The other day I decided that I didn't like the ugly a href links to my audio clips. The HTML5 audio element is far superior!
I build this online journal with the excellent perl module, Statocles, so I wanted something built-in to do the job.
It seems I am always fiddling with algorithmic musical composition. Most recently it is with the program, polygenic, which is a descendant of the program in the previous post on this subject.
After years of fiddling with algorithmic composition, I have come to reach for certain tools to craft melodies, bass-lines, solos, etc. My latest generative composition program and output will illustrate...
Ever been to the park and heard a tribe drumming in the distance? This is a drum circle.
Upon closer inspection, each drummer has a single instrument (or maybe a set of bongos).
Each drummer keeps a steady beat in common and in syncopation with his or her fellow drummers.
Recently I was enjoying Steve Reich's "Octet" (Eight Lines) and became curious if I could mimic the simple, staccato phrases with which he starts off his piece.
tl;dr: reichify