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15 Note Poly Tempo Pendulum [video]
- Nikkau 3y agoA more visual way https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsAlFKXAMjM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsAlFKXAMjM
- bdjsiqoocwk 3y ago[flagged]
- nomilk 3y agoReminds of pendulum waves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVkdfJ9PkRQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVkdfJ9PkRQ
- natdempk 3y agoIf you want to go even further: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SthcxWPXG_E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SthcxWPXG_E
- nomilk 3y agoDisregarding the bass and drums, the melody for 5-10 seconds or so from 4m27s sounds similar to the generic 'computer sounds' sometimes used in cartoons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SthcxWPXG_Et=&t=4m27s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SthcxWPXG_Et=&t=4m27s Example cartoon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOR448RUThc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOR448RUThc
- hoherd 3y agoI thought the OP link and then your link would be a link to this, which is noted as the inspiration in your link https://youtube.com/@project_jdm https://youtube.com/@project_jdm
- natdempk 3y agoHa, coming full circle :) that guy has lots of cool stuff.
- taejavu 3y agoHighly recommend trying this with headphones and/or closing your eyes. Never in my life have I grooved so hard with a techno beat.
- ColinWright 3y agoThe audio equivalent of this: https://sciencedemonstrations.fas.harvard.edu/presentations/pendulum-waves https://sciencedemonstrations.fas.harvard.edu/presentations/... Submitted here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40023245 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40023245
- dang 3y agoOne past thread: Pendulum Waves (2010) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18696262 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18696262 - Dec 2018 (24 comments)
- karmakaze 3y agoWeird that this also uses 15 balls. Or maybe this is an optimal small number for demonstration.
- akdor1154 2y agoIn the audio side 15 works well musically as it's a two octave scale. Dunno about the balls though.
- PaulDavisThe1st 3y agoI truly hope that someone is able to show Steve Reich this video.
- honkeymagoo 3y agoHere's a better demonstration of the technique: https://youtu.be/SthcxWPXG_E https://youtu.be/SthcxWPXG_E
- PaulDavisThe1st 3y agothat's a different demonstration, not a better one.
- sporkl 3y agoIf anyone’s curious to see complete pieces built out of this sort of technique, check out Conlon Nancarrow’s Studies for Player Piano (he does some other pretty crazy polytempo stuff too, like changing the speeds of different parts at different rates). Personal favorites that use the same polytempo technique are No. 36 [1] and No. 37 [2]. I’ve been studying his music lately and am working on a piece with similar rhythmic experimentation, so happy to try to answer questions! [1]: https://youtu.be/IOlId8O6D5w https://youtu.be/IOlId8O6D5w [2]: https://youtu.be/g0gNoELvpPo https://youtu.be/g0gNoELvpPo (I prefer the Werco recordings, but this is a cool vizualization)
- jstanley 3y agoWhy do this manually?
- flappyeagle 3y agoIt’s fun to do.
- tzs 3y agoThere are some places in that where it sounds to me like there is someone singing a repeated three syllable word with one syllable on each hit of the 3 notes on the left end of the top row and sung at the tone of that note. Anyone else hearing illusionary singing in there? The place I first got that illusion was around 3:24, and I was listening with my eyes closed which I think might make it more likely to hear issusions.
- pierrec 3y agoWhenever this concept pops up I think of a classic CSound piece made by Jacob Joaquin in 1999. It's the first execution of the idea that I'm aware of. He gave the notes a slower envelope so they sometimes seem to merge into a single tone. The source is also (not so surprisingly) quite short. https://freaknet.org/martin/audio/csound/#:~:text=Another%20Planet https://freaknet.org/martin/audio/csound/#:~:text=Another%20...
- trashtensor 3y agoi think the video might be out of sync, the lowest note seems to drift from what the video is displaying. Threw me for a bit of a loop when i was trying to find some of the higher notes striking in the video.
- demondemidi 3y agoSteve Reich would like a word with you.
- avodonosov 3y agoThe video description says 0.2 bpm difference between these notes. What is the base (slowest) tempo? 60 bpm? What chord does he play?
- dylan604 2y agoI absolutely love that he did this in this manner. Not demoing the concept in Abelton Live or some other music program where it would have taken seconds to do is just much more endearing. I hope it was as rewarding for him to complete it as I am impressed in it being made. The whole time I kept thinking he needed to wear the glasses that the Hartnolls wore on stage as I kept thinking of the tracks they made with this concept.
- Cthulhu_ 2y agoAn early example of this is "Poème symphonique", a 1962 composition by György Ligeti for one hundred mechanical metronomes. Basically, start a hundred mechanical metronomes on a random speed and let them run out. Famously recorded for Dutch TV ages ago, here's a version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAYGJmYKrI4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAYGJmYKrI4. It stops being chaotic noise at about 4 minutes in.
- Loughla 2y agoThis is very reminiscent of some Shpongle jams.
- anileated 2y agoAn example of what is commonly known as “phase music”, popularized by Steve Reich (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase_music https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase_music).