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
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