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[Knight Otu]

Are there any plans for a music audio synthesizer, so we can press a button and hear a generated song in-game? Or be able to see the individual notes of the song? Or are songs not that in-depth?

Just like poems, songs are not going to be that in-depth. It'd be even harder to get them right.

[abculatter_2]

Are there any plans for a music audio synthesizer, so we can press a button and hear a generated song in-game? Or be able to see the individual notes of the song? Or are songs not that in-depth?

Just like poems, songs are not going to be that in-depth. It'd be even harder to get them right.

Yeah, in hindsight that did seem kind of a ridiculous expectation.

[LordBaal]

I guess eventually we'll have actual words on the poems and music on the songs (so far only descriptions of them). By eventually I mean in a few years or decades. It would be really, really interesting however.

[DVNO]

And there is still the manual option of breaking out the ol' acoustic guitar and letting out some chords to generate the song being outlined as well. Honestly that sounds like a fun meta-game in itself to me.    

[Mephansteras]

And there is still the manual option of breaking out the ol' acoustic guitar and letting out some chords to generate the song being outlined as well. Honestly that sounds like a fun meta-game in itself to me.    

I look forward to hearing people's take on the various songs!

[Shonai_Dweller]

And there is still the manual option of breaking out the ol' acoustic guitar and letting out some chords to generate the song being outlined as well. Honestly that sounds like a fun meta-game in itself to me.    

I look forward to hearing people's take on the various songs!

5 internets for the first to post a song played on the correct Dwarven instrument.
This is a granite 9-string, it menaces with spikes of alpaca wool...   

[Mel_Vixen]

Well there are some autocomposing (List on wikipedia) programs out there (maybe even libraries?) so if we can export the descriptions and a bit of context one could maybe use a 3rd party program to generate the songs and then reimport them to soundsense.

[Dirst]

Well there are some autocomposing (List on wikipedia) programs out there (maybe even libraries?) so if we can export the descriptions and a bit of context one could maybe use a 3rd party program to generate the songs and then reimport them to soundsense.

Oh, so that's what pouring magma onto kittens sounds like!

[Shashu]

And here are some of the musical forms from a medium world

Whoa. Worth the wait.

[Willfor]

I have a feeling that I need to brush up on some terminology if I want to make songs in these. I'm actually pretty glad Toady didn't stick to western influences for the music, but on the other hand, aahhhhhhhh.

There will be some challenges ahead.

[PTTG??]

I really hate to say this - I mean, I really feel bad about it - but what relevance does the assonance/dissonance and beat pattern of these music styles have for events in-game? I can't imagine being told I need to find a celebratory song played on sitar with a faint introduction and a high-tempo conclusion with a beat pattern of x x - x |  - x | in order to save the king or something.

Please tell me I'm wrong and this will be a somewhat useful part of the game.

[Inarius]

somewhat useful part of the game.

Well, does the name of the necromancer books or the region you visit, or the color, length of hair and scratching nose and name of the dwarves is important ?

[PTTG??]

somewhat useful part of the game.

Well, does the name of the necromancer books or the region you visit, or the color, length of hair and scratching nose and name of the dwarves is important ?

Names of items and places are essential to identify what NPCs are talking about, and point taken about biographical details... but still, if you're telling a story about a game, you might pause to tell your audience that the dwarf who was swinging around that masterwork sock had long blond hair, but you probably aren't going to mention the musical stylings of a fort nearly as frequently.

I suppose it's subjective. For me, song detail beyond "it's an upbeat song played on stone bongos" is more fine-grained than I can imagine using.

[Putnam]

...Since when was music playing not an extremely important part of tavern work? Taverns without music is like dwarves without booze. Sure, it's not the forefront of dwarven culture, but it's important.

Also, since when was

save the king or something.

ever what the game was about? It's a fantasy world simulator. It generates cultures. Music styles are a ludicrously, ridiculously, incredibly important part of culture. I cannot emphasize this enough. I am not sure if there's a single culture on the planet Earth that does not have music as a part of its culture.

[Fieari]

Also, imagine a procedurally generated bardic magic system...

But mostly, I'm looking forwards to seeing fans attempting to create instances of their fortress's music.  The poetry that's come out so far has already been superb.