Sonic Pi - inspired by envkid's work with SPi that I discovered this week or last week or whenever it was. Wanted to give it a try. Cool mcgool stuff. It's nice that it is really a code-based sequencer more than a sound design tool (at least from my basic exploration). In that sense it is somewhat like TidalCycles but with a slightly less weird language syntax? I dunno. I tidal though.

Named after the Terry Goodkind novel that is holding up my monitor after a studio rearrangement.

live_loop :glitch_beat do
  3.times do
    sample :bd_boom, amp: rrand(0.6, 0.9), rate: rrand(0.7, 1.2)
    sleep rrand(0.1, 0.8)
  end
  with_fx :echo do
    2.times do
      sample :sn_zome,
        amp: rrand(0.4, 0.6),
        rate: rrand(0.7, 0.8),
        cutoff: rrand(30,100),
        beat_stretch: rrand(0.1, 1.2),
        pan: rrand(-1, 1)
      sleep rrand(0.1, 0.4)
    end
  end
  with_fx :reverb do
    synth :dull_bell,
      amp: rrand(0.3, 0.8),
      note: [:e1, :e2, :f1, :b1].choose,
      release: 8,
      cutoff: 70,
      beat_stretch: rrand(0.1, 1.3)
    sleep rrand(1, 6)
  end
end

with_fx :reverb do
  live_loop :synth2 do
    2.times do
      synth :dark_ambience,
        amp: 0.8,
        note: [:c2, :g3, :a3].choose,
        release: 4,
        pan: rrand(-1, 1)
      sleep rrand(1, 6)
    end
  end
end

with_fx :panslicer do
  live_loop :snoop do
    6.times do
      sample :drum_cymbal_soft,
        amp: rrand(0.4, 0.6),
        rate: rrand(0.7, 0.8),
        beat_stretch: rrand(0.1, 1.2),
        pan: rrand(-1, 1)
      sleep rrand(0.1, 0.8)
    end
  end
end

Tags: algorithmic music, generative, sonic pi, week 30 2020, View by:fc