generativefm / generative.fm

A platform for playing generative music in the browser.

❗ Archival notice

This was the original player for Generative.fm. It was retired on February 12, 2021 and replaced by generative-fm/play.

generative.fm

A platform for playing generative music in the browser.

https://generative.fm

Overview

Audio

This site uses Tone.js to play audio in the browser through the Web Audio API.

Music

Source code for the music generators can be found in the generative-music/pieces-alex-bainter repository.

Installation

You will need Node.js installed on your machine.

1. Clone to your machine.
2. Navigate to the project's directory.
3. Run npm i.
4. Run npm start.
5. Navigate to localhost:9999.

Local Sample Files

To play music locally, first you need to follow these instructions:

Requests for sample files from the generative.fm sample CDN are blocked, see #38. In order to play music locally, you will need to follow the instructions for building and serving the sample files.

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md.