Hi Andrew,
That was very interesting to listen to to. Thanks for sharing it. A couple of thoughts, though I may be missing some important point; since you only keep a scope of the last 3 notes you could use float boxes instead of creating tables on the fly. Also, the concept seems to be a base N counter, so approaching this starting with an up-down counter might simplify it. Also [range] seems to be missing for me but easily fixed with a multiply and an add. best andy. On Sun, 26 Jun 2011 00:32:27 +0100 Andrew Faraday <jbtur...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Hey Pders > I've been messing with the idea of combining dynamic patching and generative > music. And after a few hours of work I've come up with a patch (attached) > which uses some rules to build a randomly generated piece of music who's > result I'm rather fond of. > On opening the patch, a 4-number array is generated, with a choice of 1 > single note to choose from. It's played by a simple sine oscillator, then a > second iteration generates a second array, choosing from 2 notes (adding one > a semitone above), plays the two arrays in order, then generates a third, > with 3 notes to choose from, and so on. > As the piece progresses, the choice of notes playing through a sequence > that's always a low drone, expanding out to a more tangible mid-range, > usually coming up with melodic fragments, and then starting to use some > higher-pitched sounds. And all the time the feedback on a delay unit on the > output, of the system. > When the range of notes reaches 127, the feedback jumps from 60% to 90%, > changing the mood of the piece significantly, building to a harsh climax, > each frequency range of notes lasting into the next and gains more > significance. Like the perceived voices vying for position. > Eventually, when a note above midi 127 is played, the synth stops, and the > delay tail gradually fades out. > I've found this to be an unusually structured and dramatic piece of > generative patching. Initially a low drone, which pushes out and explores > into melodies, building ideas, and being repeatedly pushed back to it's > initial form. Then building into a repeating and expanding set of phases. > getting louder and busier. Then a change brings this to a head, and signifies > to the audience that the piece could end on any phase, building excitment to > an inevitable but always unexpected end. > > > Sorry, I've written quite a lot about this, but I thought the PD list might > be interested... If anyone could spare about 15 minutes to listen to the > patch in action, I'd love to hear what you think of the artistic result. > > Thanks in advance. > Andrew > P.S. I do realize that I could clean this up a great deal. The addition of > [table] objects could just as easily be a single expanding array, I could > hide modules away in sub patches and the sliders used for visualization could > be more efficiently done with gem. -- Andy Farnell <padawa...@obiwannabe.co.uk> _______________________________________________ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
