Asteroid Mine

- Play the game!: https://drgvdg.itch.io/what-must-be-done
- Made for a game in the Ludum Dare 52 game jam: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/52/what-must-be-done
- Check-out my other stuff at: https://levi.dev
- Made with FamiStudio.

What Must Be Done

Hi! I've been quietly and skeptically studying machine learning for a few years, and this is my first result worth sharing.

What you're hearing is not AI-composed, it's a cover of my own chiptune, created by Riffusion, a spectrogram-finetuned ML model based on Stable Diffusion. No external samples, effects, or synths were used, just the original unaltered NES chip track (https://virt.bandcamp.com/track/the-buzz-in-the-grotto-troupple-pond) and the following text prompt:

"A rocking latin jazz fusion track, recorded 1960, big brass sections, muted trumpet, acoustic guitar, piano montuno, flourishes and high energy throughout, salsa pop dance, it's time to party yeah boiii"

To create a stereo effect, I incremented the seed and the denoising value a tiny bit to create a slightly different mix, and panned these left and right. I suspect the reason it works is that the chiptune was already written to imitate "live instruments" in chip form. The model is eerily good at inferring the same timbre and performance techniques that I was actually trying to go for. 

In other words, you can now write a chiptune as an "MSpaint scaffolding version" and then turn it into amazing future sounds. I named the technique neurochip, and I'd love to hear other people trying it out!

I'll post a guide as soon as I can get some good screenshots of my process and maybe get in touch with the people working on Riffusion.

Neurochip 01 - Buzz in the Grotto

ONE EIGHTY

-   Made with FamiStudio.
-   Check-out my other stuff at:   https://levi.dev

Will You Play With Me?

when you see that half-priced ham
midi visualiser video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjt4p-oc8Cc
bandcamp: https://slowbrotunes.bandcamp.com/track/shopping-aisle-strut

shopping aisle strut

The soundtrack to a DnD podcast me and my friends are recording.

Find the podcast here! https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0wJEWVc9UYHsAFzYxIkhjHpcwdAF4zgM

Tales From Hex 13 - Plan and Execution

This is an 8-bit study of the famous (infamous?) "saxophone" segment of the final Tears of the Kingdom trailer. Such a great solo.

Tears of the Kingdom Saxophone (8-bit)

A quick study of the classic Song of Storms from Ocarina of Time.

Song of Storms (8-bit)

An 8-bit study of Vegeta's epic Super Saiyan transformation theme. Probably the best music in DBZ in my opinion. :)

Vegeta Super Saiyan theme (8-bit)

A short energetic original piece. I imagined this being used for a mini-boss of some kind in a metroidvania game.

Endroid

I write code, I sing songs, I create things.

What Must Be Done

Levi Lindsey

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