Experimental one-line algorithmic music - the 2nd iteration

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

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

More info: http://countercomplex.blogspot.com/20...

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

You can also join the IRCnet channel #countercomplex

• Category

  Science & Technology

[Scott Lawrence]

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?

[Ville-Matias Heikkilä]

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.

[LaenPvP]

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.

[HedjaHead]

Oh god, these remind me of Mortal Kombat on the Gameboy. Painful memories.

[NLSurfMan]

Skrillex will face some serious competition now....

[jyf1987]

search IBNIZ

[aimdgs87]

Black People aren't real people.

[nnm86]

sin(t/20)/cos(t/200)/sin(t/600­)/0.3|1-sin(t/50)|1-cos(t/50)

[nnm86]

Diesel Engine -_- Enjoy!

wurstcaptures.untergrund. net/music/?oneliner=sin(t%2F20­)%2Fcos(t%2F200)%2Fsin(t%2F600­)%2F0.3%7C1-sin(t%2F50)%7C1-co­s(t%2F50)&oneliner2=&t0=1&tmod­=0&duration=30&separation=100&­rate=11025

[Riccardo Bestetti]

red-'s one reminds me Skrillex ahahah

[Cüneyt Yetişenler]

It's gonna take over the world...

[LOCALPANIC]

1:45 so portal 2 is a pretty cool game

[Johan Brodd]

sin(t/20)*X+Y+(t*Z)

Gives you almost a pulse width modulated square wave.

X: Pulse width offset 1. Too low, and you'll hear the sinewave coming through.

Y: Pulse width fine offset 2: Same as 1 but controls the fine offset, keep at 255 to avoid any offset at all.

Z: Pulse width modulation speed: The higher the value, the faster the pulse width modulation gets.

sin(t/20)*128+255+(t*0.002)