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Yeah ... that's a bit of an issue - it's because I built a custom simple synthesizer that's not quite as good as a full blown one. Thank you for the feedback! This is something I intend to tackle in upcoming releases.
Same, on Vanadium. Very cool nonetheless
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Re: Show HN: LatentScore – Type a mood, get procedural/ambient music (open source)
#12The generated palette seem to be a great indicator of whether the model understood the prompt or not.
I Haven't checked out the Python SDK yet, but it seems very interesting!
I'm curious to know if there is any reason for why you picked Gemma 1B for the Expressive model. Did it generate more cohesive parameters than other 1B models? Or was it just the first one you picked?
Re: Show HN: LatentScore – Type a mood, get procedural/ambient music (open source)
#13The Fast demo model is already very impressive. It was way better than expected, but still required being a bit verbose since it didn't seem to understand rarer words ("sauna" didn't get me anything pleasant, "hot sauna" did). The generated palette seem to be a great indicator of whether the model understood the prompt or not. I Haven't checked out the Python SDK yet, but it seems very interesting! I'm curious to kno…
In fact, the 'fast' model (literally embedding lookup over a pre-generated library of music ... generated using Best-of-N on Gemini Flash) beats nearly everything - including Gemini Flash, Claude Opus, Gemma models.
Re: Show HN: LatentScore – Type a mood, get procedural/ambient music (open source)
#14I kinda liked how well you can fine-tune parameters of the music. Could be useful as dynamic soundtracks for games in low resource settings
Yeah! That's one of the reasons I've exposed the Python SDK ... you could, in theory, even attach some sort of DAW that manipulates the music in real-time.
Re: Show HN: LatentScore – Type a mood, get procedural/ambient music (open source)
#15I ended up with kinda shrill. I was hoping for something that would sound like I’m listening to something while the coffee gets cold in a cabin.
Re: Show HN: LatentScore – Type a mood, get procedural/ambient music (open source)
#16I would really like to be able to run this on my phone. Use my Brilliant smart glasses to periodically take a picture, ask a model to describe the mood/setting, and get an ambient stream to match the mood.
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#17'"epic vampiric doom" suggests a bright and uplifting soundscape'? I'm not so sure about that
... I was hoping for something more like nightwish.
Re: Show HN: LatentScore – Type a mood, get procedural/ambient music (open source)
#18I like the concept, but it's not picking up what I'm putting down... '"epic vampiric doom" suggests a bright and uplifting soundscape'? I'm not so sure about that ... I was hoping for something more like nightwish.
If you're really curious, you could try the 'Custom LLM' feature - specifically 'Gemini Flash'. Here's the track it created when I gave it the same input.
It titled it, "Throne of the Eternal Night" and here's the justification it came up with, "A glacial, minor-key procession of heavy brass hits and deep sub-pulses, evoking the suffocating grandeur of an ancient, blood-soaked dynasty ending in shadow."
Music link: https://vocaroo.com/14bW1RJyubcC
Re: Show HN: LatentScore – Type a mood, get procedural/ambient music (open source)
#19I tried, “In the mood for country cowboy-ish music played for someone like John Wick bleeding out on a cold, snow-covered park bench.” I ended up with kinda shrill. I was hoping for something that would sound like I’m listening to something while the coffee gets cold in a cabin.
If you're really curious, you could try the 'Custom LLM' feature - specifically 'Gemini Flash'. Here's the track it created when I gave it the same input.
It titled it, "In the mood for country cowboy-ish music played for someone like John Wick bleeding out on a cold, snow-covered park bench." and here's the justification it came up with, "A weary, grit-laden Dorian lament for a fallen gunslinger, blending the cold isolation of vast reverb with the sharp, intimate pluck of a final, fading heartbeat."
Music link: https://vocaroo.com/1nepiOQ3mrCr
Re: Show HN: LatentScore – Type a mood, get procedural/ambient music (open source)
#20I really like the idea. But my one attempt was disappointing. "playful energetic urban fantasy at night" ended up set to "very slow" by default. I would really like to be able to run this on my phone. Use my Brilliant smart glasses to periodically take a picture, ask a model to describe the mood/setting, and get an ambient stream to match the mood.
Here's the song it created when I asked Gemini Flash to do it!
It called it, "Cobalt Kinetic" and explained that, "A high-velocity Mixolydian engine fueled by syncopated electronic pulses and glitchy accents, evoking the iridescent blur of hidden magic weaving through a midnight skyscraper canyon."
Here's the audio: https://vocaroo.com/1hjtPAxLWqyA