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Have you ever tried creating generative music?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In traditional music production, we compose each component of our song to be fixed\u2014every time you play back your track, you hear the same grooves, chord progressions, melodies, etc. However, what if you were able to click the play button and be surprised with new musical material each time?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Generative music allows us to do just that; instead of writing out individual parts, we write a system<\/em> that uses defined parameters to compose random but intentional musical material for us. This might seem incredibly complicated, but you can actually make generative music right within your DAW\u2014in the video above, we demonstrate how to create a system that makes ambient music at the click of a button using Ableton Live and Arturia’s Pigments.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’d like to follow along in your own DAW, you can download the project file we created in the video here.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you have any tips for making generative music? What topics in music production would you like to see us cover on our YouTube channel<\/a> next? Let us know in the comments section of the video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Browse, preview, and license Splice samples directly inside Ableton Live with our new in-DAW integration:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Learn more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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