Flow Machines

About Flow Machines

Flow Machines is a research and deployment project aimed at achieving augmented creativity of artist in music.

Throughout the music history, creativity of artist had been extended by inventions and technical improvement in each era which always brought music to a new stage. Starting from invention of various instruments, synthesizer and drum machine's appearance had realized new music.

Flow Machines continues challenging to create new music together with artists by developing new technology based on leading-edge machine learning and signal processing technology.

Flow Machines was first developed in 2012 as a part of the research on the use of AI in music composition by Sony CSL Paris and University Pierre and Marie CURIE. Today Sony CSL, in collaboration with Sony Music Entertainment Japan Inc., continues its further studies and applications.

How it works

The main part of the Flow Machines project is Flow Machines Professional. Flow Machines Professional is an AI assisted music composing system.

Using this system, creators can compose melody in many different styles which he wants to achieve, based on its own music rules created by various music analysis.

Creators can generate melody, chord, and base by operating Flow Machines. Furthermore, their own ideas inspired by Flow Machines. From here, the process will be the same as the regular music production. Arrange them with DAW, put lyrics, recording, mixing, mastering etc.

Flow Machines cannot create a song automatically by themselves. It is a tool for a creator to get inspiration and ideas to have their creativity greatly augmented.

Introducing GANStrument: A New Way to Create Sounds

GANStrument is an innovative sound generation application developed by the Flow Machines team. It creates captivating new sounds inspired by existing ones. With GANStrument, you can easily blend the features of two input sounds to generate unique soundscapes, offering an intuitive sound creation experience that goes beyond traditional synthesizers.

For example, if you desire a sound that combines the rich tones of an organ with the attack of a guitar, simply input the organ and guitar sounds into GANStrument and blend them together. This creates a sound that embodies the best of both instruments. Users can control the blending ratio within the application, allowing them to craft the precise sound they envision. This leads to a more intuitive sound creation process compared to conventional synthesizers.

Furthermore, GANStrument can incorporate not only musical instrument sounds but also natural and pitchless noises, broadening creative possibilities even further. For instance, if you wish to add background music to a video featuring a cat, GANStrument enables you to generate a new instrument sound that includes elements of the cat’s meow. By adding contextual elements to the sound, GANStrument enhances the range of musical expression and sound creation.

Flow Machines

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