Flow Machines

Augmenting Creativity with AI

Flow Machines is a research, development, and a social implementation project that aims to expand the creativity of creators in music.
Music has been expanding together with new technology and creators who have applied them to music creation.
Flow Machines is working with creators to generate new music using cutting-edge machine learning technology.

Compose melodies based on creators’ intentions

By selecting style and chord progression, AI will analyze various music and suggest 4 or 8 bar melody based on the constructed musical rules

Create your original Style Palette

By training your original melody to Flow Machines, you can make your own Style Palette which creates new melody based on your style

100+ Style Palette Presets

There are over 100 presets of Style Palette such as “Pop” or “EDM” Infinite number of melodies can be suggested from each Style Palette

Parameter for composing

Harmony of melody and chord
Note duration
Complexity of the melody

“Like” and save your favorites

Push like button to save your favorite ideas from AI

Re-compose specific bars

Select the bars you want to re-compose, and keep your favorite ones

MIDI export function

You can export your favorite melodies from the Export MIDI button and transfer them to your DAW for immediate incorporation into your own songs!

Edit MIDI

Melodies transferred to the DAW with the MIDI export function can be freely edited as MIDI data, so you can make them sound the way you like!

System Requirements

Mac OS:
macOS Big Sur 11.0以上

DAWs that have been tested:
Cubase Pro 11/12
Studio One 5
Ableton Live 11
Digital Performer
Logic Pro
GrageBand
Pro Tools

Try Flow Machines

The application can be downloaded from the App Store.
Experience a new way to create music with Flow Machines!

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Basic Flow Machines operation

Create your original Style Palette

Flow Machines on iPad

Flow Machines is also available for download on the iPad.
The operation method is the same as Mac OS.
You can easily create melodies anytime and anywhere on your iPad, which you can easily carry around with you.

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News

“FLOW MACHINES”、”フローマシーンズ”は、ソニー株式会社の商標です。

“FLOW MACHINES”、”フローマシーンズ”は、ソニーコンピュータサイエンス研究所が開発した技術です。

The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Research Council under the European Union’s Seventy Framework Programme (EP7/2007-2013 Grant Agreement no. 291156)

The research leading to these results has been conducted by Sony Computer Science Laboratories Paris (Sony CSL Paris) and Pierre and Marie Curie University (UPMC)