[Free] Touhou-style x Japanese Rock on your smartphone with Medly and SunoAI 🎵
Hello. I'm Hoshiaki, and I'm obsessed with free stuff.
Basically free. I'm especially not a fan of subscriptions.
In my previous article, I presented a stingy way to use free software called Domino to create instrumental arrangements in Suno, which even free members can enjoy.
However, after that, I thought, "I want to record phrases more easily..."
If possible, on my smartphone (iPhone).
It would be great if I could do it while lying in bed...
...I looked into it, and it turns out there are some. Free apps.
So, this time, I'll write about my impressions of using Medly to send specific phrases to SunoAI.
*Medly is a basically free app.
There are paid features, but the free version is enough just to send instructions to Suno! I recommend it!
This isn't a sponsored post!
Impressions: Medly is easy to use
The reason I hadn't used smartphone composition apps before was due to my prejudice that they "seemed hard to use" or "free ones would only be low-quality."
No, that's not the case.
Actually, the sound is better than Domino on PC.
The operation is intuitive and you can learn it just by playing around.
The operability is sufficient for just jotting down phrases
The number and quality of sounds are also sufficient for jotting down phrases
I don't know about full-scale composition, but it's the best app for the purpose of just jotting down phrases.
Adding a chord-like structure with just root notes to a phrase that sounds quite like Touhou Project. I was really able to jot down phrases easily.
Thinking, "It feels like a waste to use this in Suno. I'll reuse this phrase for composition later," I throw it into Suno.
By the way, I'm using the prompts from NEKOMUSICA's kazu's article as a reference. It's friendly even for beginners.
(Though I have omitted some parts from the original article)
Oriental × Rock
An Oriental city in the rain
Koto (read), Piano (background)
150 BPMImpressions: Suno's idea expansion is amazing
Up until now, my use of Suno involved uploading "completed musical works" and having them arranged.
So, Suno also outputted it as if it were tracing the finished product, arranging it accordingly. It's a 100-point interpretation.
However, this time I used an incomplete music file with only one phrase. I wondered if the output would also be just one phrase, but the result was...
Wow, this is amazing...
It expanded it completely.
And it sounds quite like Touhou Project.
It turned into a gorgeous arrangement like Touhou Makakasai.
I might retract my previous declaration of not using AI.
Since I gave instructions intuitively using a music file, it's easy because I can skip instructions for keys (tonality) that I don't really understand.
Suggestion: Gaining further ideas
What I thought after listening to this arrangement was,
I didn't realize this phrase could sound so cool if played loudly at the opening.
If I use this phrase in music, it creates this kind of atmosphere and branches out like this.
Things like that.
I feel like I've gained some new insights and ideas.
Of course, I won't use the phrase as is.
I'm concerned about the lack of a decisive punch.
So, based on what I felt from Suno, I thought of some more phrases. If anything, it's more like Mamoru-kun.
It's not like I'm misappropriating phrases, but does this count as AI composition? Should I write SunoAI in the credits from now on? That seems like it might cause controversy.
My belief of not using AI for composition is already starting to waver. Well, I won't misappropriate the phrases, though.
[Other report] I might incorporate AI into my composition.
Maybe I should conduct a survey on YouTube.
Betraying the people who watch my content is absolutely out of the question.
That's all. This was Hoshiaki.