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I may be opening a can-of-worms by asking this question. But, what are the rights around using this algorithmically generated music? Is it free use? Who owns the copyright
Wow, excellent execution. I listen to a lot of acid and am amazed how good this sounds. Great way to discover interesting patterns for further music making as well I can imagine; how would that work with copyright though?
It reminds me of a project done some years ago, some people generated millions (billions?) of melodies as a means of trolling copyright claims.
I remember installing ReBirth on my PC many years ago, and so amazed that it can emulate two whole friggin' TB303 analog machines, with a 909 drum kit too, just using the CPU. Which was pegged to 99% during playback. And here we are today, the same thing is running in my browser and taking 2% CPU.
Yep rebirth was amazing. Even more amazing was Reason from the same company I think. Wasted so much time on reason.
They went the subscription route though (if you look hard enough at the website you can still buy the software).
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> snuck into a club, impersonated a DJ, and just pressed play on this, I think even without touching it, no one would notice anything's amiss. That very much depends on the club.
I mean I don't even know if people actually listen to acid or if it's a genre of music that online projects like this seem to latch on to. I don't recall (but I'm pretty insular) it being a thing anywhere. Trance/dance music, sure. I guess acid is a subgenre?
Nice! I love acid music, such a simple formula with infinite variation. There's something so delicious about the wobble of a 303 bassline. I just want to mention Tin Man for those who are interested in acid. He writes, mostly, quite palatable (often mournful) tunes at house music tempo, but he has a good range and goes full banger at times. A real wizard with a heart for the genre. https://www.discogs.com/artist/3139…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpEDpgCbCPg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COTZGbcS5BQ
Also. Rashad Becker masters most of the Dozzy's and Tin Man works. Very betufiful mastering work: so mellow, so clear and spacious. Take a listen of Donato Dozzy - K album on a good system, you'll hear so many details and beautiful spatial placement.
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Hands up if you were at an illegal rave in 2021! :)
They're probably all illegal in 2021 in countries with social distancing laws :o
1. The whole thing is done in 1000 lines of code after unobfuscation (including 808 and 303 emulation, sequencer, random generation, UI) - technically it's quite impressive.
2. Part of why it makes such good patterns seems to be reliance on octaves. The patterns usually contain at least 50% or more of the same note repeated, across one or more octaves, and coinciding with rhythmic beats. Even when the notegen set is just F2, F2, F3, F4, G#4 (mostly all the same note) it's quite listenable.
Wow, excellent execution. I listen to a lot of acid and am amazed how good this sounds. Great way to discover interesting patterns for further music making as well I can imagine; how would that work with copyright though?
IANAL but, it's not illegal if you don't get charged with anything. It reminds me of a project done some years ago, some people generated millions (billions?) of melodies as a means of trolling copyright claims.
This comment here sums up how bonkers the pandemic is and what effect it's having on people: that was reported in February of last year!
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/ne...