MuGen - Music Generator

Also available on Steam:

https://store.steampowered.com/widget/1806340/649472/

NOTE: Please uninstall the old version before you install this one! 

Some examples of what has been created using this program: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrHhyjTiDC0k2PPFPlvcCNQ/videos

Using MuGen you can create original music in seconds.

Get inspired, unleash your creativity, or just simply generate music for your next game or youtube video.

MuGen has been developed through many years, and is based on real world music theory used by professionals. 

MuGen uses guided randomization and AI to generate music based on your input parameters.

Features:

* Unlimited albums

* Unlimited songs per album

* Random album and song names

* Listen to your creation immediately

* Portable MIDI format suitable for importing into other programs for refinement

* Lots of customization

** Key, tempo, number of bards per chord, number of chords, chord lengths

** Scales and modes (Major/Minor, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Locrian)

** Customizable your verse, chorus, bridge and solo with their own key progressions, switching between major/minor or relative major/minor

** Different song types like POP and EDM

** Song parameters to customize the tone, sound, feel and mood of your songs

*** Randomize instruments

*** Chord based or scale based melodies

*** Utilize Sus2/Sus4, Add9, 7th chords

*** Chord staggering

*** Embelllishments like passing notes, complete/double neighbor notes, octave attacks

*** Add FX and PAD tracks for EMD style music

See tutorials here (for slightly older version but everything still applies)

Basic: 

Advanced:

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NEW IN 2.4.8

• 4 New melody types - blues and pentatonic, major and minor
• A new 'dark mode' for those dark tunes
• Manual update
• Bugfixes
• Randomize each song with a new seed when generating multiple songs at once
• Solo, play and export now respects tempo and other settings
• Factory reset now works again
• Fixed the insanely fast bass line that was generated in some situations

NEW IN 2.4.5

• UI revamp
• Drums are now more consistent throughout the song
• FX tracks are shorter with fewer notes
• Use the program parameter 'nosteam' to avoid launching the Steam integration

NEW IN 2.4.2

• Base beat can be lowered and increased
• Internal music player is now the default
• Added playback control in the internal music player

NEW IN 2.3-2.4.1:

• Euclidean rhythm generator
• Choose melody structure
• More varied drums
• Melodic bass
• Music mutation
  
• Decoupled music and drum speed

NEW IN 2.1-2.2:

• You can now use the MuGen internal music player to play back generated songs.
• A new Note Viewer will show in real time the notes played in each channel.
• You can also click the new 'stop music' button to stop playback at any time.
• Added new options for melody direction change and melody note max deviation from root for more melody control
• FX notes will now respect current scale and key.
• Fixed bug where the wrong instrument was shown for a channel.
• UI overhaul
• Multiple FX tracks
• Bugfixes

NEW IN 2.0:

New melody creation method CHORDSTRUMMING and strumming type SONG, PART and CHORD implemented - emulating how a guitar player would create melodies using finger play.

NEW IN 1.9:

Melody jumps are now ranges from 0 and the selected value for more variation

Melodies no longer go in just one direction for more variation

Fixed a bug where the application remained open after closing the window

NEW IN 1.8:

Control how many notes the melody is allowed to jump per melody part. 

NEW IN 1.7:

An option to randomize drum patterns

NEW IN 1.6:

* Drums solo and export

* EDM and Buildup structures respects intro/outro progression

* Various bug fixes

NEW IN 1.5.1:

* Instrument selection bugfix

* Chords solo and export respects channel options and strumming

NEW IN 1.5:

* Solo parts - listen to individual parts of the generated song

* Export part - export individual parts of the generated song

* Load/Save custom profiles. Share your profiles with friends and/or with the community!

* Language selection - english, italian, french - german on the way

* Factory reset button to go back to default settings

* Melody revamp for even better melodies

* Custom working directory for album generation location

* Added scrollbars for smaller screens

* Some bug fixes

NEW IN 1.4:

* New language support: French and Italian

* UI rehaul

* Preview play progressions, instruments and drums right in the UI

* Exported tracks now contain part and instrument name

* Unused parts with no notes are not exported

* Removed pause in beginning and end of songs

NEW IN 1.3:

A button to show the user manual

Expert settings

* Edit progression library. Add your own progressions or delete the ones you don't want.

* Show instrument names in MIDI tracks and export XML

* Show instrument names in metadata

* Choose channel instruments

* Choose drumset drums

* Modify channel Spread, Bounce, Silence, Rhythm, Dynamics and Merge for even more control over the generated music

* Some settings were moved from normal settings to expert settings: Embellish, Note rest and part silencing

NEW IN 1.2:

* Added user manual

* Bugfixes

NEW IN 1.1:

* Configurable chord separation (one track for each chord note)

* Configurable FX track

* Configurable PAD tracks (one track for root, third and fifth note per progression)

* New song structure types (Buildup, verse only, verse/bridge)

* XML export

* Right click song to open song location

* Right click song to view song metadata

* New config file location (userHome/.MuGen)

* New album root location (userHome/MuGen)

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