AI Music Composition in VR

Valerio Velardo, Ryan Groves, Christian Tronhjem Is it possible for
machines to compose interesting music? Can we leverage intelligent
machines to help people with no musical skills to create music?
What’s the best use of machines in music creation? These are some
of the questions we’ll explore in this session, which focuses on
the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for generating music for
video games. At the beginning of the session, we’ll give a brief
presentation about the impact of AI on music creation. We’ll
provide a short overview of what has been done in this field to
date, and analyse what are the weaknesses and strengths of using AI
for generating music. The core of the presentation will be about
how AI can enhance people’s musical creation abilities, regardless
of their musical skills. Towards the end of the presentation, we’ll
introduce Melodrive - an AI music system that is able to create
music in realtime for interactive content like video games and
Virtual Reality (VR) experiences from scratch. After the
presentation, attendees can try Melodrive in a VR demo. Once in the
VR experience, people can wander around in a virtual stylish house.
The soundtrack of the experience is generated in realtime by
Melodrive. People will be able to spawn spheres, assign them
emotions, and place them wherever they prefer in the virtual
environment. By doing so, they’ll modify the music generation
process. If a person gets closer to a ‘happy’ sphere, the music
generated will start sounding happier. When attendees get back to
the real world, they’ll be asked to fill a short form to provide
feedback on the demo. This workshop is hosted by the Berlin Music
Commission