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Is this currently working on mobile? I’m not getting audio but seeing indications that it is playing, so maybe it’s just not accounted for. I love Brian Eno, so I’m super excited to see something like this pop up. Would love to contribute generative systems!
Beware: my top of line android phone rebooted itself after a minute or so of music.
Simple, but pleasant. This is how it starts. It might take some time, but I think most ambient music in video games will eventually be procedural. EDIT: Just want to say that these are better than I expected. As good or better than about half the ambient music recommendations I get on Spotify.
Yeah, the first thing I thought of when seeing this was video game BGM. Ideally you would want some way to smoothly change the parameters over time as the player moves from one zone to the next, although you could probably cheat it pretty well just by having a separate track for each zone and cross-fading between them.
I see some people are having a rough time on mobile devices so I wanted to help with that. I have found that iOS Safari will mute the site if you have your iPhone in silent mode (there might be a way for me to fix this but I haven't explored it much yet). However, you'll probably find that many of the pieces snap crackle and pop a bit on mobile devices. I'm looking into ways to improve that but for now unfortunately the best advice I have is to try it on your desktop or laptop or to try some of the less complex pieces towards the end of the list. I really appreciate the feedback; I've only done so much testing with the devices I have available so hearing from more people with a larger range of devices is super helpful. Feel free to open issues on Github as well: https://github.com/generative-music/generative.fm/issues
If you like this type of thing and want to go darker/heavier, Iron Cthulhu Apocalypse and Cryo Chamber are personal favorites of mine for “music” while programming.
Similarly good are parts of the Fallout OSTs and Minecraft OST. I have listend to a bunch of game and movie OSTs for films and games I haven't even watched, it's a great source of programming backing tracks.
Any recommendations for a textbook or scholarly work on generative music?
Hey folks, I'm the creator of the site and the music on it. I'm happy people are enjoying the music. I see some people are having a rough time on mobile devices so I wanted to help with that. I have found that iOS Safari will mute the site if you have your iPhone in silent mode (there might be a way for me to fix this but I haven't explored it much yet). However, you'll probably find that many of the pieces snap crac…