Stupid question: what role can AI play in sheet music software?
A few years ago, I found a recording where someone punched Beethoven's Ninth into a computer and played it back with stock Super Nintendo sound samples, and embarrassingly, it had the cleanest scales that I had ever heard. Someone then pointed me to the conductor Ivan Fischer, who not only oversaw extremely clean violin sections but drew out every little theme. Later, I learned about Glen Gould's famous recording of Brahms' piano concerto and how he saw himself as interpreter, not blind votary.
This year, I discovered the songwriter Obscurest Vinyl, and his newer songs have a much cleaner, less computer-y tone and even better pronunciation in the voices than a few years ago: compare "I Glued My Balls to my Butthole Again" to last year's "All I Want for Christmas is Glue". AI has started to seriously rival the world's best musicians and I'd love to see that power in the hands of people with more ambitious goals than this.
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AI can analyse music from a variety of sources and create a composition that mimics but does not exactly duplicate them. Pretty soon (if not already), AI can ask other AI what they think of the tune and, based upon the ratings, select the best output sheet music. It's role, therefore, is to create ersatz music without the need to employ a human composer. Currently this is at the behest of a human who wishes to either attain fame or to make money but eventually AI will initiate it, AI will create it, AI will rate it, AI will tweak it and AI will start to become popular and then make money. What will AI do with the money, though, but create more AI and then exploit the humans?
In reply to AI can analyse music from a… by underquark
I think you make a very bold accusation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPlOYPGMRws
We have no reason to think a person didn't write this music and only used AI samples to record it. I also want to know what kind of fame and fortune this is supposed to bring a person who doesn't tour and perform it on stage.
In reply to I think you make a very bold… by SkinIrritant
In fact, we have reason to know that's exactly what happened: https://www.reddit.com/r/ObscurestVinyl/comments/1c718zh/hey_im_the_guy…
I would say that the only "stupid" part of the question is what do these groups/recordings have to do with sheet music? The answer: none to speak of.
AI in music has really improved a lot, and in the 90s it was beyond your thinking.
As you mentioned, mechanical devices/services are now producing cleaner, more natural tones with better expression, almost like listening to top performers. It’s exciting to think about how these tools can empower both hobbyists and professionals to create in new ways. Recently, I came across this helpful list of different platforms and apps: AI Music Tools- https://techshark.io/tools/category/music/
It shows that how quickly the technology is growing, and it makes me wonder what the future of music will look like when more ambitious creators start using them.