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ShevtoneAudio Orchestrator

Turning MIDI into Full Orchestration

Details

External ID
49497791
Source
HN
Company
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Product
ShevtoneAudio Orchestrator
Website domain
shevtoneaudio.com
Launched
Aug. 30, 2026
Cohort
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Upvotes
6
Upvotes percentile
0.3125
Tags
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Fetched at
Sept. 10, 2026, 5:31 a.m.
Updated at
Sept. 10, 2026, 5:31 a.m.

Description

Hi HN, I'm Bor Shev, a composer and developer. Over the past two years I've been developing ShevtoneAudio Orchestrator. The idea is simple: instead of generating a finished piece of music and replacing the composer, Orchestrator takes the composer's own MIDI and develops it into a full orchestration. It analyzes the musical material — harmony, melody, rhythm, dynamics, structure and orchestral density — and creates an arrangement across strings, brass, percussion and other sections. The important part is that the result remains editable MIDI. The composer keeps control and can continue working with everything inside their DAW. I believe this approach could be a breakthrough in AI-assisted composition: AI as an orchestration tool rather than a replacement for the musician. I'm especially interested in feedback from developers, composers and people working with music technology. Feel free to tear the idea apart — I'd genuinely like to know what you think. I'm also running a limited launch offer for Orchestrator at $149. Demo / product: orchestra.shevtoneaudio.com Thanks for taking a look! — Bor Shev ShevtoneAudio

Enrichment

Theme
audio and music production tools
Vertical
Media & entertainment
Function
Content generation
Audience
Prosumer
AI stance
AI feature
Project type
Commercial product
Normalized one-liner
midi to orchestral music generation
Manually corrected
False

Could you build this?

Partial A basic MIDI sequencer UI or plugin shell can be built quickly, but high-quality algorithmic or ML-based polyphonic orchestration across realistic virtual instrument sections demands serious music theory and audio DSP expertise.

What it would actually take: The tool likely runs as a JUCE (C++) VST3/AU plugin or companion desktop app communicating with a specialized orchestration engine. The hard part is developing rule-based or trained neural models that respect orchestral voice leading, instrument ranges, dynamics, and articulation mapping to multiple MIDI channels. It requires deep expertise in classical orchestration, music informatics, and audio plugin architecture.

Discussion

4 comments analyzed.

Concerns raised: Just a generic LLM wrapper with a web frontend, not substantive technology, Unproven black box - no visibility into how harmonic analysis or orchestration actually works, Lacks music theory rigor - unclear if it handles enharmonic equivalents, extended harmony, instrument ranges, species counterpoint, SaaS model unjustified - should be local software, suggests profit motive over functionality, No code or implementation details shared, making claims unverifiable

Feature requests: Open source the code or provide GitHub repository for local installation, Document harmonic analysis and orchestration logic/rules used, Support style specification (Baroque, Classical, Jazz, 12-tone, etc.), Provide practical examples or tutorials showing actual input/output, Demonstrate results on specific test cases (Bach invention, Kern chord-melody arrangement)

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Attention rank: #78 of 155 (itself plus its competitors, highest first — normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 305 days after the earliest competitor.

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