Loving the Kaoss Pad V
I recently scored a used Korg "Kaoss Pad V." This device ("KPV") is new to the market as of a few months, and it is the fifth version in a long line of Kaoss pads.
Musical Rhythms with Math in Python
Let's talk about music programming! There are a million aspects to this subject, but today, we'll touch on generating rhythmic patterns with mathematical and combinatorial techniques. These include the generation of partitions, necklaces, and Euclidean patterns.
Musical Creativity with Python
Recently, I found that there were gaps in the musical creativity packages on pypi. There are packages for music analysis and utilities for doing MIDI things, but nothing I could find for actual creativity. I decided to rectify this and port my music and MIDI Perl code to Python.
Querying a Music Theory Database
For a long time, I have wondered how to easily know what chords have a diatonic function in two different keys (modes). This is known as a "common" or "pivot" chord. Naturally, being a software engineer, I wrote a program to answer this for me! (tl;dr: the mode-pivot program)
Realistic Drum Grooves
I finally have the tools to create realistic drum grooves! (tl;dr: figured-syncopation & mp3s below)