I ( tried ) to code a music generator...

Using python libraries , my basic knowledge of scales, time signatures and music theory, and Markov chains ( a branch of maths called stochastic, or so I'm told ), I tried to create a midi file generator.
The main goal of this project was to make a tool that could quickly produce ambient background music for things like videos and indie games.
The project is still very much a work in progress but I wanted to share what I had so far in the hopes I'd get some suggestions on what to do in the future.
I do eventually plan on creating a GUI and making all of this code publicly accessible and completely free to use.

[@jamiesonjones]

The KZbin algorithm about to cook with this one

[@jamiesonjones]

Okay but seriously I really enjoyed this, I hope it takes off!

[@Winkzoh]

Thank you! Even just the support so far has really helped motivate me.

[@liokit]

I tried something similar to this before but it completely failed, you did such a good job with it! Nice work. One criticism is that it's a tad quiet at the beginning of the track, but I doubt that'd be difficult to fix.

[@Winkzoh]

Yeah the base concepts are actually pretty simple, but making it seem rhythmic and melodic is something I'm still working on haha. I agree the track was too quiet, that's totally down to me being a terrible producer. Thank you so much for the feedback it really helps!

[@Me-sv2xe]

Well made ! I love the illustrations and the approach

[@Winkzoh]

Thank you so much! I'm still getting used to the whole video making process.

[@BooBar2521]

Nice project. Did you ever thought about generative Ai. Maybe to mimic a certain genre style. This sounded more like classic or choir

[@Winkzoh]

Thank you! I have been looking into how I'd create a small neural network and things like, for my projects I usually try to avoid using things that already exist.

[@BooBar2521]

@@Winkzoh as a computer scientist I would suggest you look into Autoencoder. I found your idea to encode music pretty nice. Won't it be a pretty nice project to generate new classic music or some other electronic music without text

[@duytdl]

I LIKE WHAT YOU GOT. GOOD JOB 🗿

[@Winkzoh]

Thank you! Even since uploading this video the code now produces much more realistic and rhythmic music.

[@mambo5431]

this is cool!

[@Winkzoh]

I'm glad you think so!

[@levinglatz9472]

Nice video and result! You could try the markov chains with song lyrics

[@Winkzoh]

Thank you! I do have some more complicated code for things like lyrics. I've been thinking about how I'd produce vocal melodies by combining them both.

[@yunarad0ki]

that's so fucking cool i love my youtube algorithm

[@Winkzoh]

Thank you!

[@Khantia]

Here I was expecting a jumbled mess of random notes, with no rhythm, but for some reason it wasn't that :D

[@marcostrada290]

Damn, good good job

[@dilutioncreation1317]

considering space a "note" of its own is a smart idea! Which songs did you feed it to create the probability charts?

[@Winkzoh]

It's crazy but I made the weightings just based on my music experience, definitely not the fastest way to do it. I do have some code that can convert music into probability charts, I'm just still trying to find the best way to do it in bulk.

[@LasWegas]

This is crazy!

[@devinmcmanus]

It's an interesting idea and I definitely think you're on to something. However, the example doesn't sound very musical to my ears. Can you feed the program a chord progression and have it generate a melody to fit the chords?

[@Winkzoh]

That's very interesting you say that, that's exactly what I'm working on right now! You're right that the different tracks need to be "aware" of each other otherwise you get what is essentially a bunch of melodies over each other. Once I've got it all working I plan to make a new video with all the other features I've added too.

[@devinmcmanus]

@@Winkzoh Awesome! Can't wait to see it.