I studied audio engineering and music synthesis in college and accumulated racks of synths. I rarely composed a complete piece of music but rather became consumed with 'sculpting' sound. After graduating I sold all the gear and bought an acoustic guitar and microcassette recorder. Constrained to just voice and guitar I was MUCH more productive.
Perhaps I'm naive or 'old school' but I'm struggling to believe we've exhausted all possibilities of what can be done with just 12 notes (and their octaves) and rhythm subdivided into 32nds or 64ths.
In other words I'm more interested in how ML can help us discover new combinations of notes (melodically and harmonically) and rhythms rather than new kinds of sounds.
Perhaps I'm naive or 'old school' but I'm struggling to believe we've exhausted all possibilities of what can be done with just 12 notes (and their octaves) and rhythm subdivided into 32nds or 64ths.
In other words I'm more interested in how ML can help us discover new combinations of notes (melodically and harmonically) and rhythms rather than new kinds of sounds.