Riffusion
AI
music generation
SHOW HN2023
186points
49comments
#307of 3,109 in 2023
Top 10%of 2023 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
22 positive, 15 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 6 critical, out of 43 comments about the project. Thread score +0.42.
Execution: 10 for, 5 againstIdea: 4 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Lyrics sync well with melodies and genres work well
From 4 comments
I am blown away at how the lyrics sync up with the melodies... like some of the outputs are JINGLES. that a company would pay an agency like 300,000$ to come up with in 1995. The…
abledon on HNI can't believe how much you managed to improve this since that first HN post. You seem to have solved the phase distortion problem completely, and the lyrics are just insane. A…
isoprophlex on HNI am blown away by how well the country and opera genres work. Country: https://www.riffusion.com/riffs/746af7e4-0578-4688-9a5f-69e30f3a35ee Opera:…
divyapatel12 on HNI absolutely love this, and it nails genre really well. I think it’s optimised for English, right? The result of trying to get it to speak Spanish is pretty funny! An attempt at…
rhythmofrest on HN
Big improvement since the first HN post
From 2 comments
I can't believe how much you managed to improve this since that first HN post. You seem to have solved the phase distortion problem completely, and the lyrics are just insane. A…
isoprophlex on HNRiffs need a downvote button. I'm not sure what the team's training/eval approach is, but you need a user signal for poor quality results, so you can improve over time. ex:…
cmaury on HN
Audio quality is strong
From 1 comment
I am blown away at how the lyrics sync up with the melodies... like some of the outputs are JINGLES. that a company would pay an agency like 300,000$ to come up with in 1995. The…
abledon on HN
Objections
Generations often sound derivative or unmemorable
From 2 comments
I can see people attaching songs to TikTok, not! TikTok would have their own version out before they allow Riff to easily attach outside music on their platform. On a footnote,…
m3kw9 on HNMmm, this really isn't the same thing. With a drum machine you're still programming the riffs themselves and people's chief complaint was the sound itself, whereas I've listened…
vunderba on HN
Remix often fails with a lyrics error that gives no clear fix
From 2 comments
Everytime I try and remix smth it starts processing and then tells me the lyrics don't work and to create smth original
c420 on HN"These lyrics didn't work, try mixing it up with something original" doesn't give enough clues to figure out WHY those lyrics didn't work and what I have to change.
mdrzn on HN
Servers overloaded; app sometimes down
From 1 comment
Those are awesome! Sorry if the app is down for you or anyone else right now btw. Our servers are a little overloaded but we'll be back up in no time
seth_ on HN
Requests
Add a delete or downvote option for riffs
From 3 comments
Riffs need a downvote button. I'm not sure what the team's training/eval approach is, but you need a user signal for poor quality results, so you can improve over time. ex:…
cmaury on HNI am blown away at how the lyrics sync up with the melodies... like some of the outputs are JINGLES. that a company would pay an agency like 300,000$ to come up with in 1995. The…
abledon on HNPlease add a way to delete riffs.
smusamashah on HN
Native iOS app
From 1 comment
This is kinda crazy to say for me.. but this is one of the very few apps i actually want an iOS app for. Which to me personally, signals the value of the service. Great job edit:…
unshavedyak on HN
Export to DAW or MIDI and VST support
From 2 comments
Fun. How long till I can write a full song, "riffusionise" it and export an .als into Ableton? Then we're really cooking with gas. I was surprisingly impressed at how good of a…
neom on HNAre any of these music AI's trying to use VSTi instruments and the like? It seems like with the wealth of amazing quality instruments that just accept MIDI data, this would be a…
locusofself on HN
Questions
Is the project still open source?
From 2 comments
Is it still open source? The GitHub seems kinda stalled with the last changes from 7 months ago?
speial on HNSeems like it's no longer open source, as you say old repo seems abandoned, but I'd also like to know if it's somewhere else or why they decided to close it.
vlugorilla on HN
How the company plans to monetise
From 2 comments
Riffusion is great! Wishing you the best of luck, Hayk and Seth. Question: what are role models of companies that generated a fun "toy" like yours (hope you don't mind the word;…
earthnail on HNI agree, but my question is: what are specific companies that pulled this off well that you consider as role models? Not meaning to put you in a corner, just really curious about…
earthnail on HN