Machine Learning Music Composed by Fragments of 100s of Terabytes of Recordings

Kroeler | 84 points

Computer-generated art will have to face very soon the problem that the sheer novelty that a computer can generate (at least apparently) meaningful content like photos, etc. will run out, and people will start expecting that the results are actually good.

thanatropism | 5 years ago

Regarding some machine Learning concept, Do you also think some websites which helps in finding chords can have a problem with their cloud storage as well. Like I am amateur to ask this question but just want to know if machine learning is being used in some websites like for ex. say ( https://www.guitaa.com/), Then will it affect the efficiency or responsiveness of the website as well or not?

Because if the website is providing the whole youtube library, then it must be needed a vast amount of storage on the cloud as well. This question is maybe a little out of relation with the main one, But still would like to know the answer!

DavidComposing | 5 years ago

Reminds me of some of the 60's-70's era electro-accoustic experimenting, with the exception of some of the more modern synth sounds that crop up here and there. Actually, during the first couple of minutes Berio (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luciano_Berio) came to mind, though I'm not exactly sure how fair that reference really is.

sbuttgereit | 5 years ago

Rather abrasive music in my opinion, although I suppose "abrasive music" is still music, so maybe this is qualified praise?

How does "100s of Terabytes" compare to the amount of music the average human composer/musician listens to over the course of their career?

darkpuma | 5 years ago

Little did we know that an AI studying over 100 years worth of music would approximate Merzbow.

2Ccltvcm | 5 years ago

Fast foreard 7 minute. The start of Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du printemps, that continous to become something else. Nice remix.

thomasfl | 5 years ago

Potentially important question: is the ML system a "derivative work" of the input music? How about its output?

pjc50 | 5 years ago

The bit I random skipped to sounds pretty terrible. Barely "music".

I've definitely heard much better AI-generated music, e.g. stuff from Wavenet.

IshKebab | 5 years ago

Thanks for sharing. I have always found machine learning fascinating; to see it put to use for something beautiful is a wonderful experience.

nerdymom26 | 5 years ago

Nothing impressive but its a start

kilon | 5 years ago