Nothing a true lover yearns more than The Beloved and non-being
Bemoans 
You and no I

You And No I

Haven't you heard! Mirror fallen in love with his own reflection!

Production Notes:

I call this style Pareh-Pareh, Farsi for (torn) piece by piece, the idea is to stitch together pieces different in styles and arrangements and yet in composer's butchered heart they are manifestation of a singleton love.

Hasten attempts to stitch pieces by the thread and needle of sorrows and regrets, yet all the composer endeavours ... some noises.

Cover Photo by Fares Hamouche

https://www.vfrhub.com/article/re-experiencing-symptom-self-monitoring-as-an-early-step-in-the-treatment-of-posttraumatic-stress-disorder/fares-hamouche-dv7rtvn_c6q-unsplash/#

Derivative Image Processing by Dara.

Mirror In Love With Reflection

About 10 years back, I needed repeatedly to listen to Art of Fugue (AOF) and problem became patent that Classical Chamber performances were acoustically too mangled to listen to different passages/voices independently. 

Listened to organ performances, though much better left much more to desire. 

So I took a small piece and rearranged the instruments to be able to listen more attentively, in order to learn the art of Fugue composition. 

And as I always I had to throw in kitchen sink full of synthesizers and rock drums and basses and yes Indian Tabla!

Dara Shayda's Album

Listening Etude: Contrapunctus 1, Art of Fugue, JS Bach

A Brief History of Saad 
http://www.untiredwithloving.org/saad.html 

 
Carnal nature of our mammalian birth causes irreparable amnesia. Saad 
is the phoneme of the language of the Arab, representing the frequency 
ranges for clanging sounds of the unbaked pottery, indeed a Harf 
(Divine Alphabet) immixed with the human genesis, inexorably linked to 
his being to serve as an acoustic reverberation, echos from infinite 
past, reflecting off the Harf Ka as in Rabbi-Ka, a mirror like 
acoustic memory system. 

The Prophet has passed on, his family has been killed and dispersed, 
weird violent men and women propagating odious ideologies under the 
name of Islam and its spiritual core of Sufism. The Arab has lost all 
sense of their language, barbers and tailors are made the gatekeepers 
of Eden.
 
In such time an 'Abd (Servant) finds no sanctuary but within the 
phonemes of the language of the Dhikr, for him there is no where else 
to seek certitude, for him the hum of Saad is everywhere guiding him 
to his grave, to reach the final and absolute form of certitude: The 
all encompassing cessation. 

A Brief History of Saad

New Algorithmic Improv:

Wolfram Mathematica code:
https://www.wolframcloud.com/obj/ccn2/Published/knn_partition_similarity_air.nb

Knn Bach Air Euc 5 40

Knn Bach Air Euc 2 5

Knn Bach Air Cos 2 20

Knn Bach Air Canberra 2 40

For discussions please join:

https://twitter.com/ccn_studios

Knn BWV974 Learns BWV1068 Euclid Offset 1 K 2 Size 90

Knn BWV1068 Learns BWV974 Euclid Offset 1 K 2 Size 80

Knn BWV1068 Learns BWV1068andBWV974 Euclid Offset 1 K 2 Size 80

Knn learns composition of two Bach's original works and then stored into a Cloud system for later retrieval. 

A simple tune was fed to the Learned cloud function and improv-ed a new tune!

Wolfram Mathematica code:

https://www.wolframcloud.com/obj/ccn2/Published/learned_function_air_adagio.nb

Sample Tune Learns Knn BWV1068andBWV974 Euclid Offset 1 K 2 Size 40

Source: http://new-universe.org/zenphoto/Chapter4/Illustrations/Abrams44.jpg.php 

This image was sonified, scanned from left to right, by my own new software called AAVAA in classical Farsi means 'song', coded in Mathematica 10.

The height of the image was mapped to Scale Repeated Harmonics, each octave mapped to 2*Pi*4 and 4 octaves was mapped. Base frequency for scale 0.7*260.741 .

The resulting audio was Midified by Melodyne (Poly) and finally instrumentation by Logic Pro. The first two tracks time-stretched, instruments Plectrrum Pad, Funk Bot and Glass Spheres Synth Layer. Post Processed by TOP 40 filter. 
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Deep Field

For Kobra Khodayar, a true human being, a teacher and a true mother, may her last breath fly her to lofty assemblies by The Regal Beloved.

Khodahafez in Farsi means Farewell and may God protect. 

The original tune comes from the image in:

https://soundcloud.com/dara-o-shayda/b1509-laguna

However the image was transformed using the Corner Filter:

http://files.lossofgenerality.com/B1509_cornerfilter.jpg

 and then sonified using AAVAA, then midified using Melodyne(Poly). The arrangement in LOGIC PRO, with Broadcast Quality output  filter. 

 
Production Notes: Using the Midi editor in Logic PRO some of the notes were removed for most of the segments in the tune. This is a form of improvisation.



Khodahafez (Farewell)

THE EARLIER POST HAD THE WRONG SOUND FILE, THIS IS THE CORRECTION.

http://rosetta.jpl.nasa.gov/ 

As Philae approached Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on 12 November 2014, the lander's downward-looking camera ROLIS took images of the descent.

Image Edge Detected and then scanned from left to right, sonified by AAVAA at 30,000 sample rates, time-stretched by Logic PRO and Midified by Melodyne (Poly).

Instrumentation by Logic PRO, Broadcast Quality output filter. 

Higher pitches top of the photograph, lower pitches lower parts. The wind howl is  generated from the same image. 

Focus the listening on the low-pitched tune, and those are actually the ridges on the comet, as if your fingers running along the edges, and let the low-pitch be the background

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Comet 67P  (correction)

Source:http://www.riken.jp/en/research/rikenresearch/highlights/7994/

Notch-Active(green) separated from  Delta-Positive (red), sonified scanned vertical from left to right, each assigned to left and right channels accordingly. Midified by Melodyne (POLY). Improvised by muting some notes. Arrangements in Logic PRO.

Code and images:

http://files.lossofgenerality.com/notch.pdf



Motet: Notch Active, Delta-positive

Source:http://www.riken.jp/en/research/rikenresearch/highlights/7994/

Notch-Active(green) separated from  Delta-Positive (red), sonified scanned vertical from left to right, each assigned to left and right channels accordingly. Midified by Melodyne (POLY). Improvised by muting some notes. Arrangements in Logic PRO, Chorus for Red (Delta-Positive), Transistor  Radio Piano for Green (Notch Active). 

I usually choose Transistor Radio Piano to render infinite distance in time or space. 


Notch Piano, Chant Delta-Positive

Source:http://www.riken.jp/en/research/rikenresearch/highlights/7994/

Notch-Active(green) separated from  Delta-Positive (red), sonified scanned vertical from left to right, each assigned to left and right channels accordingly. Skeleton Transform applied to compute the medial axis and metric distance to background:

http://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SkeletonTransform.html

 Midified by Melodyne (POLY). Improvised by muting some notes, volume change for others. Arrangements in Logic PRO, Ghost Piano for Red (Delta-Positive).


Notch Lamenting Delta Positive Skeleton

Source: www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2015/04/Saturn_s_sponge-like_moon_Hyperion 

Image transformed by Morphological Perimeter algoritm:

https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MorphologicalPerimeter.html

 scanned vertically from left to right, midified by Melodyne (Poly). Counter Point arrangement in Logic Pro. Each counter point was arpeggiated, two speeds used with two different patterns.

Production code and notes:

http://files.lossofgenerality.com/Hyperion.pdf

One of the Dubliners' pianists had accused me of composing dark tunes, so this was a response :)


Super Fugue for Hyperion's Beloved

Source: www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2015/04/Saturn_s_sponge-like_moon_Hyperion 

Image transformed by Morphological Perimeter algoritm:

https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MorphologicalPerimeter.html

 scanned vertically from left to right, midified by Melodyne (Poly). Counter Point arrangement in Logic Pro. Each counter point was arpeggiated, three speeds used with two different patterns. First pattern opens the composition with lowest speed, then the same pattern repeats (counterpoints) each time with higher speeds. The beginning two counterpoints again initiated in the middle of fugue. 

Production code and notes:

http://files.lossofgenerality.com/Hyperion.pdf


Fugue Hyperion

Source: www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2015/04/Saturn_s_sponge-like_moon_Hyperion 

Image transformed by Morphological Perimeter algoritm:

https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MorphologicalPerimeter.html

 scanned vertically from left to right, midified by Melodyne (Mono). The mom-midification was then echoed higher (a copy of the midi moved to the right of the keyboard 1 note)  with a slight time-shift (see the production code).

Counter Point arrangement in Logic Pro. Each counter point was arpeggiated, three speeds used with two different patterns. First pattern opens the composition with lowest speed, then the same pattern repeats (counterpoints) each time with higher speeds. The beginning two counterpoints again initiated in the middle of fugue. 

Production code and notes:

http://files.lossofgenerality.com/Hyperion.pdf


Mono Sponge Fughetta

See Also:

https://soundcloud.com/dara-o-shayda/notch-lamenting-delta-positive-skeleton

Arpeggiator derived by the Notch Active Skeleton Transform.

Notch Active Skeleton Fugue

Graph Theory algorithm called Shortest Tour (variation of Traveling Salesman)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travelling_salesman_problem

was applied to Black&White photo of Monalisa and then a simple synthesizer was applied to each step of the tour (travel). 1000 steps chosen from the tour and sonified accordingly.

Two melodies, 3 voices, in counterpoint, one Shortest Tour for white part of the photo, the other Shorter Tour for the black part of the photo. 

Instrumentation in Logic PRO, Piano Motion for two voices (right, left), and Celtic Harp the third. 

Remark: No special effects used for the low frequency spacy sounds, they are the original sampled instruments.

Production code:
http://files.lossofgenerality.com/monaBW.pdf 

Monalisa Shortest Tour B&W Fugue

Image EdgeDetected, then scanned vertically from left to right, the sonified, and midified by Melodyone. Instrumentation and arrangement in Logic PRO.

Production Code:
http://files.lossofgenerality.com/otolih.pdf 

See:
https://humanphysiology2011.wikispaces.com/file/view/the_otolith_organ.jpg/218917154/487x516/the_otolith_organ.jpg

https://classconnection.s3.amazonaws.com/184/flashcards/1904184/jpg/picture61352569073487.jpg

http://www.dizziness-and-balance.com/disorders/bppv/otoliths.html


Otolith Ear Stones Fugue

See Also:
https://soundcloud.com/dara-o-shayda/otolith-ear-stones-fugue

Otolith Solo

See: https://soundcloud.com/dara-o-shayda/otolith-ear-stones-fugue 

Otolith Ear Stones Fugue2

See: https://soundcloud.com/dara-o-shayda/otolith-ear-stones-fugue

Otolith Sonic Medley

Source: http://www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/entry/2015-photomicrography-competition/34


Image of Distinction
2015 Photomicrography Competition
Dr. Kesara Margrét Anamthawat-Jonsson, Andrey N. Gagunashvili & Ólafur S. Andrésson
University of Iceland
Reykjavik, Iceland

Subject Matter:

    Nostoc, a blue-green alga (cyanobacteria) showing red autofluorescence of the chlorophylls (400x)

Production Notes:

Image vertically scanned from left to right, sonified by AAVAA a Mathematica image sonifier. Midified by Melodyne (POLY). Counterpoint in Logic PRO.

Production Code:

http://files.lossofgenerality.com/nostoc.pdf



Nostoc blue-green alga Fughetta

K-NN learned BWV773 and then entirely computed two distinct voice polyphonic composition.

Voice1: K-NN computing the at most 10 closest neighbours  (to each midi event)of radius between 10 to 30 (10<= r <=30)

Voice1: K-NN computing the at most 5 closest neighbours of radius between 8 to 30 (8<= r <=30)

References:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDroecI3270
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqYde-LULfs

Machine Motet: K-Nearest Bach BWV773 (Annulus)

Hokkaido Hydrangea-AI Dances The Gavotte (Solo)

Image sonification source:
https://www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/entry/2013-photomicrography-competition/1

Production Code:
http://files.untiredwithloving.org/Chaetoceros_debilis.pdf

Chaetoceros Debilis  Watery Skeleton

BWV847
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ceiQadblRQ

K-nn finds the 100th nearest note (f2) for each note (f1) in BWV847, then improvises according to interpolation:

new note = (1-x)*f1 + x*f2
start time=(1-y)*t1start + y*t1end    t1 for f1
end time=(1-y)*t2star+ y*t2end       t2 for f2
x=0.75
y=0.001

x is large since I like it to all together a different sound and yet carry some bits from Bach's. y is tiny just a dash of time variation.

Instrumentation
Logic PRO X
Alchemy, Ve-Va-Vo phones used to chant the new improvisation.

What is Melodic Forage?
There are those who compose because their spirits are famished and languid under the burden of their own darkenesses; their souls forage for acoustic light like unto Honey bees foraging for pollen and yet aflight they pollinate other souls with de novo thoughts

Melodic Forage: Knn BWV847 (Vocals)

1. Midi timing for BWV 1068 preserved 

2. The frequency/note obtained by linear combination of k-nn (nearest in the BWV 1068, k=5 or 10) + original frequency

3. The left hand was shifted to earlier time and thus right hand later

Make the k-nn similar enough so some of the tunes of the original composition could be heard and yet it is entirely new.

I like to experiment with these improvs but take out smaller pieces and make different parts asynchronous to get better creative sounds.

After making this, I was listening to "Play Bach The Jacgues Loussier Trio" and interestingly found some similar sounding improvs in his.

AI Air Improv (Knn BWV 1068.)

Toccata D minor k-nn learned with Cosine Distance Function. The improve computed by apply the learned algorithm to the original composition. 

Bach portrait was re-styled by Van Gogh's cherry blossom brush.

Midi
http://files.untiredwithloving.org/knn_toccataD_cosine_midi.zip

Knn-improv Toccata D minor

My Revolutionary hero
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nysdq_plUTg

Chopin's Revolutionary (slowed down) was partitioned into groups of 19 midi notes and 15NN learned the partition and improvised by outputting the second most similar 19 midi partition from the same Revolutionary composition.

Knn Revolutionary BrayCurtisDistance 15 19

A  Darvish's gift for the good friend Joseph Umo, The Sorrower.

A testament to the sorrows of all Persians:

You made night, I made candle 
You made dust, I made goblet 
Deserts and mountains and valleys you made 
Streets and meadows and orchards I made 
I! who from the stone makes shiny mirror 
I! who from the toxin makes sweet drink 

The original Farsi poem and the actual are song are not the works of Dara. The Translation and arrangement are. 

https://soundcloud.com/mahsaesfand/ghazal-shakeri-song-of-red-dervish

شب آفریدی، شمع آفریدم
خاک آفریدی، جام آفریدم
بیابان و کوه‌سار و راغ آفریدی
خیابان و گل‌زار و باغ آفریدم
آنم که از سنگ آیینه سازم
آنم که از زهر نوشینه سازم

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