the rap was unexpected. Overall, much more polished than I was expecting
logikblok 4y ago
"A nostalgic lo fi beats piece featuring a riff about fish" [0] [0] https://beatbot.fm/song/07daa81591454fedbd0a5e7d55babf22 https://beatbot.fm/song/07daa81591454fedbd0a5e7d55babf22
asah 4y ago
great lyrics! and it got the drum & bass but not the female vocal: https://beatbot.fm/song/d0a2ef74ee2c488292844b9a5d69fc4f https://beatbot.fm/song/d0a2ef74ee2c488292844b9a5d69fc4f https://beatbot.fm/song/a3c4e7aedb664a299b9baf190ed4cf4d https://beatbot.fm/song/a3c4e7aedb664a299b9baf190ed4cf4d
- runlevel1 4y ago
  Interesting that it pronounces "galaxies" as guh·lak·sees with the emphasis on the second syllable like in the word "galaxian".
chaps 4y ago
This is great, but please let us use it without vocals! I mostly listen to instrumental, so this was unexpectedly jarring. Even adding "instrument" generates vocals, and the vocals aren't exactly great for the music styles I've tried.
- manmal 4y ago
  Indeed, I always get rap vocals no matter what genre I try.
- raincole 4y ago
  It says the instrumental part is generated by Splash's AI and the lyrics are gnereate by GPT-3. Like, uh, how about let me access this Splash AI? I'll pay for it.
hallux 4y ago
I've voiced my opinion on "AI" being used to make "art" before, and I'm going to do it again: I think this is one of the worst things you can use AI for, as it narrows down the possibilities of one of the most enjoyable HUMAN activities, which is CREATING art. I loathe the vision of a future where anyone can ask a neural network to create music just by describing what they, the user, want to hear, without them necessarily having any musical chops at all, and where some douche will train a neural network to generate every possible melody and chord progression that could be enjoyable to the human ear. I'm saying.. You had thousands of real problems to solve using AI, and you chose to use it to make living more miserable for anyone who sees music as something more than a mere arrangement of sounds.
- ag315 4y ago
  I agree with your perspective on this, but my hope is that it won't have a major negative externality at the end of the day--drum machines and drum software have really solid for well over a decade now, but plenty of people still learn the drums, learn them well, and find opportunities to play them.
- gravitronic 4y ago
  Technically speaking this demo is close to brilliant, really well done. Most polished AI music generator I've seen yet. But the marketing copy really feels off to me. "Bringing the joy of music making to everyone." The joy of music making involves taking an active role in the creation of the piece. The joy of music making is not getting a finished piece delivered to your door without any effort. The joy is in the process, not the outcome -- especially if everyone can generate the same result as you. There is no emotional investment. And I say this as someone who plays acoustic instruments as well as program drum machines, and writes DSP and MIDI sequencers. Whether you're playing a piano or programming a cool drum beat the joy comes from taking an active control of the creation process and finding something new to create, unlocking secrets new and old. I would accept a marketing angle like "generate free to use background audio for your podcast / video / video game / commercial / whatever". But IMO there is no joy in pressing a button. Maybe their other products mentioned on their primary brochure page let the user go a bit deeper, and that I think has potential. Garageband is a great example of giving the user creative control but simplifying a ton of the complexities of finishing a song.
runlevel1 4y ago
Suggestion: Regarding the "Try Again" button: The name suggests it will try the same prompt again. Perhaps make it do that, and add another button called "New" that does what the Try Again button is currently doing (starts a new prompt).
- uxamanda 4y ago
  FWIW I noticed that there is a smaller “retry” button next to the copy link. Agree that the labels could be improved.
pwython 4y ago
Really good results on my first try. I like it! https://beatbot.fm/song/fd85a038bdee48f6879067a819827f72 https://beatbot.fm/song/fd85a038bdee48f6879067a819827f72 "A soldier that lives in the rain, melancholy, acoustic"
JoBrad 4y ago
Not sure what genres it was trained on, but this didn’t match my expectations, haha. https://beatbot.fm/song/9c865b69b68447af96d2a818da1e51b4 https://beatbot.fm/song/9c865b69b68447af96d2a818da1e51b4
SkyMarshal 4y ago
This wasn't what I was looking for, but is pretty funny: "country, female vocals" https://beatbot.fm/song/d7d05be7ef494a1b82068e639a91a66e https://beatbot.fm/song/d7d05be7ef494a1b82068e639a91a66e Not exactly country or female, lol.
- TOMDM 4y ago
  Man that got me, ai produces some of the best unintentional comedy on occasion.
- JoeDaDude 4y ago
  Indeed I am totally unable to get female vocals no matter what I type. Every song has that same rapper dude voice.
agentwiggles 4y ago
This is shockingly good, lots of fun. It does not really get the styles I ask for, and as observed elsewhere only really generates hip-hop style vocals, but man this is very cool.
jzb 4y ago
Threw a couple of things at it - no matter what I proposed it wanted to layer a rap vocal on top of it and didn't really sound anything like what I proposed. (e.g., "70s prog rock instrumental about traveling through space" gave me acoustic guitar to a hip hop type beat and vocals.)
tiborsaas 4y ago
Hmmm, I think it delivered :) "a song that reddit would dig" https://beatbot.fm/song/304fd32d8b4f418c858026cc89e620b5 https://beatbot.fm/song/304fd32d8b4f418c858026cc89e620b5
d00nut 4y ago
It'd be great if the mp4 used two audio channels, one for the track and one for the vocals. In lieu of that looks like you can just hit storage.googleapis.com/ splash-services-prod-public/ generated/ YOUR_SONG_ID/track.mp3 ^ no spaces though, to get the audio without vocals.
elektor 4y ago
For those of you looking to replicate this but without the annoying rap lyrics: https://mubert.com/render https://mubert.com/render
boredemployee 4y ago
I paid my bills for many years with music production, I made LOTS of music and I must say that tool could be a curse and a blessing. But I can't avoid the feeling that we gonna get replaced, really really soon.
mdrzn 4y ago
"in the style of Flume" not too far honestly: https://beatbot.fm/song/1e8914eeaace444aa061ae84337f5bae https://beatbot.fm/song/1e8914eeaace444aa061ae84337f5bae

53 points by lexandstuff 4y ago

That's really funny: https://beatbot.fm/song/31ceb9260d7f48f2a2a9feb300667313 https://beatbot.fm/song/31ceb9260d7f48f2a2a9feb300667313

techer 4y ago

This is excellent. Really got the vibe of my prompt better than I could imagine. Didn’t really mail the style of beat I wanted but didn’t matter.

SirLJ 4y ago

great idea, but unfortunately the vocals are all the same no mater the music style... "Heavy metal song about myself Iron Maiden style" "primus style song about me" "pantera style song about a dog" "classical music about fishing"

lexandstuff 4y ago
Just rap vocals in this version. We are working on integrating our singing models for a future release.
- sphars 4y ago
  Ah it would've been good to know that, I also tried a couple different prompts but they all had the same vocals. A small note indicating as such would've helped. Also tried a couple prompts to get just ambient music, but vocals are always included? An option to include vocals would be nice to have.
- Semaphor 4y ago
  I liked some of the crossover rap metal stuff it generated, reminds me of the early 2000s ;)
- SirLJ 4y ago
  Thanks, can't wait to try it again with different vocals...

AnIdiotOnTheNet 4y ago

I asked it for something ambient that made me feel like the world was wondrous and vast. I was aiming for something that'd fit an exploration game like Subnautica, or Venineth. The melody was in the ball park of what I expected, and I didn't expect vocals at all but when they kicked in they were kinda hop-hopish? Lyrics even kinda made sense. It worked better than I thought and it wasn't a combination I'd have ever come up with on my own.

matthewfcarlson 4y ago
I agree- was asking for a lofi haunting melody with samples from the movie Groundhog Day (a song I wish existed but haven't found it). The lyrics were right on theme but the rap was unexpected. Overall, much more polished than I was expecting

logikblok 4y ago

"A nostalgic lo fi beats piece featuring a riff about fish" [0] [0] https://beatbot.fm/song/07daa81591454fedbd0a5e7d55babf22 https://beatbot.fm/song/07daa81591454fedbd0a5e7d55babf22

asah 4y ago

great lyrics! and it got the drum & bass but not the female vocal: https://beatbot.fm/song/d0a2ef74ee2c488292844b9a5d69fc4f https://beatbot.fm/song/d0a2ef74ee2c488292844b9a5d69fc4f https://beatbot.fm/song/a3c4e7aedb664a299b9baf190ed4cf4d https://beatbot.fm/song/a3c4e7aedb664a299b9baf190ed4cf4d

runlevel1 4y ago
Interesting that it pronounces "galaxies" as guh·lak·sees with the emphasis on the second syllable like in the word "galaxian".

chaps 4y ago

This is great, but please let us use it without vocals! I mostly listen to instrumental, so this was unexpectedly jarring. Even adding "instrument" generates vocals, and the vocals aren't exactly great for the music styles I've tried.

manmal 4y ago
Indeed, I always get rap vocals no matter what genre I try.
raincole 4y ago
It says the instrumental part is generated by Splash's AI and the lyrics are gnereate by GPT-3. Like, uh, how about let me access this Splash AI? I'll pay for it.

hallux 4y ago

I've voiced my opinion on "AI" being used to make "art" before, and I'm going to do it again: I think this is one of the worst things you can use AI for, as it narrows down the possibilities of one of the most enjoyable HUMAN activities, which is CREATING art. I loathe the vision of a future where anyone can ask a neural network to create music just by describing what they, the user, want to hear, without them necessarily having any musical chops at all, and where some douche will train a neural network to generate every possible melody and chord progression that could be enjoyable to the human ear. I'm saying.. You had thousands of real problems to solve using AI, and you chose to use it to make living more miserable for anyone who sees music as something more than a mere arrangement of sounds.

ag315 4y ago
I agree with your perspective on this, but my hope is that it won't have a major negative externality at the end of the day--drum machines and drum software have really solid for well over a decade now, but plenty of people still learn the drums, learn them well, and find opportunities to play them.
gravitronic 4y ago
Technically speaking this demo is close to brilliant, really well done. Most polished AI music generator I've seen yet. But the marketing copy really feels off to me. "Bringing the joy of music making to everyone." The joy of music making involves taking an active role in the creation of the piece. The joy of music making is not getting a finished piece delivered to your door without any effort. The joy is in the process, not the outcome -- especially if everyone can generate the same result as you. There is no emotional investment. And I say this as someone who plays acoustic instruments as well as program drum machines, and writes DSP and MIDI sequencers. Whether you're playing a piano or programming a cool drum beat the joy comes from taking an active control of the creation process and finding something new to create, unlocking secrets new and old. I would accept a marketing angle like "generate free to use background audio for your podcast / video / video game / commercial / whatever". But IMO there is no joy in pressing a button. Maybe their other products mentioned on their primary brochure page let the user go a bit deeper, and that I think has potential. Garageband is a great example of giving the user creative control but simplifying a ton of the complexities of finishing a song.

runlevel1 4y ago

Suggestion: Regarding the "Try Again" button: The name suggests it will try the same prompt again. Perhaps make it do that, and add another button called "New" that does what the Try Again button is currently doing (starts a new prompt).

uxamanda 4y ago
FWIW I noticed that there is a smaller “retry” button next to the copy link. Agree that the labels could be improved.

pwython 4y ago

Really good results on my first try. I like it! https://beatbot.fm/song/fd85a038bdee48f6879067a819827f72 https://beatbot.fm/song/fd85a038bdee48f6879067a819827f72 "A soldier that lives in the rain, melancholy, acoustic"

JoBrad 4y ago

Not sure what genres it was trained on, but this didn’t match my expectations, haha. https://beatbot.fm/song/9c865b69b68447af96d2a818da1e51b4 https://beatbot.fm/song/9c865b69b68447af96d2a818da1e51b4

SkyMarshal 4y ago

This wasn't what I was looking for, but is pretty funny: "country, female vocals" https://beatbot.fm/song/d7d05be7ef494a1b82068e639a91a66e https://beatbot.fm/song/d7d05be7ef494a1b82068e639a91a66e Not exactly country or female, lol.

TOMDM 4y ago
Man that got me, ai produces some of the best unintentional comedy on occasion.
JoeDaDude 4y ago
Indeed I am totally unable to get female vocals no matter what I type. Every song has that same rapper dude voice.

agentwiggles 4y ago

This is shockingly good, lots of fun. It does not really get the styles I ask for, and as observed elsewhere only really generates hip-hop style vocals, but man this is very cool.

jzb 4y ago

Threw a couple of things at it - no matter what I proposed it wanted to layer a rap vocal on top of it and didn't really sound anything like what I proposed. (e.g., "70s prog rock instrumental about traveling through space" gave me acoustic guitar to a hip hop type beat and vocals.)

tiborsaas 4y ago

Hmmm, I think it delivered :) "a song that reddit would dig" https://beatbot.fm/song/304fd32d8b4f418c858026cc89e620b5 https://beatbot.fm/song/304fd32d8b4f418c858026cc89e620b5

d00nut 4y ago

It'd be great if the mp4 used two audio channels, one for the track and one for the vocals. In lieu of that looks like you can just hit storage.googleapis.com/ splash-services-prod-public/ generated/ YOUR_SONG_ID/track.mp3 ^ no spaces though, to get the audio without vocals.

elektor 4y ago

For those of you looking to replicate this but without the annoying rap lyrics: https://mubert.com/render https://mubert.com/render

boredemployee 4y ago

I paid my bills for many years with music production, I made LOTS of music and I must say that tool could be a curse and a blessing. But I can't avoid the feeling that we gonna get replaced, really really soon.

mdrzn 4y ago

"in the style of Flume" not too far honestly: https://beatbot.fm/song/1e8914eeaace444aa061ae84337f5bae https://beatbot.fm/song/1e8914eeaace444aa061ae84337f5bae