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There's always that one exception - Brian Eno released a floppy disk album called Generative Music 1 in 1996. It required Windows 95 and a Sound Blaster AWE32
by SyneRyder 8y ago
There's always that one exception - Brian Eno released a floppy disk album called Generative Music 1 in 1996. It required Windows 95 and a Sound Blaster AWE32 to play:
https://intermorphic.com/sseyo/koan/generativemusic1/ https://intermorphic.com/sseyo/koan/generativemusic1/
"The works I have made with this system symbolise, to me, the beginning of a new era of music. Until a hundred years ago, every musical event was unique: music was ephemeral and unrepeatable, and even classical scoring couldn't guarantee precise duplication. Then came the gramophone record, which captured particular performances, and made it possible to hear them identically, over and over again.
But now, there are three alternatives: live music, recorded music, and generative music. Generative music enjoys some of the benefits of both its ancestors. Like live music, it is always different. Like recorded music, it is free of time-and-place limitations — you can hear it when and where you want.
Edit: There is a YouTube recording of someone's generated version of Lysis (Tungsten) from the album:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgbbYLSNbfg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgbbYLSNbfg