music/generated/PROOF_PICKS.json
{
"_doc": "The measured-loop samples' picks. Emitted by harness/music_gen/emit_proof_picks.py; do NOT hand-edit.",
"_ruling_served": "Josh, 2026-08-05: \"Give me a few sample tracks so I can know you can actually do this and improve before I go spend $1000 more.\"",
"_tier_honesty": "Draft beds proving a loop, never themes. rung_rank 0 keeps them out of the score lane's rung contest.",
"_generator": {
"dit": "acestep-v15-turbo",
"lm": null,
"provenance": "D:/audio/acestep/logs/beds.log (the 44-job bed run, 2026-08-04)",
"control_surface_evidence": "build/audio/proof/pole_turbo, pole_base, probe_audio"
},
"revision": 2,
"emitted_at": "2026-08-06T13:22:45+00:00",
"picks_n": 3,
"refusals_n": 0,
"refusals": [],
"picks": [
{
"artifact_id": "MPX_CH02_EXPLORE_r2",
"role": "measured_loop_sample",
"display_name": "Crater Rim (exploration-class sample)",
"theme_id": "",
"picked_by": "harness/music_gen/emit_proof_picks.py — every proof sample whose record, audio and measured diff all agree",
"tier_label": "measured-loop sample — draft bed",
"tier_note": "A DRAFT BED from a text-to-audio model, served as evidence that a measurement loop closes -- not as a theme and not as the Chapter 2 score. Its generation spec was DERIVED from a measured formula card rather than written by ear: the reference is Desolation (Hong Kong canal) -- Deus Ex, Alexander Brandon, and the spec took that card's own duration, tempo, section count, lane density, event rates, silence budget and energy-peak position as targets. The result was then measured on the same axes. Distance from the target grammar is 0.3794 at revision 2 (0 = identical grammar, 1 = maximally different; a DISTANCE, never a quality score). Furthest still: time_to_full_texture_s (target 22.105, measured 50.921), note_rate_per_s (target 0.894, measured 2.545), onset_type (target fade_in, measured ostinato_first). WHAT IS NOT CLAIMED: that this is good, that it is finished, or that it carries a melody worth remembering. Per the melody-first ruling the hummable leitmotif layer stays composer-in-loop; this lane makes beds.",
"care_tier": "standard",
"care_release_ref": "",
"rung": "",
"rung_rank": 0,
"loop": false,
"serves_nodes": [
"CH_02"
],
"serves_regions": [],
"proxy_percent": null,
"deciding_features": [
"distance 0.3794 (scalars 0.437, curves 0.2928)",
"target card UNMATCHED__10_-_Desolation_Hong_Kong_canal_"
]
},
{
"artifact_id": "MPX_CH02_BATTLE_r2",
"role": "measured_loop_sample",
"display_name": "The Stalk (battle-class sample)",
"theme_id": "",
"picked_by": "harness/music_gen/emit_proof_picks.py — every proof sample whose record, audio and measured diff all agree",
"tier_label": "measured-loop sample — draft bed",
"tier_note": "A DRAFT BED from a text-to-audio model, served as evidence that a measurement loop closes -- not as a theme and not as the Chapter 2 score. Its generation spec was DERIVED from a measured formula card rather than written by ear: the reference is Airfield action -- Deus Ex, Alexander Brandon, and the spec took that card's own duration, tempo, section count, lane density, event rates, silence budget and energy-peak position as targets. The result was then measured on the same axes. Distance from the target grammar is 0.3286 at revision 2 (0 = identical grammar, 1 = maximally different; a DISTANCE, never a quality score). Furthest still: time_to_full_texture_s (target 12.376, measured 73.909), raises_per_min (target 4.4542, measured 9.6296), tuttis_per_min (target 5.9389, measured 0.0). WHAT IS NOT CLAIMED: that this is good, that it is finished, or that it carries a melody worth remembering. Per the melody-first ruling the hummable leitmotif layer stays composer-in-loop; this lane makes beds.",
"care_tier": "standard",
"care_release_ref": "",
"rung": "",
"rung_rank": 0,
"loop": false,
"serves_nodes": [
"CH_02"
],
"serves_regions": [],
"proxy_percent": null,
"deciding_features": [
"distance 0.3286 (scalars 0.362, curves 0.2785)",
"target card UNMATCHED__08_-_Airfield_action"
]
},
{
"artifact_id": "MPX_TITLE_MAIN_r2",
"role": "measured_loop_sample",
"display_name": "Summation (title/credits-class sample)",
"theme_id": "",
"picked_by": "harness/music_gen/emit_proof_picks.py — every proof sample whose record, audio and measured diff all agree",
"tier_label": "measured-loop sample — draft bed",
"tier_note": "A DRAFT BED from a text-to-audio model, served as evidence that a measurement loop closes -- not as a theme and not as the Chapter 2 score. Its generation spec was DERIVED from a measured formula card rather than written by ear: the reference is Want You Gone -- Portal 2, Jonathan Coulton, and the spec took that card's own duration, tempo, section count, lane density, event rates, silence budget and energy-peak position as targets. The result was then measured on the same axes. Distance from the target grammar is 0.3589 at revision 2 (0 = identical grammar, 1 = maximally different; a DISTANCE, never a quality score). Furthest still: time_to_full_texture_s (target 3.808, measured 45.72), raises_per_min (target 6.7804, measured 16.9014), tuttis_per_min (target 12.2895, measured 0.0). WHAT IS NOT CLAIMED: that this is good, that it is finished, or that it carries a melody worth remembering. Per the melody-first ruling the hummable leitmotif layer stays composer-in-loop; this lane makes beds.",
"care_tier": "standard",
"care_release_ref": "",
"rung": "",
"rung_rank": 0,
"loop": false,
"serves_nodes": [
"CH_02"
],
"serves_regions": [],
"proxy_percent": null,
"deciding_features": [
"distance 0.3589 (scalars 0.3821, curves 0.3242)",
"target card EX_110"
]
}
]
}