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Building AI composition tools from zero foundation: interactive music generation system based on Magenta/TensorFlow

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Introduction: When AI meets Mozart

"Music is a flowing building." When artificial intelligence begins to understand the mathematical laws between musical notes, music creation is undergoing unprecedented paradigm changes. This article will teach you step by step to build an intelligent composition system, which can not only generate classical piano sketches, but also achieve free conversion of baroque and jazz styles. By practicing LSTM neural networks, style transfer algorithms and audio synthesis technology, you will master the core principles of generative AI and create your own AI musicians by yourself.

1. Technology stack analysis and development environment construction

1.1 Core toolchain

  • TensorFlow : Google's open source deep learning framework
  • Magenta: TensorFlow extension library designed for art generation
  • MIDIUtil: MIDI file processing library
  • Flask: Lightweight Web framework (used to build interactive interfaces)

1.2 Environment configuration

# Create a virtual environment
 python -m venv ai_composer_env
 source ai_composer_env/bin/activate # Linux/Mac
 ai_composer_env\Scripts\ # Windows
 
 # Installation dependencies
 pip install tensorflow magenta midiutil flask

2. Music data preparation and processing

2.1 MIDI file parsing

from import midi_io
 from import melodies_lib
 
 def parse_midi(file_path):
     midi_data = midi_io.midi_file_to_note_sequence(file_path)
     return melodies_lib.extract_melodies(midi_data)
 
 # Example: Analysis of Beethoven's "To Alice"
 melody = parse_midi("beethoven_fur_elise.mid")[0]

2.2 Data preprocessing

  • Note encoding: Convert notes to numerical sequences (C4=60, D4=62...)
  • Rhythm quantization: Discrete the timeline into 16-minute note units
  • Sequence fill: Use special marks<PAD>Unified sequence length

3. LSTM music generation model training

3.1 Model architecture

import tensorflow as tf
from  import LSTM, Dense
 
def build_model(input_shape, num_notes):
    model = ([
        LSTM(512, return_sequences=True, input_shape=input_shape),
        LSTM(512),
        Dense(num_notes, activation='softmax')
    ])
    (loss='categorical_crossentropy', optimizer='adam')
    return model

3.2 Training Process

  1. Data loading: Use Magenta's built-in piano MIDI dataset
  2. Sequence generation: Create input-output pairs of 100 time steps
  3. Model training：
# Sample training code
 model = build_model((100, 128), 128) # Assume 128 notes categories
 (X_train, y_train, epochs=50, batch_size=64)

IV. Implementation of style transfer algorithm

4.1 Style feature extraction

  • Pitch distribution: Statistics the frequency of occurrence of each sound level
  • Rhythm Mode: Calculate the duration distribution of notes
  • Harmony direction: Analyze the chord progression rules

4.2 Style conversion network

def style_transfer(content_melody, style_features):
     # Style encoding using pre-trained VAE models
     content_latent = (content_melody)
     style_latent = style_encoder.predict(style_features)
    
     # Mix potential space
     mixed_latent = 0.7*content_latent + 0.3*style_latent
     return (mixed_latent)

V. Audio synthesis module development

5.1 MIDI generation

from midiutil import MIDIFile
 
def generate_midi(melody, filename):
    track = 0
    time = 0
    midi = MIDIFile(1)
    
    for note in melody:
        pitch = 
        duration = note.end_time - note.start_time
        (track, channel, pitch, time, duration, volume)
        time += duration
        
    with open(filename, "wb") as output_file:
        (output_file)

5.2 Audio rendering

# Use FluidSynth to convert MIDI audio
 fluidsyncth -ni soundfont.sf2 -F -r 44100

6. Construction of interactive web interface

6.1 Backend API

from flask import Flask, request, send_file
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
 
 @('/generate', methods=['POST'])
 def generate_music():
     style = ['style']
     # Call the generated function
     midi_data = ai_composer.generate(style)
     # Convert to WAV
     audio_data = convert_midi_to_wav(midi_data)
     return send_file(audio_data, mimetype='audio/wav')
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     (debug=True)

6.2 Front-end interface

<!-- Simplified HTML interface -->
 <div class="container">
   <select >
     <option value="classical">Classical</option>
     <option value="jazz">Jazz</option>
   </select>
   <button onclick="generateMusic()">Generate music</button>
   <audio controls></audio>
 </div>
 
 <script>
 function generateMusic() {
   const style = ('style-selector').value;
   fetch('/generate', {
     method: 'POST',
     headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
     body: ({style})
   })
   .then(response => ())
   .then(blob => {
     const audioUrl = (blob);
     ('audio-player').src = audioUrl;
   });
 }
 </script>

7. System optimization and expansion

7.1 Performance improvement

  • useGPU accelerationtrain
  • useMixed precision training
  • accomplishModel quantizationdeploy

7.2 Functional extension

  • Add toMultiple instrument support
  • integratedReal-time interactive editing
  • DevelopmentEmotional perception generation

Conclusion: The future picture of AI composition

What we are building is not only a music generation tool, but also a new window to AI creativity. When algorithms begin to understand Bach's fugue logic and when neural networks can capture Debussy's impressionism, music creation is entering a new era of human-computer collaboration. This 5,000-word tutorial is just the starting point. I hope you can create more amazing AI music works based on this.

Technical depth tips: Trying to use the Transformer architecture to replace LSTM in model training can significantly improve long-range dependency modeling capabilities; exploring the application of adversarial training (GAN) in music generation can produce more expressive works.

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