W17 - Meld
By ENC_ on April 28, 2024 7:44 pm
Been both slow and fast week getting info long distance about family matters. Medical improvements and car crashes. Thinking about working in tech, disappointment and appreciation of people's short comings, and my existential biases. Conversation of intelligence in Roadside Picnic keeps coming up.
Took 19 mile bike ride. Watched terminator 1 + 2 and alien (in theater). Listened to Superficial Intellegence III by The Fellow Passenger, Death From Above, Sonic Youth, and Sun Gazer. Found an old Steve Reich My Name Is live bootleg from a 1970 performance on vinyl at the Berkeley music institution. Was a highlight to listen to the phased music. Restarted reading Box Man by Kobo Abe. Picked up Condensed Basquiat monograph and Ted Chiang's Story of Your Life. late night the absurdity of Dr Stone. It's all blended together. Hosting friends for L's birthday at our house. Day of upload. Worked on upload for a few hours over 2 days. Most time lost generating material with AI.
Further developed Operator Drum machine tools.
Software Used:
Ableton
Fors Lode
Fors Romb
RX950
Tal-UnoX
Amigo
Ozone 10
Udio (AI sample generation)
Moog MG-104f Delay
Radiator
Explored AI music generation. Been meaning to explore as a sound design tool for a while. Resolution is fuzzy but useable in certain applications. The less conventional the prompts, the more the hazy effect becomes prominent. Some prompts used include, morph, melt, meld, ambient, deconstructed, abstract, and electronic instrument names. Took a while to get usable sample material.
Sequenced and processed the material with additional layers. Usual generative midi sequencing used. Focused on recreating the morphing styles from my recent live sets and others seen in more experimental electronic DJ mixes. Feels semi-successful but as a traditional song composition a bit underwhelming. Could feel more seemless with more impactful changes. Good as a proof of concept. I'd be happy to explore this again.
Making full songs with AI felt entertaining as a novelty but not a pleasant listening experience. I am unimpressed by the technology in that way. "No love in it" as my partner says.
Filename: "w17-Meldmelt" Ableton,
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