Music generation using Algebra, presented as web MIDI shop

https://monictheory.com

by midi_finder • 1 month ago

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monictheory.com

midi_finder5• 1 month ago

Creator here! This is a new service. Let me know what you'd like to see in it!

Claro

hank1931• 1 month ago

On my iPhone, when I press Audition, it looks like it is playing something, but I do not hear anything coming through the speaker.

midi_finder5• 30 days ago

Is your mute switch in the "mute" state?

sporkl• 1 month ago

Would be curious to know how algebraic music theory is being applied here. Overall this seems pretty basic; no real voice leading, or even chords with more than 2 notes in them. Algebraic music theory runs pretty deep and I'm not seeing much of it applied here. I honestly can't imagine paying $7 for a two-voice, repetitive 40s long midi file.

Seems potentially LLM'd, account is new and I couldn't find any other sign of existence of the creator. They've also submitted this 4 times in the past month.

midi_finder5• 30 days ago

Re, algebraic music theory: I'm working on videos explaining my approach to music composition. There's also some articles coming out soon on the website.

Don't expect me to give all my secrets away for free; I'm fighting the LLMs here and if I just dump my math for you then they get it too.

Yes this is an early version of the site. I am a composer and software engineer, working solo on this project so the initial feature set is sparse. That's why I openly asked you for requests.

What are you looking for in composition tooling?

midi_finder5• 20 days ago

First article is up!

Also, I renamed my account to 'song_synth'

vegadw2• 1 month ago

This feels like a joke, right? Short, generative midi clips, for real world money? I thought at first maybe the shop thing was like a visual gag, but, no, it's actually going to stripe.

There's a million better generative MIDI tools out there, and the vast vast majority are free. I can't fathom making this and not being embarrassed, let alone anyone actually spending money on the site.

I would normally reserve such harsh criticism but as sporkl points out, this seems to be some LLM generated drive-by money-grab mess.

I do worry that maybe OP is like a teenager and I'm coming off overly harsh, but even if that's the case, then OP needs to learn what actually makes a product differentiate itself and how to actually appeal to a target audience. This ain't it chief, as a musician, I find it actively offensive.

midi_finder5• 30 days ago

There are no LLMs behind the scenes, that is a guarantee. I've been composing music for 15 years.

Can you show me the free "better generative MIDI tools" that exist? I'd appreciate some constructive feedback!

vegadw2• 29 days ago

Orca, Nestup, https://krasse.itch.io/wavebots-editor, https://github.com/hisschemoller/music-pattern-generator, https://github.com/chalkwalk/arps-euclidya

If you use Cardnial as a VST you can use any of hundreds of generative sequencers it has.

Browsing midi clips compared to something with parameters that you can tweak, like all of these have seems infinitely preferably than wandering through a sea of MIDI clips.

Music generation using Algebra, presented as web MIDI shop

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