Making Generative Music WithVoltage Modular - Volume 3
Content
Chapter 0 Filling the Toolbox 001
Chapter 1 The Generative Choirmaster -
A Rather Classic Approach 025
Chapter 1.1 No Limits Nor Masks On the Pitch 030
Chapter 1.1.1 Envelope “Glue” & Volume “Glue” 030
Chapter 1.1.2 Rhythm “Glue” 039
Chapter 1.1.3 Timbre “Glue” 043
Chapter 1.2 Limited Pitch Successions 051
Chapter 1.2.1 Choosing Scales 051
Chapter 1.2.2 Pitch Clusters 059
Chapter 1.2.3 Pitch Dependencies 062
Chapter 1.3 Masked Pitch Successions 067
Chapter 1.3.1 Continuous Masking 068
Chapter 1.3.2 Scale Masking 070
Chapter 1.4 The Choirmaster´s Example 083
Chapter 2 Formulas, Formulas, Formulas -
One For Each Musical Element 095
Chapter 2.1 About Limits, Masks And Shapers 099
Chapter 2.2 The Simplest Formula Ever – But In
Multidimensional Spaces 106
Chapter 2.3 The Sonic Beauty of Mathematics 115
Chapter 2.4 The Sonic Aesthetics of Curves,
Lines And Coloured Areas 123
Chapter 2.5 A Sonic Game of Domino 137
Chapter 2.6 Layering Algorithms 147
Chapter 3 Phase Shifts, Event Delays, and
Coincidences 153
Chapter 4 Generative Evolutions -
From Musical Protozoa to
Creative Monkey Business 177
Chapter 5 The Probability Theorist´s Paradise -
About Weak, Strict, Clear and Diffuse
Masking Techniques 184
Chapter 6 Musical Wall Papers -
Thinking in Colours and Pictures 224
Chapter 7 Driving Without a Navigation System -
Let Inspiration Flow 247
List of Paintings 263
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Appendices 264
