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SHOW HN2026
598points
117comments
#34of 4,366 in 2026
Top 1%of 2026 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
23 positive, 23 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 6 critical, out of 53 comments about the project. Thread score +0.28.
Idea: 15 for, 4 againstExecution: 3 for, 2 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
Objections
Musical output sounds weak or run-on in places
From 2 comments
The end of the AI's first sub-phrase in the video is wrong. You started by playing a simple I - vii - I as the first sub-phrase. Then the AI started its response with a dominant…
jancsika on HNThe results strike me as comparable or worse than you could get with a Markov model. I think it reveals the gap in understanding between LLMs and music. I think you need to…
rajivayyangar on HN
Requests
Send output as MIDI to external devices or player piano
From 2 comments
Oh, a cool idea! I just tried it, works pretty well. Kudos! One feature request: Instead of playing the AI-generated audio solely through the iPhone's speakers, add an option to…
Tepix on HNLooks neat! I'd love for it to feed the MIDI notes back into my player piano instead of playing out of my iPhone's (comparatively tinny) speakers though.
axoltl on HN
Fine-tune on personal MIDI data
From 1 comment
I have about 60 hours of my own playing in midi data. I wonder if I could fine-tune this model on that?
potatoman22 on HN
Questions
Are the model weights available?
From 2 comments
Are the weights of the model available?
abidlabs on HNAny way to share the actual model? I don't have an iPhone to run the app on.
lvbyte on HN
How large was the training data?
From 1 comment
I think this is a great project and very HN. Not sure why the comments are so focused on the deliverable- you learned way more and had a much more interesting experience. One…
jasonjmcghee on HN
Alternatives named
Google Magenta Realtime 2
From 1 comment
Talking about AI music with some live human MIDI inputs, Magenta Realtime 2 was released a few weeks ago and is pretty fun. https://magenta.withgoogle.com/magenta-realtime-2
speedgoose on HN
Anticipatory Music Transformer
From 1 comment
You could also distill the fabulous Anticipatory Music Transformer from Stanford. https://crfm.stanford.edu/2023/06/16/anticipatory-music-transformer.html Also consider checking…
bravura on HN
Francois Pachet's Continuator
From 1 comment
Reminds me of Francois Pachet’s Continuator (all the way back in 2003, using hierarchical markov models) https://www.francoispachet.fr/continuator/
timmb on HN