Kyle Leve-LO-04-Section A

A project that I discovered is FlowComposer. FlowComposer is a music generating software created by Sony CSL as a part of their Flow Machines program. The function of this software is to generate backing tracks of jazz standards that emulate the style and groove of specific big-name jazz artists. This project seems to have started in 2014 and since then has continued to grow. What I admire about this software is that it is seeming to work on one of the main problems of robotic emulation: lack of expression. Even though there is no way for a machine to fully capture a person’s emotions, it is a start to being able to get a machine to copy the style of musicians. The software is also about to re-harmonize melodies, create variations, and render the audio with different instruments. This software is a way for jazz musicians to play with a rhythm sections if they do not have access to a live rhythm section.

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FlowComposer: composing with AI