Archive February 2010
Make note (Building MIDI Gens Lessons)
Use bang of one square to add notes (fixed scale) from METRO selection.
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If you do one thing, this will influence where you go next. Based on you own ears, the aesthetics of the piece and your overall awareness of the development of the piece. (this ‘human’ analysis cannot yet be done by AI) Problem with algorithmic musical systems – Need a ‘memory’ to help develop the form […]
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Composing algorithmically – Can sometimes feel lost. Where is the form? How can one section transition to another? Ask yourself – What are the scopes of the piece? Concentrate on the function of a section
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Composing with computers – you have to give up on what you want when developing a compositional patch. Let the time spent developing the patch lead you Instead of ‘how to cook everything’, ideas can come from just working with the computer, no need to come up with ‘out there’ concepts to challenge to tools […]
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Compositional methodology Generate some musical gestures Analyse them Model them Regenerate variations. Often with in built time-based transformations and hierachies Steve Davismoon
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Composing algorithmic music with rules – Can’t have too many rules otherwise might as well write works by hand. Rules need to be honed and balanced to produce results that the artist likes, and that make sounds which work well together in wder context. Hans Tutschku