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Re: Ask HN: AI-Generated Music?

#33

Post by winternett »

One thing that's been pretty interesting is AI vocal splitting, which has revolutionized the art of remixing music that couldn't be fully remixed before.

I used it to remix one of my favorite songs ever by Biz Markie just before he passed last year. It ended up being the last remix made of his music before his passing, and I sent it to his manager just before, so I'd like to believe he heard it.

It still has a ways to go (as audio quality can be spotty and incomplete), but these online services can often separate more than just vocals now, they can cut individual instruments out of music, and even create pretty good instrumentals. I have been able to remove uncleared vocals from fully mixed tunes that I've made so they can be released as well. I never thought it would have been possible 20 years ago when I started music. As for AI generated music, I think it will be a travesty to de-value or remove humans from the music/art making process entirely, it will always likely be something derivative of human work in essence anyway, but I don't think it will ever match the depth and soul of human-generated music to people who truly know and love music, some things just can't be emulated.

Here's the remix video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xL14JH5f-qM

Re: Ask HN: AI-Generated Music?

#34

Post by Rochus »

Here is a recent, interesting survey paper: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01660772

From my perspective as a trained, practicing musician MuseNet produces quite credible results: https://openai.com/blog/musenet/. But we're not yet there; AI generated music is still recognizable as such. Another, earlier project with very good results was https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/publication/automat...; unfortunately the website is no longer active.

Re: Ask HN: AI-Generated Music?

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Post by kyriakos »

winternett wrote: post #33

One thing that's been pretty interesting is AI vocal splitting, which has revolutionized the art of remixing music that couldn't be fully remixed before. I used it to remix one of my favorite songs ever by Biz Markie just before he passed last year. It ended up being the last remix made of his music before his passing, and I sent it to his manager just before, so I'd like to believe he heard it. It still has a ways t…

which service/software did you use for splitting?

Re: Ask HN: AI-Generated Music?

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Post by a-dub »

a few years ago i went to a talk by some people that were working on this kind of stuff within google brain. unfortunately i don't remember any names though.

edit: just had a look. it appears to now be the magenta project which is referenced elsewhere in this thread.

Re: Ask HN: AI-Generated Music?

#38

Post by songeater »

I've been working with OpenAi's jukebox to make vocals / "singer-songwriter" type stuff rather than electronica. Can do a HN writeup on process if there is interest...

Youtube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lcCJzfXl50&list=PLaa32nLgVv...

SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/songshtr/sets/machinecroon

Github: https://songshtr.github.io

The main challenge for me so far has been post-processing. Jukebox produces very "scratchy" / lofi outputs... and I've been DIY'ing with Audacity. Thinking of getting a track professionally mastered to see just how far the boundary is...

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