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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Wow | #12 | 2.449 | 4.000 |
| Overall | #14 | 1.973 | 3.222 |
| Feel | #14 | 1.633 | 2.667 |
| Audio | #17 | 1.837 | 3.000 |
Ranked from 3 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Artist statement
Arkos Sound is a simple AI-driven music instrument with three keys: higher note, lower note, and repeat note.
Don't think of this as a music instrument that plays the sound you want it to play. The Instrument plays you, meaning you have to find a melody (or key combination) that fits the intro sequence without sounding disharmonic.
The AI has been trained with the music of J.S. Bach
With some training, one can get acceptable results. It even sounds harmonic in most cases :D
The intro sequence can be changed by clicking on the note at the lower right of the screen.
Requirements: A CPU that supports AVX
Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_AFcW9Slrk
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Intriguing concept and application of AI here. While the sound itself is quite basic, I see potential in this being explored further for accessibility, compositional, or research reasons. Beware that it can soft lock when playing the highest or lowest notes. Nice work!
Accessibility note for folks who need it:
It won’t run for me. Opens and then goes unresponsive and crashes.
Does it go beyond the "Loading..." screen?
It's also possible that your CPU doesn't support the AVX instruction set (required by tensorflow)
This machine has a Ryzen 5 3600X. I’m not sure if it meets the requirements. I do have a laptop with a Ryzen 7 I could try it on.
If you meet the minimum requirements, then I noticed that it can take a bit to load, and the window isn’t announced when loading is complete.