Hacker News with Generative AI: Music

Anti-pirating ad music stolen (2012) (abc.net.au)
You wouldn't steal a movie, so why would you put stolen music on an anti-piracy ad? Dr Karl investigates a curious case of copyright theft.
Copyright, Music, Advertising, Irony
6 points by CHB0403085482 6 hours ago | 1 comments
Mobygratis – Free Moby music to empower your creative projects (mobygratis.com)
Music, Creative Projects, Royalty-Free Music
12 points by thm 8 hours ago | 0 comments
Done in by Time (thelampmagazine.com)
Unlike science, the history of art is not a story of progress. Instead, art—all the arts: literature, music, painting, and sculpture—has high and low periods of varying lengths. Just now, for example, in the realm of high art, we are going through a low period. If you doubt this, ask yourself the work of which contemporary novelist, poet, composer, or painter you are eagerly awaiting. I’ll pause here a moment while you fail to find any.
Art, Literature, Music, Painting, Sculpture
25 points by lermontov 14 hours ago | 12 comments
Meet Anagram, a Linux-powered bass FX processor (librearts.org)
Darkglass Electronics, a popular maker of bass-centric equipment (pedals, amps, cabinets), announced their first multi-effects box earlier this week.
Music, Audio Engineering, Linux, Open Source, Bass
6 points by prokoudine 2 days ago | 1 comments
Drum Machine Price Before Tariffs: $399, After Tariffs: $977 (synthtopia.com)
Music gear prices are skyrocketing as a result of the Trump administration’s new tariffs, and this is going to significantly impact US musicians’ instrument purchase plans for the foreseeable future.
Music, Tariffs, Economics, Business
21 points by pmags 3 days ago | 1 comments
Isolated older adults find joy and connection through virtual singing (news.northwestern.edu)
A new Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine study finds that, even when singing with others in a virtual setting, the benefits abound.
Social Isolation, Music, Mental Health, Seniors, Virtual Reality
26 points by gnabgib 3 days ago | 11 comments
Tabular Programming: A New Paradigm for Expressive Computing (elborai.me)
I've been exploring the m8 Dirtywave tracker for a few months now, and it's been a fascinating experience. If you're not familiar with it, the m8 is a portable music sequencer built on the Teensy platform that combines a minimal 8-button interface with a powerful tabular workflow. What makes it special isn't just its portability or its sound capabilities, but how the hardware and interface work together to create an experience that's simultaneously constrained and liberating.
Programming, Music, Hardware, User Experience
119 points by dgellow 5 days ago | 44 comments
Show HN: MidiMaker.pro – Generate structured MIDI music from text using LLMs (midimaker.pro)
Music, AI, Software, Creative Projects
10 points by Extender777 6 days ago | 6 comments
Demo "The Mind" by Haujobb and Sweet16 (lexaloffle.com)
Hey everyone, the Revision demoparty had a "fantasy console" competition this year where we showed a Pico-8 demo.
Demos, Music, Video Games
116 points by keyle 7 days ago | 14 comments
I analyzed chord progressions in 680k songs (cantgetmuchhigher.com)
I Analyzed the Chord Progressions of 680k Songs
Music, Data Analysis, Chord Progressions
308 points by jnord 8 days ago | 146 comments
Spotify Down (spotify.com)
We're seeing reports from users that the app isn't loading properly or that they're experiencing playback issues. Others report that they're having issues accessing the Support site.
Spotify, Downtime, Streaming, Music, Technology
49 points by whirlwin 10 days ago | 35 comments
Benn Jordan's AI poison pill and the weird world of adversarial noise (cdm.link)
Benn Jordan’s latest video proposes a way to fight back when generative AI music services rip off music for their data sets. It’s not ready for prime time yet, but it does offer a window into the wild, wonderful world of adversarial noise poisoning attacks.
Generative AI, Music, Security, Artificial Intelligence
132 points by glitcher 11 days ago | 202 comments
Slightly Nasty DIY Modular Synthesizer (slightlynasty.com)
Modular synthesizer PCBs and panels for the Loudest Warning 4U format
DIY, Synthesizer, Music, Electronics
3 points by inatreecrown2 12 days ago | 0 comments
The Art of Poison-Pilling Music Files [video] (youtube.com)
Music, Digital Media, Audio, Creative Projects, Video
4 points by onemoresoop 12 days ago | 0 comments
HarmonyCloak: Making Music Unlearnable for Generative AI (eecs.utk.edu)
In recent years, the rapid advancements in generative AI have transformed a wide range of domains, from generating realistic images to creating coherent text.
Generative AI, Music, Artificial Intelligence, Security, Research
5 points by gnabgib 12 days ago | 1 comments
The Art of Poison-Pilling Music Files (youtube.com)
Music, Digital Media, Creative Techniques, Audio Editing, Security
11 points by emsign 13 days ago | 2 comments
Sheet Mewsic: Moritz von Schwind's Katzensymphonie (1868) (publicdomainreview.org)
Cats are not the most innately musical creatures. They cannot sing like the thrush or drone with the whales. But their mews and paws have been long incorporated into other kinds of improvisations.
Music, Cats, History, Art
8 points by tintinnabula 14 days ago | 0 comments
Ambient music on iOS 18.4 and the return to the Apple's Music app (manualdousuario.net)
With all eyes on the launch of Apple Intelligence in Brazil and other markets, an almost overlooked feature in iOS 18.4 emerged: ambient music buttons right in the Control Center.
iOS, Music, Apple, Control Center, Ambient Music
53 points by rpgbr 16 days ago | 39 comments
The New Weird Virtuosos Making Jazz for the Post-Internet Age (pitchfork.com)
Led by artists like DOMi and JD Beck, a generation of rising players is infusing jazz with absurdist online irreverence. But are they playing jazz at all?
Jazz, Music, Generation Z, Internet Culture, Innovation
7 points by zeech 16 days ago | 4 comments
Ask HN: AI Piano Teacher? (ycombinator.com)
Looking for an AI piano teacher which adaptively teaches me, gives me lessons, connects to my keyboard.
Music, Artificial Intelligence, Education, Technology
10 points by slow_turtle3 17 days ago | 1 comments
Listening habits and effects of background music in people with and without ADHD (frontiersin.org)
Music is omnipresent in our daily lives (Hu et al., 2021; International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, 2023; North et al., 2004), serving diverse functions such as emotion regulation, concentration enhancement, and providing background engagement during other activities (Chamorro-Premuzic and Furnham, 2007; Goltz and Sadakata, 2021; Hu et al., 2021; Kotsopoulou and Hallam, 2010; Mas-Herrero et al., 2013; Schäfer et al., 2013).
ADHD, Music, Neuroscience, Psychology, Research
65 points by bookofjoe 18 days ago | 26 comments
Did Frank Zappa Come Up With A Business Plan For File Sharing In 1983? (2009) (techdirt.com)
Reader SunKing sends in this little tidbit that I’d not seen before (perhaps some of you have). It comes from The Real Frank Zappa Book and discusses his response to “the home taping movement” and the attempt to get everyone to rebuy their old albums on CD by proposing a system where you could subscribe to whatever genre of music you wanted and get it delivered in batches.
Music, File Sharing, History, Business
12 points by hydrogen7800 18 days ago | 3 comments
Show HN: Soundscapes and Lofi Player (noisefill.com)
Music, Web Development, Creative Projects
31 points by g3eorge 19 days ago | 6 comments
A band has a guest and plays a song the guest wrote. Is it original or cover? (github.com/cryptograss)
A band has a guest and plays a song the guest wrote. Is it original or cover? #255
Music, Copyright, Performance, Collaboration
11 points by jMyles 20 days ago | 12 comments
Rare Beatles Audition Tape Surfaces in a Vancouver Record Shop (nytimes.com)
The tape sat unremarkably on a shelf behind the counter, collecting dust for five, maybe 10 years — so much time that Rob Frith says he lost track.
Music, Beatles, History, Vancouver
7 points by bookofjoe 21 days ago | 3 comments
Yoko: A Biography (newstatesman.com)
As David Sheff’s new biography reveals, decades of suspicion aimed at the provocative artist, musician and widow have obscured her psychology from view.
Biography, Music, Arts, Yoko Ono
35 points by howard941 22 days ago | 42 comments
Val Kilmer: Top Gun, Batman and The Doors actor dies aged 65 (bbc.com)
Actor Val Kilmer, who starred in some of the biggest movies of the 1980s and 90s, including Top Gun and Batman Forever, has died at the age of 65.
Celebrities, Obituaries, Film, Entertainment, Music
11 points by marban 24 days ago | 2 comments
Shared DNA in Music (pudding.cool)
This is a project about shared DNA in music.
Music, Genetics, Creative Projects
251 points by ksampath02 25 days ago | 61 comments
Study finds solo music listening boosts social well-being (phys.org)
Listening to music by yourself might not seem like a social activity, but University at Buffalo researchers have published a study that suggests how doing so can have valuable social benefits.
Music, Psychology, Social Benefits, Research
286 points by PaulHoule 25 days ago | 121 comments
John Cage recital set to last 639 years recently witnessed a chord change (spectator.co.uk)
In the year 2000, in a small east German town, work began on the construction of an organ that had one purpose: to perform John Cage’s ORGAN2/ASLSP (1987) for precisely 639 years.
Music, Performance Art, John Cage, Germany, Art Installations
218 points by pseudolus 26 days ago | 237 comments