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Learn about 2 types of music representations for generative music: symbolic, and audio. Learn their pros and cons, when it makes sense to use one or the other.
Get the lecture slides:
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Website of the Generative Music Workshop in Barcelona:
https://www.upf.edu/web/mtg/generative-music-ai-workshop
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Content
0:00 Intro
1:07 Music representation
8:19 Symbolic representation
16:24 Symbolic generation
18:40 Pros and cons of symbolic
22:54 Join The Sound of AI community!
23:14 Audio representation
26:47 Audio-based generation
28:50 Pros and cons of audio generation
31:41 Key takeaways
Learn about 2 types of music representations for generative music: symbolic, and audio. Learn their pros and cons, when it makes sense to use one or the other.
Get the lecture slides:
github.com/musikalkemist/generativemusicaicourse/blob/main/06.%20Symbolic%20vs%20audio%20generation/Slides/6.%20Symbolic%20vs%20audio%20generation.pdf
Sign up to The Sound of AI Slack Community to join the discussion:
valeriovelardo.com/the-sound-of-ai-community
Website of the Generative Music Workshop in Barcelona:
https://www.upf.edu/web/mtg/generative-music-ai-workshop
======================================
Interested in music AI consulting?
thesoundofai.com/consulting.html
Interested in music AI recruitment?
thesoundofai.com/recruitment.html
Become a Python ninja with my Advanced Python Programming course:
the-sound-of-ai-academy.teachable.com/p/advanced-python-programming
Connect with Valerio on LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/in/valeriovelardo
Follow Valerio on Twitter:
twitter.com/musikalkemist
======================================
Content
0:00 Intro
1:07 Music representation
8:19 Symbolic representation
16:24 Symbolic generation
18:40 Pros and cons of symbolic
22:54 Join The Sound of AI community!
23:14 Audio representation
26:47 Audio-based generation
28:50 Pros and cons of audio generation
31:41 Key takeaways
