So I've got a really strange formula and I'm wondering if EZKeys has any alternatives or if there's any other software that I could benefit from.
Basically, I'm starting with a standard chord progression as the foundation for my song. Usually I start by dragging out chords from a scale using This template
Once I have a good chord progression, its time for melodies/arps. I've built up a big collection of midi tracks. Some of my own creation and a lot of free/purchasable midis as well. Cymatics has a good series of collections of these. I have all of my midi tracks organized and imported into EZKeys.
EZKeys has this algorithm that will shift any midi track into the keys that you feed it. I record my simple chord progression into it and the entire library is then able to be played back, shifted to the keys of your chords - I'm not sure if that makes sense, let me know if clarification is needed.
As I find good arps/melodies that go with my song, I drag them into empty "midi bank" tracks in ableton to edit and use on my synths. I'll also take the EZKeys tracks and run them through ableton's arp to give them a more solid/uniform sound or just to generate something completely unique from my library.
This method gets me a fairly solid start to a song. The midi tracks from EZKeys usually need editied since they're all played in the style of an analog piano - like for a polyphonic synth you will want to manually pick which notes are kept out of the track.
So, is there any other software that generates melodies based on chords you feed it? My EZKeys process is a little chaotic but works for me. Also feel free to discuss my strange method. I like to think that I'm mentoring my computer while it makes the music.
Submitted December 04, 2017 at 11:39PM by koniferus https://www.reddit.com/r/edmproduction/comments/7hmn7t/how_i_start_making_a_new_song_and_also_looking/?utm_source=ifttt