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Aiva: Prompting for complex harmonies and experimental chords

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Demo summary

The user tests AIVA's ability to handle technical prompts like 'tritone substitution' and 'minor nine chords' to create experimental piano samples for electronic music.

Step-by-step

  1. Enter technical musical terms like 'seventh and ninth chords' or 'tritone substitution' into the prompt field
  2. Click the 'Next' button instead of 'Generate' to refine settings
  3. Change the musical style to trigger the generation of different material
  4. Review the generated MIDI or audio for experimental chord progressions

Options

  • Use 'experimental chords with ninths' to move away from a single key
  • Input specific moods like 'high energy anime opening' or 'creepy'

Watch out for

  • Ensure you hit the 'Next' button rather than 'Generate' when adjusting parameters to avoid losing the workflow

Tips

  • Use the generated output as a starting point for samples in genres like Jungle
  • If the AI fails to capture a specific mood (e.g., 'creepy'), look for interesting chord series within the output to 'steal' for your own development
  • AIVA is a great place to get started if you have a musical ear and know how to develop an idea

Highlights

“if you've got an ear and you know how to develop an idea this is a great place to get started”

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  3. 7:192:02Create a cinematic piano composition with AIVAUsing the 'step-by-step' flow, the user generates a 'soft cinematic' piano piece based on a Princess Mononoke prompt and reviews the resulting MIDI structure.Gavin Leeper
  4. 12:092:13Edit chord progressions and regenerate tracksThe user demonstrates the iterative process in AIVA by identifying a 'weird' chord in a generated Northern Lights track, manually fixing the chord, and regenerating the composition.Gavin Leeper
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