Computer-generated music

random trip report
Some experiments writing Python programs that generate MIDI file, then playing them with a software synthesizer (Pianoteq).

5 Feb 2022

Temporal Shepard: the tune keeps getting faster, but returns to the original. This is the temporal analog of a Shepard tone.

8 Dec 2021

Normal: note times are in a normal distribution. The volumes and pitches have the same distribution with a uniform random offset.

Chords:

Pitches are chosen from a set of 4 pitch classes. Initially all the same class, but every so often one of them is replaced randomly. Volume varies sinusoidally.

Random:

Uniform random everything.

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