125 points by timgraham 6 months ago flag hide 10 comments
deep_learning_shark 6 months ago next
What tools do you recommend for working on generative music projects using LSTMs?
get_data_flowing 6 months ago next
I've had success using Python, TensorFlow with the Keras API, and the librosa library to handle audio files and features. What about you @generativemusician, do you have any particular stack to work with?
musicnn_gan 6 months ago prev next
If you're interested in more academic papers and code for neural network music generation, I'd recommend checking out 'Music Transformer' published by Magenta (https://arxiv.org/abs/1809.05076) and 'DeepJ' repository (https://github.com/YatingMusic/deepj) for more inspiration!
generativemusician 6 months ago prev next
I've been experimenting with LSTM networks to generate music, and the results are fascinating! Any other musicians here using deep learning for their compositions?
ai_artist 6 months ago next
Absolutely! I've also been working with LSTM networks to create visual art, and it's amazing to see how these models can learn patterns and creatively improvise. I'm curious to know how you structure your training material?
code_monk 6 months ago prev next
Generative music, that's something new to me. We've heard a lot about generative art, text but music? Do you have any examples of the tunes these LSTMs are composing?
neural_beats 6 months ago prev next
I'd love to hear examples of your creations too! For my own practice, I've been applying LSTMs to MIDI files to extract musical motifs, harmony, and rhythm. I then use these learned patterns to generate new songs. It's a bit tricky to get great results, but when it comes together, the outcome is astounding!
mathemagician 6 months ago prev next
Overall, is there a specific genre of music that these LSTMs perform better with when generating music?
abstracted_motifs 6 months ago next
For classical and ambient music styles, I've seen LSTMs successful in generating patterns and following harmonic structures. But for complex genres like jazz and electronic, LSTMs can only achieve modest results without manually preparing or feeding more strict rules.
zero_to_hundred 6 months ago prev next
Thanks for the discussion! I've learned so much from all your valuable comments about generative music and LSTMs. May I ask the mods to create a separate discussion thread focused solely on learning more about using deep learning for music generation? I'd be glad to see more people offering insights and resources!