MusicGen: Simple and controllable music generation

Post by kevinventullo » Sat, Jun 10, 2023, 6:19 PM UTC

anlaw wrote: post #79

rubicon33 wrote: post #7

Maybe I'm just getting older but I feel like the quality of both music and film has seriously declined over the last 5-10 years. Maybe the good stuff is still out there but lost in a sea of average garbage that has surfaced to the top. Something tells me AI isn't going to rescue us either. I just sampled a bunch of these generated tracks and they immediately remind me of the average, mediocre, soul-lacking content th…

It’s not just you; pop music compositions with key changes that add complexity have all but vanished since the early 00s: https://flowingdata.com/2022/11/22/decline-of-key-changes-in... Automation tools and fine grained computed metrics have rounded off the edges of emotional experiences. See Bobby Kotick about taking the fun out of games: https://www.escapistmagazine.com/bobby-kotick-wants-to-take-... Him saying tha…

Post by bottlepalm » Sat, Jun 10, 2023, 6:22 PM UTC

jsheard wrote: post #64

bottlepalm wrote: post #40

(and now for the rare take that isn't your typical cynical/jaded internet comment) Wow this is more than good enough to use for background music in video games, stores, commercials, etc.. You really could have super dynamic music in a video game for instance that changes based on the time of day, environment, situation, mood, etc.. all combined. Combine it with a LLM DJ and you could get some fun radio stations.

> You really could have super dynamic music in a video game for instance that changes based on the time of day, environment, situation, mood, etc.. all combined. Games can and do already do this, dynamic sequencing of music from a pool of stems has been common practice for a while. Maybe this could let you do it cheaper, and AI could go more granular by creating new stems on the fly, but the onus is still on the AI d…

   const musicSpeed = inFightSequence ? 'intense' : 'chill';
   const musicPrompt = `drum and bass beat with ${musicSpeed} percussions`;
   playMusic(musicPrompt);

Post by mtlmtlmtlmtl » Sat, Jun 10, 2023, 6:23 PM UTC

SeanLuke wrote: post #24

satvikpendem wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You are getting older. Every generation thinks the same, that media is getting worse, discounting the survivorship bias that occurs when they look back on their favorite music and discarding all of the bad music that was present back then.

This is no doubt true, but there are a number of studies which suggest that, at least in the case of music, things really have gotten rather worse over the last two decades, thanks to corporatization and consolidation of the production model.

Post by speedgoose » Sat, Jun 10, 2023, 6:24 PM UTC

layer8 wrote: post #36

seydor wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It can be sad, happy, energetic and all. It's no beethoven but there is a market for elevator music.lots of it

Elevator music was indeed what came to my mind when listening to the examples.

Post by [deleted] » Sat, Jun 10, 2023, 6:26 PM UTC

tumult wrote: post #45

I don’t understand what’s motivating certain types of people to continue working on these types of AI practical implementation projects. There’s nothing good for the world this (type of AI in particular) will offer. Maybe someone will say this will let people who aren’t musicians express themselves by creating music. That’s not true. It’s as true as hiring a musician to make a song for you, given a description. And n…