Originally Posted By: major7th
Ah, crap. Well, ok... sigh.

Here's something I discovered though, when it comes to the Melodist...

1. If you disable ALL instances of the "count in" - no lead-in bar, no count in, nothing.... right after you generate a melody with Melodist (but KEEP your chord changes AND keep the style and tempo)... it usually generates a bigger variety of melodies on the melody track.

2. Is there a maximum set of rhythms and phrases that Melodist creates? It doesn't seem to be fully "random." I hear the same melody AND rhythm repeated almost every 4 or 5 times I use Melodist over the same progression (in my case, the "Let It Be" verse chords). I just wanted to see how creative BIAB could get, but it seemed like it had a maximum of 10-12 "melodies" or at least, melody rhythms that it uses. Quite bizarre...

Thoughts?



I have not done #1.

I have noticed what you refer to in #2. It did replicate a melody riff which appeared in a song I had done..... a few weeks later in a totally new song in the same general style.

so.....

I mute the melody now and don't let it play. That way, I'm free to do my own melody in the chord progression it creates.

As time goes on and you learn more about this program, you will find a way to work that you like and things will smooth out... for now however, please do continue to experiment and discover what it can and can not do. That info will serve you well later on.

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