Sunrise (Draft 01)
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A first draft on an Eno-esque ambient thing.
A JavaScript application randomizes note order from a list of allowed notes and pipes them to the Web MIDI Api They then enter Ableton Live which routes the MIDI to an E-Mu Proteus/2 that does the actual sound generating. The sound from the Proteus is then treated with delay, reverb and Valhalla Shimmer in Live.
This is very much inspired by the article JavaScript Systems Music and by Eno’s Airports 2/1.
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colinwalker
11 oktober, 2017 10:12@MrHenko That’s really interesting. I’ve never written any generative music but once wrote a piece composed of 5 sections of different lengths that all looped and overlapped giving a varied output. It was 19 minutes but I worked out it could have gone for hours without repeating.
MrHenko
11 oktober, 2017 11:58@colinwalker Thanks! :) But I don’t know if I should really say I wrote something in this case. More like I setup some ground rules and tweaked sound. Anyway, it was great fun to do. Did you read the article that I based my experiment on? What you did sounds a lot like Brian Eno’s technique. Do you have your piece available online for listening?
colinwalker
11 oktober, 2017 12:48@MrHenko I’ve not read the article yet. Eno has done both, loops and generative. I hear you on whether you’re “the composer”. I wrote a post about that after Eno released Reflection. I’ll have to get mine online
colinwalker
11 oktober, 2017 15:09@MrHenko Here’s mine – Part 2 is the one I mentioned but there’s also Part 1 as a bonus. It’s crazy to think they’re 17 years old now!
MrHenko
12 oktober, 2017 18:32@colinwalker Thoughtfull post! I liked it.
MrHenko
12 oktober, 2017 18:32@colinwalker Thanks! Really interesting sounding.
colinwalker
12 oktober, 2017 23:32@MrHenko Thanks. I’m glad you liked it.