Generative AI

Discover and master generative AI tools for music (RAVE, Diffusion) and the basics of Dicy2 and Somax2.

As part of its research on deep generative models, the work of the ACIDS group in the Musical Representations team at IRCAM is expressed in the design of several cutting-edge AI tools for musical and creative synthesis. The goal is to provide novel tools to model musical creativity and extend sonic possibilities with machine learning approaches. In this context, the team experiment with deep AI models applied to creative materials, aiming to develop artificial creative intelligence. Over the past years, the ACIDS group developed several objects aiming to embed these researches directly as real-time objects usable in MaxMSP and Ableton Live. The team has produced many prototypes of innovative instruments and lightweight embedded deep audio models. The researchers now notably provide the RAVE VST, the nn~ library and the FlowSynth system.

And as part of its research on generative processes, the work of the team is reflected in the design of musical companion software that interacts with composers, musicians, and improvisers. Thanks to artificial listening and synchronization of musical signals, Somax2 and Dicy2 implement intelligent agents capable respectively of learning on the fly or in advance, and of immediate or predefined musical interactions in structured or composed contexts.

In 2022, based on the results of end-of-training evaluations, 100% of trainees in the "Interacting, composing and improvising with generative agents" training course have achieved all or most of their objectives, with a satisfaction rate of 100%.

"I'm very happy to have taken this course. Jérôme and Mikhail explained everything to us in detail, and we were able to take advantage of Ircam's facilities to put our new knowledge into practice and exchange ideas. I can only recommend this course to anyone interested in music production in the digital age, and who also wants to combine it with an acoustic instrument and improvised music practice - there's a lot to discover!"

Swantje, student, Interacting, composing and improvising with generative agents