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Re: Rhythmic Randomness vs. Melodic Randomness



Matt, I found it here, enjoy

http://www.harmony-central.com/Software/Windows/zs-1-amen.html

Jeff


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matt Davignon" <mattdavignon@gmail.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 9:57 PM
Subject: Re: Rhythmic Randomness vs. Melodic Randomness


>I think I know what he means - the process of looping random
> percussive sounds (such as someone dropping coins non-rhythmically).
> That's something I did frequently when I was new to looping - I was
> entranced by the idea that repetition "makes anything into music".
> Eventually I started running into dead ends with it - if I just let it
> repeat, it sounded obviously redundant. If I tried to to use other
> random elements as a "fill", then it would sound too random and
> non-musical.
>
> There are still lots of interesting things to do with the idea. I'm a
> little more used to working with previously generated material than I
> am to generating material from scratch. A pattern generated from
> randomness often can provide a good launching point. Then, with
> conscious decisions made after that you get to add some personality to
> something which originally had none.
>
> Part of using randomness is scanning for musical elements, and
> learning how to productively bring them out. For example, a slightly
> more advanced version of the "looping random sound" would be to record
> the output of a cd player while tapping the "cue" and "rewind"
> buttons. Then go back, slow down the recording, and listen for
> patterns to turn into loops. I think that's what Oval did for their
> "94Diskont" cd.
>
> Another fun thing to do is set up your drum machine to compose a loop,
> and set the timing correction to 1/8th notes. Then just mash keys for
> a few seconds and see what pattern you get. My drum machine then lets
> you add and subtract different notes from it, so you can actually
> build a few patterns and variations with that method.
>
> ...and that's just the obvious stuff.
>
> Responding to Rick's concern, I think anything that untrained
> musicians can do that gives us a "hey, that sounds good, let's do
> that" response probably has a music theory name to it. Us untrained
> musicians may spend more time stumbling around in the dark, but many
> of us know a good thing when we happen to step in it.
>
> That reminds me - like 10 years ago, someone gave me a program called
> "Amen". It was made to randomize percussion wav files for "jungle"
> music, but it could be used for any .wav file. Does anyone know
> if/where that can still be purchased?
>
> Matt Davignon
> www.ribosomemusic.com
>


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