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My whole job is big-model GenAI music stuff and I'm still unclear what counts as "generative." Are loops in Ableton generative? What about that GarageBand drumm

• ecjhdnc2025 2y ago
  The traditional concept of generative music was that it was different each time and varied/developed/evolved while playing. So it's generative in the way "generative design" is, but not oriented towards optimising for a goal, if that makes sense. I don't know about Ableton loops but I've met some drummers like this but they are usually not all that popular. So I am guessing that is not what GarageBand is aiming at, in quite the same way. ;-) Though perhaps that is generative in the sense of optimising towards a goal; I've not used it. Eno's work was initially done with the Koan and I think he ended up in a sort of symbiotic relationship with the developers. It was a big deal for a while in computer music magazines in the 90s.