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I'm a big fan of procedural/generative music, and have created some of my own. I tend to take a very different approach from Alex, embracing determinism rather
by spiralganglion 8y ago
I'm a big fan of procedural/generative music, and have created some of my own. I tend to take a very different approach from Alex, embracing determinism rather than infinite variations, trying to make something more musically complex rather than ambient. If you're interested, the most recent piece I've made is here, accompanied by a visualization of what's happening and a detailed writeup explaining how the system works: http://ivanish.ca/diminished-fifth/ http://ivanish.ca/diminished-fifth/
- kkaranth 8y agoThis is very cool! Some things were broken for me(On Firefox 65.0.1, Ubuntu 18.04): * Pause button doesn't immediately pause, the current note(?) ends over a period of time before pausing * Fullscreen, and a few other buttons don't work. Also, I can't tell if my mouse click even registered on the button Very interesting project nonetheless, and the music generated is quite nice to listen to. I particularly like how well placed the silences are. The percussion does need some tuning, like you've mentioned.
- spiralganglion 8y agoThanks for that feedback! The pause button is actually an interesting design decision. The way it works currently allows the system act more like a physical instrument — if you hit a bell three times and then stop, the bell keeps ringing. This has some utility when the piece is being used in a public setting, or when being accompanied by human musicians playing live. That's why there's a mute button. Though you raise a good point. For the web, I should probably change that so it's in keeping with digital expectations, and pause the sound as well as the performance.