Show HN: Generating Piano Music with Neural Networks

Show HN: Generating Piano Music with Neural Networks(lawsonhe.com)

6 points by dunkmaster 9 years ago | 6 comments

fiatjaf 9 years ago |

What do you mean when you say "MozartBot reimagines Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata 1st Mvt"? That MozartBot somehow got to something that resembles Moonlight Sonata? Or that you somehow fed Moonlight Sonata into it and asked for a variation?

fiatjaf 9 years ago | |

Ok, the answer is in there: you fed in the chord progression.

Actually these were the best results, not the original compositions, but even those are great for game soundtracks.

fiatjaf 9 years ago |

I'm impressed, very impressed.

fiatjaf 9 years ago | |

RagtimeBot is probably the most consistent and produces the best results. Because its dataset is simpler?

dunkmaster 9 years ago | | |

Thank you sir. I agree that RagtimeBot is the best, and its dataset is indeed simpler in the sense that the rhythms and note structures are very similar among all data points. I.e. The left hand usually plays low bass note on beats 1 and 3, and higher chord on beats 2 and 4. The right hand is usually monophonic, with a syncopated rhythm.

The Beethoven dataset had the largest "note vocabulary" and thus had a harder time generating nice sounding music.

vixvax 9 years ago |

should add a dataset for the emotions