Experimental one-line algorithmic music - the 2nd iteration

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Uploaded by on Sep 30, 2011

Don't forget the third part! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCRPUv8V22o

Another bunch of very short C programs that produce interesting musical output. Thanks to all the contributors!

More info: http://countercomplex.blogspot.com/2011/10/algorithmic-symphonies-from-one-li...

You can experiment online at http://wurstcaptures.untergrund.net/music/ or http://entropedia.co.uk/generative_music/

You can also join the IRCnet channel #countercomplex

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  • These are amazing! How did you find them? did you figure out that certain portions of the equation produce certain portions of results (bass blurts, rhytmic drum-like-sounds, etc), or is it total trial-and-error?

  • @yorgle In the first video it was still mostly trial-and-error, but many songs in this one are combined from several smaller pieces. For example, in the piece seen in the screenshot I chose two short, good-sounding formulas and tied them together. Sometimes, constants can be replaced with slowly changing functions to create macrostructure. However, I think there's still a lot of surprises in the possibility space that are most likely to be found by accident than by deterministic means.

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  • I especially like the one that goes "BEEP BEEP BOOP BEEP BOOP BEEEP"

    The one that goes "BEEP BOOP BEEP BEEP BEEP BOOP" is terrible, however.

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  • My Arduino just got a new gig!

  • yeah, great cover of the new Skrillex album. love it!!!

  • t*((t>>(t>>(2000-t)))&(24)&t>>­((2*(2))*t))

  • @giftbasketer2 Is experimental electronic music popular in Somalia?

  • That is an "impossible" video. =p

  • This video is a favorite on Mogadishu

  • 1:09 is my favorite.

  • @mushu5t Who knew that math could make good music? Pretty much every electronic musician.

  • Cool!!!!!

  • Who knew math could make good music.

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