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Useful AI prompt for step sequencer patterns (Audiokit/CemOlcay)
Here is a prompt I use whenever I want to mash out a 2 minute remix of a song or just curious about the arrangements. I created it originally just for pulling the arpeggiator sequences for AudioKit apps)
Generate four 16-step patterns inspired by the song [SONG TITLE], matching its key, scale, tempo feel, and genre. Use the following formats exactly:
Key & Scale: State the key and scale used for all patterns.
Bassline (Melody Bud)
List each step on its own line as: #=Note. Use - for rest.
Example:
1=C2
2=-
3=G2
Melody (Melody Bud)
List each step on its own line as: #=Note. Use - for rest.
Example:
1=E4
2=-
3=D4
Drums (16-step)
List each drum sound followed by the step numbers it hits. Include at minimum: Kick, Snare, Hi-Hat (closed), and any other relevant sounds for the style.
Example: Kick = 1,5,9,13 | Snare = 5,13 | Hi-Hat = 1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15
Arp (Audio Kit AUV3 — 16 steps)
List 16 comma-separated semitone interval values using Audio Kit’s standard range. Only use a minus sign for negative values; positive values have no sign.
Example: 0,3,7,12,7,3,0,-3,0,4,7,12,7,4,0,-5
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Example output:
Here are the 16-step patterns captured from that grim, dystopian Aggrotech/EBM aesthetic for Wumpscut's Wreath of Barbs
Key & Scale
Key: C minor
Scale: C Natural Minor (C, D, Eb, F, G, Ab, Bb)
Tempo Feel: 122 BPM (Aggressive, mechanical EBM march)
Bassline (Melody Bud)
A heavy, driving, syncopated 16th-note EBM bassline that locks perfectly with a harsh kick.
1 = C2
2 = C2
3 = C2
4 = Eb2
5 = rest
6 = G2
7 = G2
8 = Ab2
9 = C2
10 = C2
11 = C2
12 = Bb1
13 = rest
14 = G2
15 = F2
16 = G2
Melody (Melody Bud)
A cold, melancholic, and menacing synth string line that carries the dark, dramatic weight of the track.
1 = C4
2 = rest
3 = D4
4 = Eb4
5 = rest
6 = G4
7 = rest
8 = F4
9 = Eb4
10 = rest
11 = D4
12 = C4
13 = rest
14 = Bb3
15 = Ab3
16 = G3
Drum Pattern (16-step sequencer)
A pounding, rigid industrial beat. The open hat on the off-beats provides the classic EBM drive, while the anvil/rim shot adds a cold, metallic clang.
Kick: 1, 5, 9, 13
Snare: 5, 13
Hi-Hat (Closed): 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16
Hi-Hat (Open): 3, 7, 11, 15
Anvil/Rim (Metallic accent): 4, 8, 11, 15
Arpeggiator (Audio Kit AUV3 — 16 steps)
A sharp, icy, and mechanical pattern meant to cycle through a menacing C minor chord shape with a flat 6th drop at the end.
0,3,7,12,7,3,0,3,8,12,15,12,8,3,2,-1
I know I'm gonna regret posting this but ...
I can hardly imagine anything more joy and satisfaction robbing than having AI do that for me. I must be very differently wired than you.
Glad you have fun with it tho. 😎
Thanks for posting. I imagine there are many others that will have a different outlook than me.
I haven't been that specific, but the one thing that I have tried is to get advice on a few cases of loop-itis. I write out a description of my loop, chords, sounds, feelings, whether I think this loop sounds like a verse or a chorus or whatever. It doesn't necessarily mean I do what it suggests, but it gets me out of being precious/perfectionist sometimes.
I'm stuck somewhere between "AI sucks" and "ChatGPT is not the worst thing in the world". Back when I used to mess with AI, I used ChatGPT for similar prompts when I was stuck on what to create next. I would have it pick out bpm, key signature, time signature, and genre, completely at random. Then I would create the music based on the answers to the prompts in whatever DAW/Groovebox app I was using at the time (which was most likely either Nanostudio 2 or Gadget, can't recall). I'd come up with chord progressions and melodies and drum patterns on my own bereft of further AI prompting.
Seems @egobeats had AI go deeper to dictate the melodies and drum patterns (although the drum pattern it came up with is just the most basic House/Techno beat you can imagine lol).
Though I am fiercely against the use of GenAI (meaning generating the audio/visual content itself from a prompt), ChatGPT is still somewhat tempting to me as it is a decent tool for defeating creative block by having it tell me what to make (to a certain extent). Your mileage may vary. 😂
I know there’s myriad of good reasons someone would be averse, but I do like playing around with local models a lot. Using an AI agent on my own system without worrying about token count for straightforward tasks and silly little projects is fun. The local stuff is definitely limited compared to the souped up models but that’s kind of a pro in some scenarios. Having prompt templates like this for local models is a great use case. Not sure if you you’ve tested if out with local models @egobeats but I might give it a go when I need a mini project.
Interesting indeed.
I never heard about what is known as "local models" until now.
Maybe overcoming creative block, unassisted, is an essential part of creating.
I find the best way to get over real creators block is to jam with others. It’s definitely not always a solo endeavor, but I do get the idea.
I agree with FizzyLizzy, @purpan2 .
I'm often down to jam/collab with others, and it is fun. 
More fun than asking ChatGPT to prompt someone, because instead of that, you're working with a real breathing person who you can bounce ideas off of and create something together with.
Yes, I'm currently in a small creative block, and I'm considering starting a "build my EP/Album" thread or something like that, lol.
i'm no ai aficionado / user / fan / i hate where things are right now and where they're seemingly headed etc. but to be fair to op, the "2 minute remix" use case that's suggested makes it sound like this has more in common with a happy-accident machine like sector or replicant, rather than being a joyless exercise in having a chatbot write out some patterns for you because your well's run dry - generating meaningless notes that obey a few rules but you feel no real connection with any of it but still, you can wave your "composition" around as "evidence of how creative you are" (because social media has you forever feeling judged and like you're losing a competition) as your authentic creative muscles wither and decay because you've stopped using them when things get tough. meanwhile, the meaningless haystack is piling up faster than we can ever dig through it, burying what precious few needles there were so deep and so distant that we'll be hard-pushed to ever find them, and they were already hard enough to find thank you very much.
Absolutely. I meant unassisted by AI. Sorry if I wasn’t clear.
@egobeats - I apologize for derailing your thread right off the bat. It would surely gone that direction anyway, as all threads about AI do, but probably not so soon. There could have at least been a chance at interesting talk instead of the same ol' rehash.
Everybody has different ways of connecting with music. Since I was five years old, mine has been about being amazed by other's music, then the emotional thrill of learning to play it and understand it. It's honestly one of the only processes I truly connect to emotionally. Everything else is "science", which I also enjoy, but very differently. My reaction came from that lonely little emotional corner of my being feeling threatened. 😂
But that's just me and who the f*ck cares? You shared something interesting and useful, that some people could really get some use from. I feel like it has gone unexplored, and that's a shame.
That looks so much more difficult, time consuming and unrewarding than doing it without AI. I know it's unpopular but if you NEED to do that, well, ..............
Yeah, ChatGPT may prove useful for overcoming creative block, but for me personally it is often easier for me just to noodle around in a DAW/Groovebox app. Some days though, I truly do get stuck. Me the past day or two, lol.
yes, sorry for jumping on your thread to vent my grievances with the machine @egobeats
i appreciate that your basic message is, "hey gang, it's pretty straightforward to get variations of your patterns. here's how!"
it's a positive message.
it's almost a macgyver version of reason's pattern mutator, come to think of it:
https://www.reasonstudios.com/shop/rack-extension/pattern-mutator/