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# Audio Processing Rules

## Overview
This code processes 30 sound files from a specified folder and combines them into a single WAV file according to the following algorithmic composition rules.

## Processing Rules

### 1. Source Material
- **Input**: Up to 30 audio files from a designated folder
- **Supported formats**: WAV, MP3, M4A, FLAC, AAC, OGG
- Files are randomly selected if more than 30 are present in the folder

### 2. Fragment Extraction
- **Fragments per file**: 3-5 segments are extracted from each audio file
- **Fragment duration**: Random length, with a maximum of 5 seconds per fragment
- **Selection method**: Random start points are chosen within each source file
- **Minimum fragment length**: 0.5 seconds

### 3. Randomization Process
- **Shuffling**: All extracted fragments are randomly reordered
- **No preservation**: Original file sequence and internal fragment order are completely randomized

### 4. Silence Insertion
- **Probability**: 1/7 chance (approximately 14.3%) after each fragment
- **Duration**: Random silence between 0.5-2.0 seconds
- **Placement**: Silence is inserted between fragments, not at the beginning or end

### 5. Output Generation
- **Format**: Single WAV file
- **Combination method**: Linear concatenation of randomized fragments with occasional silence
- **Quality**: Maintains original audio quality of source materials

## Algorithmic Composition Characteristics

This process creates an **aleatoric** (chance-based) musical composition where:
- The final arrangement is determined by random algorithms rather than compositional intent
- Each execution produces a unique result due to randomization
- The work explores the relationship between **sound, silence, and time**
- Multiple source materials are democratically combined without hierarchical preference

## Technical Implementation
- Built using Python with `pydub` library for audio processing
- Designed for Jupyter Notebook environment
- Includes error handling for various audio file formats and edge cases

Fragments of Memory

From the album 'Ports of Call' out on Enoughrecords.

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REDUCTOR - I DQ BLIZZARDED MY JORDAN 4’S [CLIP]

english below

[intro]
ich beschwere, auf meiner fünften Sprache
ich singe, mit meiner fünten Stimme 
ich kampfe, mit tausende fremden Geste
ich verteidige, gegen  ‘e unsichbare Feine     

[verse]
bei einem Interview, die Jury nur schwieg
sie guckete mich an mit ihrer Nase schief
„Warum ist Ihr Name so schwierig“
Sonst keine Frage mehr hatte sie           

meine Konkurrenten, sie waren alle weiß
die Aufgaben haben sie kaum geschafft
Rate mal, wer die Stelle kriegte
„Die andre passt besser ins Betriebsgebiet.“   

[bridge]
kein Rassismus, Im Grundgesetz 
Doch wer zeigt’s an, wenn’s Alltag ist?
Auch mit Beweis, kein Ergebnis,
mit riesen Aufwand, kann man es nur vergiss

[refrain]
ich beschwere, auf meiner fünften Sprache
ich singe, mit meiner fünten Stimme  
ich kampfe, mit tausende fremden Geste
ich verteidige, gegen eine unsichbare Feine 

ich beschwere, auf meiner fünften Sprache
ich singe, mit meiner fünten Stimme
ich kampfe, mit tausende fremden Geste
ich verteidige, gegen ‘e unsichbare Feine 

[verse]
Konnichiwa Hajime mashite (yatta)
das soll jeder Asiat:innen verstehn 
aber du bist trans dann musste du in Thailand geborn  
ach was, Thailand ist nicht Taiwan?

(seno)Annyeonghaseyo  
bist du Kim Jong-uns Spionin
hast du Virus in deinem Belonging 
bist du heimlich eine Kungfu Meisterin
das gehört bestimmt zu deinem Training, oder

[bridge]
kein Rassismus, Im Grundgesetz 
Doch wer zeigt’s an, wenn’s Alltag ist?
Auch mit Beweis, kein Ergebnis,
mit riesen Aufwand, kann man es nur vergiss 

[refrain]
ich beschwere, auf meiner fünften Sprache
ich singe, mit meiner fünten Stimme   
ich kampfe, mit tausende fremden Geste 
ich verteidige, gegen ‘e unsichbare Feine 

ich übersetze, auf meiner fünften Sprache
ich musste, schneller als den Muttersparchler 
ich beginne, die fünfte Seite meiner Geshicht
das heißt, die erste Generation Migrante

[outro]
I am my own ancestor
I live here
---------
[intro]
I complain in my fifth language
I sing with my fifth voice 
I fight with thousands of foreign gestures
I defend myself against  an invisible enemies     

[verse]
During an interview, the jury just sat there silently
They looked at me with their noses turned up
“Why is your name so difficult?”
They had no other questions           

My opponents were all white
They barely managed the tasks
Guess who got the job
“The other one fits better into the working environment.”   

[bridge]
No racism, in the constitution
But who reports it when it’s everyday life?
Even with proof, no result,
with enormous effort, you can only forget it.

[chorus]
I complain in my fifth language.
I sing with my fifth voice.  
I fight with thousands of foreign gestures.
I defend myself against an invisible enemy. 

I complain in my fifth language.
I sing with my fifth voice
I fight with thousands of foreign gestures
I defend against an invisible enemy 

[verse]
Konnichiwa Hajime mashite (yatta)
every Asian should understand that 
but you're trans, so you had to be born in Thailand  
oh what, Thailand isn't Taiwan?

(seno)Annyeonghaseyo  
Are you Kim Jong-un's spy?
Do you have a virus in your belongings? 
Are you secretly a kung fu master?
That's definitely part of your training, right?

[bridge]
No racism, in the constitution 
But who reports it when it's everyday life?
Even with proof, no result,
with enormous effort, you can only forget it

[chorus]
I complain, in my fifth language
I sing, with my fifth voice   
I fight, with thousands of foreign gestures 
I defend myself against an invisible enemies 

I translate, in my fifth language
I had to be faster than the native speakers 
I begin the fifth page of my story
that is, the first generation of migrants

[outro]
I am my own ancestor
I live here

Fünfte Sprache (Fifth Language)

Original track released last Dec. 26th (2024), into the Edition V of the Annual Communal M.A.D. Label Compilation on the 10th Anniversary of the formation of our community – which makes 2024 a particular year for all members within the community. The Compilation is a genre-diverse showcase of highest quality music produced by 122 acts, which have at least one member in our community.
With a few collaborations between members, the total number of tracks in this compilation amounts to the record-breaking number of 118 tracks.
The countries from which the acts are based in are:
USA 21, UK 15, Italy 12, Germany 11, Belgium 8, Costa Rica 6, France 6, Russia 5, Canada 4, Malta 4, Mexico 4, Greece 3, Norway 3, Poland 3, Sweden 3, Australia 2, Czech Republic 2, Finland 2, Lithuania 2, Netherlands 2, Portugal 2, Spain 1, Belarus 1, Bulgaria 1, Hungary 1,
Iran 1, Iraq 1, Ireland 1, New Zealand 1, Slovakia 1, Tunisia 1
It was a pleasure and a honour to me to be part, one more time, of this amazing compilation


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