Welcome to Grid Melody
Grid Melody is a simple yet powerful tool for composing music. You can start from simple melody patterns and compose full songs.
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About
I originally created this as a personal tool because I lacked proficiency in playing any instrument. I wanted to explore whether I could leverage my decades of coding experience to develop something that would allow me to produce music using creativity and music theory alone—without needing the ability to play a real instrument.
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Allows Experimentation
Choose instruments, experiment with rhythm and melody, and effortlessly automate parameters in the GUI to bring your compositions to life quickly.
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Fully Functional
Enables users to start with patterns and seamlessly arrange and produce complete songs.
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Allow Automations for all VST Parameters
This was mainly to see if a purely software editor can generate music in Indian style with Meeds and Gamaks.
Features
Pattern Editor
Compose patterns , group them and then place them in an Arrangement for a Song. You can easily import, paste ABC Notation or Drum Patterns directly into the editor.
Instrument Selector
Patterns can be created from Percussions, Samples or Notes from various samples and virtual instruments.
Automation
You can use the same interface to Automate any parameter from velocity,Pitch to any macro in a VST.
Free Online Mode
You can use all the features in the Online mode which uses google's @magenta/music soundfonts for music generation.
Offline App
Offline App shares the UI from the online app but uses a Server App that can host VSTs for music generation.
Client Server Architecture
Since the VST Host Server uses REST and Websockets , it can also be used independently to create generative or algorithmic music in any hosted VST with full automation of any parameter.
You can try Grid Raga Now
You can use the free online version directly. If you want to save your compositions , you have to signup for a free account. Offline versions are available only to paid customers.
Contact
We are from Chennai South India
Info at GridMelody dot com