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From: terry@pride386.UUCP (Terry Lyons)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted
Subject: Re: Fractal Music Generation (summary)
Summary: old idea?
Keywords: I need help
Message-ID: <271@pride386.UUCP>
Date: 10 Apr 90 07:51:56 GMT
References: <562@bilver.UUCP>
Followup-To: comp.sources.wanted
Organization: Pride Plastics Inc., Buena Park, CA
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In article <562@bilver.UUCP>, alex@bilver.UUCP (Alex Matulich) writes:
> Several weeks ago I posted an a plea for help in comp.music and
> comp.sources.wanted for an algorithm to generate fractal music.  I lost the
> original text of my posting, but the gist of it was this:

[rest deleted]

I used to do this sort of thing ... sounded like what you want to hear
eqip: 3 arp 2600's
a vic 20 commodore
3 homemade sequencers

the sequencers could supply the note OR and the note
the program on the vic 20 picked a seq. of 30 notes (what do you want it was
1974 or 75) using a random program  (selected from 0 to 9 I think) this was
divided up like so     0 = down a 7th ,1 = down a 5th, 3 = down a 3rd ,4 =No
Change, 5 up a 3rd etc.
the program would load a seq. into # 1 then load a seq. into 2 then 3
a switch on the sequencer would tell you how many times the seq would repeat
I would set 1 on 2 ,3 7 or whatever turned me on at the time
then I would play the melody. every thing was triggered off the main kbd.

this should be easier to do this now  but I don't think anyone left the ability
to and different kbd triggers & notes.
but then we could only play 1 or 2 notes per synth.   and had to PROGRAM the
next "sound.
terry