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#575342 01/10/20 07:59 AM
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This was just for fun. I was playing with the 2020 version of BiaB and let it do all the work. I did change the midi tracks to real tracks. But, other than some volume settings, this is all BiaB. Beginning to make me wonder if a real musician is needed anymore!?!

https://soundcloud.com/user3562166/saxy-blues

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You'll be gigging soon!
Make sure you bring your computer.

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Interested AI tune. There're some clunks between one sax tone and another but nothing #5 couldn't adapt to.


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Thanks rayc. Question: What is the reference nothing #5 couldn't adapt to.
refer to?

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Hi wrayer,

you're right - BIAB is an absolutely amazing software.

And your (very nice!) SAXY BLUES is living proof: You could hear it somewhere, not even in the background, and you wouldn't know it's software-made.

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Pretty darn cool! I give a lot of credit to the BIAB software, but I also believe a lot of credit goes to the chord progressions you selected. BIAB clearly knows a bit of music theory, so it makes "safe" choices, but it's definitely got a hint of flair in there too. I think you were able to corral it into some very good choices. Fun stuff!


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Yes, it's scary-good sometimes. laugh

But... you can make it even better with some intervention. For example, the riff at 0:26 doesn't really fit in with what happened before it. At at 2:00, there's a similar jump. At 2:16, it sounds like two different ideas are spliced together.

It's sort of like generating poetry with a Markov chain - at the micro level, it works, but there's little connectivity once you move from sentence to sentence.

But if you took that into a DAW and edited it so phrases repeated, and enforced some structure on it?

Add a little human intelligence to that AI, and you've got some even sweeter music. wink


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Nice experiment William...
I think it showcases the abilities of Biab very well.


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Excellent song Sax sounds great


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I just wanted to find out what BiaB can do on its own. The future is hear and as a practicing musician, it sometimes scares me. Isee see hints of the "Star Wars" Cantina! ;-)


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I enjoyed my listen - really smooth, and definitely doesn't sound software-generated. A bit clunky at points like rayc mentioned, but overall a solid tune.

Thanks for sharing smile


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