{"id":87661,"date":"2021-09-10T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=87661"},"modified":"2021-09-10T14:56:05","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T13:56:05","slug":"flow-machines-mobile-sony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/flow-machines-mobile-sony\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony CSL has developed an AI tool to help musicians generate new melodies and chords"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Image credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/csl.sony.fr\/\">Sony CS<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/csl.sony.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">L<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4><span style=\"color: #3366FF\">The Flow Machines Mobile uses machine learning to help users create new music based on style palettes.<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The computer science research branch of <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/sony-music-india-day-one\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sony<\/a> has launched a cloud-based AI music production tool called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flow-machines.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Flow Machines Mobile <\/a>(FM Mobile) to help musicians generate ideas for new melodies, chords, and baselines.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FM Mobile is available now on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/uk\/app-store\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apple App Store<\/a> and is compatible with a range of digital audio workstations (DAW). It features a machine learning model that analyses musical data based on the style palette that users select to match the genre and chord progression of the song they wish to create. Users are also able to create their own original style palette in the app or choose from various presets created by <a href=\"https:\/\/csl.sony.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sony CSL<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When users press the compose button, the AI will generate eight-bar melodies according to the elected chord progression.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Users can then save their creations and import them to their<a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/best-daws-for-hip-hop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> DAW<\/a> using Flow Machines Professional (FM Pro), a plugin that was developed in 2019 by Sony CSL for use in a <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/best-daws-for-recording-a-rock-band\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DAW<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/new-garageband-sound-packs-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apple\u2019s Garage Band<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FM mobile is available in the United States and Japan with plans to release in Europe, however, a date is yet to be set.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Flow Machines Mobile uses machine learning to help users create new music based on style palettes. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":87662,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,11109],"tags":[238,7288,1616,22341,29051,21964,28,4282,3022,20,29050,29049],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - 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