Monday, 2 December 2013
Thursday, 14 November 2013
Thursday, 31 October 2013
Since there is no way to 100% protect digital assets
I have spent 2 days reviewing some old territory for digital asset protection, and some new strategies as well, and there truly is no 100% proof method to protect digital assets posted for internet viewing, on any web server, at any time, in any way.
Digital image and music assets, particularly original works created expressly for use with original digital games, can be ripped in some way, no matter the method of obfuscation used.
So, to the potential rippers and hackers of my to-be-launched game, I send my greetz to ya all and expect you to kowtow to my greatness as a creator of such wonderful art and music that you need so desperately to rip, hack and pass of as your own or to make money from it for yourselves. I pwn you all when you do that.
Monday, 21 October 2013
DJ-type mixing software
http://www.mixxx.org/
http://www.virtualdj.com/download/free.html
The second one is free for non-commercial use only.
I need to try out some midi mixing.
http://www.virtualdj.com/download/free.html
The second one is free for non-commercial use only.
I need to try out some midi mixing.
Wednesday, 2 October 2013
Tuesday, 1 October 2013
Sound Helix - do not understand how to export MIDI file
Sound Helix: Can generate and play music piece, but cannot export / save the MIDI file. Do not understand how to instruct software to export midi file.
Monday, 30 September 2013
Thursday, 26 September 2013
Wednesday, 25 September 2013
Thursday, 19 September 2013
Notes On Music Creation Software I plan on using (Windows / Webpage)
List of Generative Music Software
A) Online generators:
Abundant-Music (out music can be aesthetically awkward at times; free)
Otomata (ambient groove style music pieces; free - iOS versions are paid)
P22 music generator (simplistic and somewhat awkward music output; free; text2music)
Fake Music Generator (unremarkable aesthetic output, but free)
Wolfram Tone Generator (non-comm only)
B) Installed into my Windows machine:
-Music Generators:
cgMusic (aesthetically less than pleasing music pieces generated; free version output non-comm use only)
NodeBeat (good ambient groove; free - iOS versions are paid)
DiatonicComposer (free, but output midi overwrites each previously-generated file; need to be careful to rename after each generation)
pMusic jar archive version (good melody line and percussion, but chord progressions are monotonously similar across generated output)
Sleeping Dragon Forever Radio (ambient soundscape generation)
LPMG - generates random midi music one track at a time; laggy interface; free but rather rudimentary.
-Live Performance Art x Music software:
IanniX - looks damn complicated to use
-Support software:
-- Freeware MIDI Editors installed into my Windows machine:
Domino (Japanese version)
MuseScore
Notation Player
OpenMPT (unexpectedly changes speed of imported midi file)
Piano Roll Composer (can render WAV from midi)
Sekaiju midi editor (can music piece play as loop; uses midi1 instead of midi0)
Seq4 - a sequencer
Simple Piano - yup what it says
--Support apps required for my Windows machine:
ASIO4ALL
Coolsoft VirtualMidiSynth
SyFoneOne
LoopBE1 (non-comm use)
-- Sound Editors:
Audacity - free. Good.
(Back in the day, HammerHead by Bram Bos was really kicking. Heck, I just re-installed it for fun ! And who remembers CoolEdit96 ?! It did a good job of wav editing.)
iOS Apps which I have installed for Generative Music
I went through quite a number of iOS apps and have retained the following for further consideration.
My criteria are for shortlisting the apps are, in order of importance:
1) Free, preferably;
2) Must generate music procedurally;
3) Must save out to midi or wave file;
4) Must not have restrictions on use of output content (the music).
Cycler3D Free - not an easy interface to learn; still figuring out what to do inside this generator.
Poly Synthesizer with low delay - nice alternative interface to making sounds
Midi Tool - still figuring out what to do inside this.
MidiPads Lite - still figuring out what to do inside this.
iRockPlayer - still figuring out what to do inside this.
Ministepz - matrix-based boom-chik boom-chik drumkit groove creator
Arix-303 - matrix-based retro-synth groove creator
Sound Zen - matrix-based groove creator
2billionsongs - keeps crashing at this time !
TrueChords - for when I pretend to play the guitar again
HexaSound - I actually played a duet with a family member using their own installed version ! Unusual interface, easy to get used to. A sweet app !
Sweet Midi - I needed a virtual midi device on my iPad.
TEFView - works using TEF format files, shows scores.
Utakaell - Midi playback (among other formats)
PatternMusic - not an easy interface to learn; I am still figuring out what to do with this generator.
BeatWave - matrix-based sound generator; needs a bit of patience to figure out what sounds are assigned to which matrix cell.
Bucephalus - nice crunchy rock guitar sounds; randomly-generated based on physics and gravity. Learning slope.
Musync - generates sounds from collisions of graphical components on screen; physics based; I am still figuring out how I can use this.
Wednesday, 18 September 2013
Tuesday, 17 September 2013
cgMusic - output not that pleasing
cgMusic - Can computers create music? | Casual Games Harmony
Private and non-comm use if you use free version. Output is most aesthetically unpleasant.
Private and non-comm use if you use free version. Output is most aesthetically unpleasant.
Monday, 16 September 2013
Monday, 9 September 2013
Setting MIDI In and OUT in Domino 1.42 Japanese version
This is not a guide to using all features of the Japanese version of Domino 1.42 ! I can only share how I set the MIDI IN and OUT, in order that I can hear a MIDI file playing.
As at time of this writing, my notebook is a Windows 7 x64 Lenovo 4GB RAM, without fancy sound card. I had to install Loopbe1 freeware to get a virtual MIDI input device. I used Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth as default MIDI output device.
Here is how I found the place to set the MIDI input and output in Domino 1.42 Japanese version.
First, you can simply press F12. OR you can click on the File item ( top left item which has the " (F) " ) on the top menu bar, and you get this drop down menu. Select the item with the tool graphic ( the "F12" ).
Either way will open up the following pop-up window:
In the left pane, you will see MIDI-IN and MIDI-OUT listed among other items. First click on MIDI-IN. Then, for each of the items in the right pane, you need to click on the option bar (it has a small down arrow graphic). Select LoopBE Internal MIDI for each of the items (No idea about details; I just want to be sure I get everything played through my computer.)
Next, go back to the left pane and select MIDI-OUT.
Then, go to the right pane and click on each row of the MIDI-OUT column. Each row will open up the options available, like this:
Do not choose the same device as the MIDI-IN ! So, I selected the Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth. I did this for all the rows because I simply want to ensure all the output gets fed through my computer.
Click the OK button to exit the pop-up window and return to the main workspace of Domino 1.42.
As at time of this writing, my notebook is a Windows 7 x64 Lenovo 4GB RAM, without fancy sound card. I had to install Loopbe1 freeware to get a virtual MIDI input device. I used Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth as default MIDI output device.
Here is how I found the place to set the MIDI input and output in Domino 1.42 Japanese version.
Either way will open up the following pop-up window:
In the left pane, you will see MIDI-IN and MIDI-OUT listed among other items. First click on MIDI-IN. Then, for each of the items in the right pane, you need to click on the option bar (it has a small down arrow graphic). Select LoopBE Internal MIDI for each of the items (No idea about details; I just want to be sure I get everything played through my computer.)
Next, go back to the left pane and select MIDI-OUT.
Then, go to the right pane and click on each row of the MIDI-OUT column. Each row will open up the options available, like this:
Click the OK button to exit the pop-up window and return to the main workspace of Domino 1.42.
Sunday, 8 September 2013
Cooliojazz's PMusic JAR app (UPDATED)
UPDATED:
Well, let me be frank. I tried quite a number of randomly-seeded generations. There is definitely similarity across results in terms of chord progression and rhythm pattern.
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http://www.omnimaga.org/index.php?PHPSESSID=8ru1nme4mcibki1moujpfkf0m2&topic=16227.msg293424#msg293424
This is one of the better procedural music generator apps I have come across to-date. (Of course, I prefer freeware apps to begin with, therefore I cannot comment on commercial music generators, as I have not purchased any yet.)
The creator of PMusic goes by the username Cooliojazz. He has made it available in the Omnimaga discussion thread linked above. The app is distributed as a Jar file, which launches and functions fine in my computers running Windows 8 (64-bit desktop) and Windows 7 (64-bit notebook).
Unfortunately, the jar file cannot be used on my iPad 5, iPod 5 nor iPhone 4. neither can it be used on my Blackberry Playbook. Why ? The answer is simple: These tablets do not run Java, which is required for Jar files.
Too Bad ! Got to generate the music using my Windows machines only !
Important note: For the sake of disambiguation, I ought to mention that the term "PMusic" has been used in so many different ways for so many different things on the internet, that I doubt any one party can claim the right to use that name. A simple Google search will return diverse results for the term "PMusic". So, always search with a second term "cooliojazz", and that gets you closer to what you want.
Well, let me be frank. I tried quite a number of randomly-seeded generations. There is definitely similarity across results in terms of chord progression and rhythm pattern.
=================
http://www.omnimaga.org/index.php?PHPSESSID=8ru1nme4mcibki1moujpfkf0m2&topic=16227.msg293424#msg293424
This is one of the better procedural music generator apps I have come across to-date. (Of course, I prefer freeware apps to begin with, therefore I cannot comment on commercial music generators, as I have not purchased any yet.)
The creator of PMusic goes by the username Cooliojazz. He has made it available in the Omnimaga discussion thread linked above. The app is distributed as a Jar file, which launches and functions fine in my computers running Windows 8 (64-bit desktop) and Windows 7 (64-bit notebook).
Unfortunately, the jar file cannot be used on my iPad 5, iPod 5 nor iPhone 4. neither can it be used on my Blackberry Playbook. Why ? The answer is simple: These tablets do not run Java, which is required for Jar files.
Too Bad ! Got to generate the music using my Windows machines only !
Important note: For the sake of disambiguation, I ought to mention that the term "PMusic" has been used in so many different ways for so many different things on the internet, that I doubt any one party can claim the right to use that name. A simple Google search will return diverse results for the term "PMusic". So, always search with a second term "cooliojazz", and that gets you closer to what you want.
Saturday, 7 September 2013
PMusic - Procedural Music Generator
PMusic - Procedural Music Generator Have not tried it out yet. Other people's output sounds pretty darn good.
some apps for me to explore for generative music
http://www.earslap.com/projectslab/circuli
http://www.earslap.com/projectslab/otomata
http://www.synthtopia.com/content/tag/generative-music/
http://discchord.com/blog/2012/3/27/two-new-generative-music-apps-now-available.html
http://adamflorin.com/work/loom/loom-a-generative-music-platform
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=processing.android.orbits&hl=ja
http://www.essl.at/software.html
http://ipadproducer.com/category/generative-music-app-ipadapps/
http://ipadloops.com/tag/generative-music-app/
http://www.earslap.com/projectslab/otomata
http://www.synthtopia.com/content/tag/generative-music/
http://discchord.com/blog/2012/3/27/two-new-generative-music-apps-now-available.html
http://adamflorin.com/work/loom/loom-a-generative-music-platform
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=processing.android.orbits&hl=ja
http://www.essl.at/software.html
http://ipadproducer.com/category/generative-music-app-ipadapps/
http://ipadloops.com/tag/generative-music-app/
Wolfram Tone Generator not working for me
Sadly, this procedural music generator cannot produce sound for me in IE10, nor Chrome, in Windows 8. The webpage coding must be out-of-date.
http://tones.wolfram.com/generate/
http://tones.wolfram.com/generate/
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