ABCDEFG...

Example (With Beat): http://www.mediafire.com/?m4amlmxa4bcdv01
Example (Raw): http://www.mediafire.com/?uud6i2wlzu89evd

Fun little experiment that popped into my head while listening to/studying the opera  "Einstein On The Beach" by Steve Reich. Utilizes a phasing effect in a manner a bit different than Mr. Reich's. It will be detailed here:

First, a simple rhythm is chosen. It could be anything, but it will work best with asymmetrical beats: a 4-to-the-floor beat wont work very well. Due to this, I selected a common reggaeton beat:

OxxOOxOxOxxOOxOx

O = Beat
x = Rest

Now, I look at the number of beats (here there are 8 on each bar), so I chose, to create the phase, a sequence of the first 7 letters on the alphabet (ABCDEFG), which would create a phase of 1. I then "mapped" each the letters onto the beats. It is hard to explain, but simple in concept:

Beat: OxxOOxOxOxxOOxOx
Sequence: ABCDEFG
Results: AxxBCxDxExxFGxAxBxxCDxExFxxGAxBxCxxDExFxGxxABxCxDxxEFxGxAxxBCxDx

And so on. This results in a pattern which repeats every 128 objects. In order to add even more variation, I associated each letter with a pitch in my audio example above, to create an interesting phasing melody. By the way, I didn't mention earlier, but both of the above audiofiles should loop seamlessly.

This technique seems very adaptable/expandable, and I encourage you to try it if you'd like! Here is shorter example (no audio), using syllables of words instead of letters:

Beat: OxOOxx
Sequence: POSS-IH-BLEE-MAY-BEE (Possibly Maybe)
Results: POSSxIHBLEExxMAYxBEEPOSxxIHxBLEEMAYxxBEExPOSSIHxxBLEExMAYBEExx

A bit silly, but it may have possible applications in the future. Enjoy :)

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Hey, just checking up and saying I am still here. Recently I joined a neat site called "Battle Of The Bits", it's pretty neat! Check out my account here.

And to see my latest submission, an experimental lofi drone piece using only the amen break and a sine wave sample (using supercollider), click here!

Enjoy! :D

Talk with other noisypeople!

Hey, just letting you all know I still exist, just busy! My friend Norm set up an awesome java client so you can talk with other noiseheads, and me (username "stelpa"), all from your browser :D

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2 Other SC Projects

This one was all live coding, from start to finish: http://www.mediafire.com/?463m4ce7hgrrpty

This one was an experiment with the klang and klank objects: http://www.mediafire.com/?gi1ij41muop0mqa

Enjoy!