There's so much to love about this post - and I've only just glossed over the details.
I'm really impressed with the quality of the music that's come out of this.
It feels like there's not that much in the way of dynamics in it (every note is hit with the same force) - is that right? I suspect that these pieces, played by a professional who could add more of the human element to the feel, would sound really good. Obviously, that's sort of against the point, but then again, Ravel wasn't much of a pianist (apparently!) but he could compose amazing music – so it's not totally cheating.
Yeah, I simplified it by not using any dynamics in the generation process. I could probably add some version of dynamics using the MIDI velocity, actually, but I haven't done that yet. Also, I generated the mp3 files from MIDI using GarageBand, which doesn't help with the flat dynamics.
I'm really impressed with the quality of the music that's come out of this.
It feels like there's not that much in the way of dynamics in it (every note is hit with the same force) - is that right? I suspect that these pieces, played by a professional who could add more of the human element to the feel, would sound really good. Obviously, that's sort of against the point, but then again, Ravel wasn't much of a pianist (apparently!) but he could compose amazing music – so it's not totally cheating.