MLSTM: A Novel Modified Long Short-Term Memory Networks for Melody Synthesis Melody Generation

This research elaborates a melody synthesis model utilizing a Modified Long Short-Term Memory (mLSTM) neural network, trained on Kern dataset, preprocessed into Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) files. After receiving a seed melody as input 01, the model predicts the note that will come next by looking at the notes that have come before it. The model can learn the structures and patterns seen in classical music by using MIDI files as the training dataset. Categorical cross-entropy loss function is used to train the model over several epochs with early halting. To regulate how random the predictions are, the model makes use of a temperature parameter. The assessment demonstrates that the produced tunes have a variety of traits and are aesthetically pleasing to human ears. To justify the performance of the proposed method some criteria were considered and expert evaluation was done. The evaluation shows that the model has generated the melodies that are pleasing to the ear and have a similar structure to the training dataset. The model has several uses, including prediction and music composition.