Hey folks, for a while now I've wanted to create a course to show people how to build generative music systems for the browser the way I do. I wasn't sure how interested people would be, so I've released an "early access" version of it available n...
2023-08-20 18:05:27 +0000 UTC
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Hey folks, just letting you know I released version 0.11.1 of Generative.fm Play. This includes a fix for playing music on iOS devices even when the screen is off or the s...
2023-04-15 07:21:28 +0000 UTC
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Hey folks, it’s been a long time since I updated here and I wanted to check in with you all.
I’ll get straight to the point: I probably won’t be working much on Generative.fm
2022-09-15 22:24:27 +0000 UTC
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Hello! Here's a quick summary of what I'm working on right now.
Thanks for being here!
The short version
- I'm reorganizing and documenting the code for Generative.fm so I'm not the only one who can develop the software. Yo...
2022-01-13 01:43:44 +0000 UTC
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Hi folks! Just wanted to say hello and let you know I've added a new piece called "Skyline" to Generative.fm. You can check it out here.
tl;dr:
2021-11-18 03:05:25 +0000 UTC
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Hi folks, it's been a bit since I shared anything or released any updates and I felt like I owed you an update at the very least.
I made a poll a few months ago t...
2021-07-18 20:01:20 +0000 UTC
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Hi again! There's been a lot of changes since the last poll so here's a new one. These really help me figure out how to spend my time so I appreciate you taking the time to vote on stuff that's important to you. Please vote for as many as you'd li...
2021-05-31 19:24:25 +0000 UTC
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Hey folks, it's been a while since we had a thread for collecting suggestions and feedback. Since the last work poll is months old and I've finished the top choices, I ...
2021-05-10 19:12:25 +0000 UTC
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Hey folks, the most recent release of Generative.fm adds support from Casting from Google Chrome. This was one of the top choices from the poll from last month (after a...
2021-04-14 18:07:00 +0000 UTC
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Hi folks. I'm ready to release an "early access" version of the Generative.fm Play desktop app.
I've done some preliminary testing on all platforms but please let me know if you find any issues. Also, I think I'd like to keep these as exclus...
2021-04-02 21:22:18 +0000 UTC
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Hi folks, just wanted to share what I'm working on right now.
The poll from a few weeks ago is still open: https://www.patreon.com/posts/48469012. Feel free to g...
2021-03-24 23:54:23 +0000 UTC
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Hey folks, I'm hoping to have Autochange released this week, which means I'll need to know what to get started on next. Here's a big list of things we could do.
You can vote for as many as you like.
As always, feel free to drop sugge...
2021-03-08 01:16:20 +0000 UTC
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Hey folks, just wanted to share a few updates about Generative.fm.
I just released a new generator called "Splash." I hope you like it.
I've also added a way for you to edit the current selection of generators. You can now add and re...
2021-02-26 20:34:48 +0000 UTC
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Hi folks! I just released Generative.fm Play, the new player for Generative.fm, and I'd love for you to try it out.
Before you do, please remember that your data from...
2021-02-09 00:29:14 +0000 UTC
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Hi folks!
First, thank you so much for sticking with me and helping out with Generative.fm. I'm really excited about the new player app and I hope you'll find it was worth the wait.
The new player is about 95% ...
2021-02-03 18:17:42 +0000 UTC
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Hi folks, just wanted to invite you to join the new Generative.fm Discord server. You may have already received a link in your email, but I'll quickly share what it is and how I hope to use it.
If you're not familiar, Discord is a text and v...
2021-01-15 03:27:54 +0000 UTC
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Hi folks, just wanted to share another progress update with you. Let me know what you think!
I forgot to mention that your user data from the old player will be automagically imported to the new one when you use it. Also, I haven't done muc...
2020-12-30 21:15:05 +0000 UTC
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Hello again! As I mentioned in my last post, I'm working to get a beta version of the new Generative.fm player out as soon as I can, without all of the planned features.
What I'd like to know is, once that version of the player is released <...
2020-12-02 22:45:30 +0000 UTC
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Hi folks, just wanted to share a quick update showing where the new player is at. These are screenshots of what I've actually built so far, where the last update was just mockups. Keep in mind that I'm still aiming for this: 2020-11-28 23:55:14 +0000 UTC
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Hey folks, I wanted to share some prototypes of the new Generative.fm player and find out what you think of them. These are definitely not final and there's all sorts of stuff missing here!
Now that the recording functionali...
2020-10-29 17:43:03 +0000 UTC
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Hey folks, I wanted to let you know I added a new piece called "Zed" to the site last night. Hope you like it!
2020-10-26 04:41:18 +0000 UTC
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Hey folks, just wanted to let you know that I've finally finished remastering all the pieces. I just released a new version of the site for you to use: https://generative.fm
Ther...
2020-10-13 08:13:20 +0000 UTC
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Hello again, here's another short update.
I'm still working on upgrading all of the pieces. I'm basically "remastering" each one and making improvements on a case-by-case basis. It took longer than I expected to get everything ready but prog...
2020-09-14 03:13:02 +0000 UTC
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Hey folks, here's a quick update on what I'm working on right now.
After some early design work for the new Generative.fm player, I realized I'd need to make some changes to...
2020-08-15 13:29:12 +0000 UTC
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Hello again folks. I wanted to quickly acknowledge that the income provided from Patreon now exceeds the most expensive month of Generative.fm hosting costs ever. 🎉
If you didn't know, every month I share the cost of hosting Generative.f...
2020-08-05 03:18:38 +0000 UTC
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Hey folks, I'm so excited to finally share the new recording app with you.
I haven't done a ton of testing, so super big warning that stuff might not work. Let me know if you find any problems.
I realize most of you ...
2020-06-26 04:22:26 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone, quick update and a question for you.
I'm close to releasing the new Generative.fm recording web app. The most notable new feature is that you can specify a fade in and fade out for the recordings. I just need to spend some time...
2020-06-10 02:16:57 +0000 UTC
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Hey folks, just wanted to check in with a little progress update on the recording interface. It's coming along! This should give you an idea of what the new interfaces will look like.
You can see it's still missing some core functionality li...
2020-04-28 02:28:19 +0000 UTC
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tl;dr - I found a new approach that significantly reduces the amount of CPU used by Generative.fm pieces. In one case, it brought CPU usage from 45% to 5%. This means pieces using this approach won't crackle so much.
Hey the...
2020-03-21 01:53:00 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone, just wanted to share these early (not final!) designs for the new recording app. Let me know what you think. Some of the icons are just placeholders for now but the colors and general theme is what I have in mind.
2020-03-01 18:05:32 +0000 UTC
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