evolve
    Meandering towards an evolving generative music algorithm.

Overview

The generative music algorithm will basically consist of a strategy for creating a soundscape from a theremin input (or any sound signal, but one with a dominant, mostly sinusoidal fundamental). A strategy is a set of parameters driving the generation algorithms.

The strategies will evolve over time by having participants vote for them. Highly regarded strategies will "mate" with other strategies to form a new generation, which are then played, voted on, get some action, etc.

Some directions

  • Microsound: granular analysis
  • inverse sonogram
  • short-term fft
  • cumulative fft