Tom Anderson - Disquiet Junto

More on this 169th Disquiet Junto project — “Make a track using only an HTML5 drum machine” — at:

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Disquiet Junto Project 0169: HTML505

one thing i wish the html5drummachine had would be mute buttons, but then again it's about the limitations in this case

(another limitation i discovered by pressing Backspace before i saved)

additional limitation was not using perc1, perc2 and crash sounds from the techno pack as i couldn't fit them in any way

some programming on the fly and also since it can switch between 2 patterns i took advantage of that

no layering, no additional processing, direct output from the browser

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Disquiet Junto Project 0169: HTML505
Make a track using only an HTML5 drum machine.

Step 1: Go to the following webpage in a browser that supports HTML5:
http://html5drummachine.com

Step 2: Create an original track using only this tool.

Step 3: Upload your track to the Disquiet Junto group on SoundCloud.

Step 4: Then listen to and comment on tracks uploaded by your fellow Disquiet Junto participants.

Deadline: This assignment was made in the evening, California time, on Thursday, March 26, 2015, with a deadline of 11:59pm wherever you are on Monday, March 30, 2015.

Length: The length of your finished work should be roughly between one and four minutes.

More on this 169th Disquiet Junto project — “Make a track using only an HTML5 drum machine” — at:
http://disquiet.com/2015/03/26/disquiet0169-html505/

More on the drum machine at:
http://html5drummachine.com/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:
http://disquiet.com/junto/

Join the Disquiet Junto at:
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Disquiet Junto general discussion takes place at:
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antipattern [disquiet0169-html505]

Single live track = Sound of 12 FireFoxes battling for CPU cycles. Minimising the windows doesn't stop them, but has drastic effects on the tempo. Maximising them all makes them glitch along eccentrically, in a manner I found satisfying.

OK - so it's mobile and cross-platform (if it works with your browser at all...) but, sheesh, 8-bit micro's sure did it better!

Wasted couple of hours trying to reverse engineer a local cached version of the app; to apply own sound sets, or modulate the controls algorithmically. Concluded there was no point.

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Disquiet Junto Project 0169: HTML505
Make a track using only an HTML5 drum machine.

Step 1: Go to the following webpage in a browser that supports HTML5:

http://html5drummachine.com

Step 2: Create an original track using only this tool.

Step 3: Upload your track to the Disquiet Junto group on SoundCloud.

Step 4: Then listen to and comment on tracks uploaded by your fellow Disquiet Junto participants.

Deadline: This assignment was made in the evening, California time, on Thursday, March 26, 2015, with a deadline of 11:59pm wherever you are on Monday, March 30, 2015.

Length: The length of your finished work should be roughly between one and four minutes.

Upload: Please when posting your track on SoundCloud, only upload one track for this assignment, and include a description of your process in planning, composing, and recording it. This description is an essential element of the communicative process inherent in the Disquiet Junto. Photos, video, and lists of equipment are always appreciated.

Title/Tag: When adding your track to the Disquiet Junto group on Soundcloud.com, please include the term “disquiet0169-html505” in the title of your track, and as a tag for your track.

Download: It is preferable that your track is set as downloadable, and that it allows for attributed remixing (i.e., a Creative Commons license permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution).

Linking: When posting the track, please be sure to include this information:

More on this 169th Disquiet Junto project — “Make a track using only an HTML5 drum machine” — at:

http://disquiet.com/2015/03/26/disquiet0169-html505/

More on the drum machine at:

http://html5drummachine.com/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

http://disquiet.com/junto/

HTML12 [Disquiet Junto Project 0169: HTML505]

Created using the Techno drum machine at http://html5drummachine.com/, played live and recorded into Audacity. No other processing.

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More on this 169th Disquiet Junto project — “Make a track using only an HTML5 drum machine” — at:

http://disquiet.com/2015/03/26/disquiet0169-html505/

More on the drum machine at:

http://html5drummachine.com/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

http://disquiet.com/junto/

Join the Disquiet Junto at:

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HTR909 - disquiet0169-html505

I don't usually work with beats or drum machines - so I found this week's assignment a bit challenging. I played with the app for a while, to figure out what to do... recorded a few live performances and tried tweaking it to it's limits fast/slow/high&low pitches... But I really wanted to make a poly rhythmical piece, so I ended up oppening Firefox and Chrome each with the HTML505 drum machine, playing the same beat at the same tempo - 120...that happened not to be exactly the same tempo, so the rhythm goes from in sync slowly shifting to out of sync and then back into sync after a while.... quite lovely I think. 
The title is a homage to Steve Reich who composed a few pieces with a similar ideas... 

Disquiet Junto Project 0169: HTML505
Make a track using only an HTML5 drum machine.

Step 1: Go to the following webpage in a browser that supports HTML5:

http://html5drummachine.com

Step 2: Create an original track using only this tool.

Step 3: Upload your track to the Disquiet Junto group on SoundCloud.

Step 4: Then listen to and comment on tracks uploaded by your fellow Disquiet Junto participants.

Deadline: This assignment was made in the evening, California time, on Thursday, March 26, 2015, with a deadline of 11:59pm wherever you are on Monday, March 30, 2015.

Length: The length of your finished work should be roughly between one and four minutes.

Upload: Please when posting your track on SoundCloud, only upload one track for this assignment, and include a description of your process in planning, composing, and recording it. This description is an essential element of the communicative process inherent in the Disquiet Junto. Photos, video, and lists of equipment are always appreciated.

Title/Tag: When adding your track to the Disquiet Junto group on Soundcloud.com, please include the term “disquiet0169-html505” in the title of your track, and as a tag for your track.

Download: It is preferable that your track is set as downloadable, and that it allows for attributed remixing (i.e., a Creative Commons license permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution).

Linking: When posting the track, please be sure to include this information:

More on this 169th Disquiet Junto project — “Make a track using only an HTML5 drum machine” — at:

http://disquiet.com/2015/03/26/disquiet0169-html505/

More on the drum machine at:

http://html5drummachine.com/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

http://disquiet.com/junto/

Join the Disquiet Junto at:

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Disquiet Junto general discussion takes place at:

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“disquiet0169-html505” I'm Clapping in the Rain

I've been messing with some some self similar melody ideas, thanks to Tom Johnson's book of the same name. These patters are built on brief self similar melodies. 

More on this 169th Disquiet Junto project — “Make a track using only an HTML5 drum machine” — at:

http://disquiet.com/2015/03/26/disquiet0169-html505/

More on the drum machine at:

http://html5drummachine.com/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

http://disquiet.com/junto/

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C63874e2 - 2ff5 - 4bc2 - B892 - 7497b7d50725 [disquiet0169-html505]

Created on html5drummachine with no post editing. This song is the feeling of exploring a strange house in a dream. The dials are a bit tricky to run with a mouse so please excuse the bad transitions and the abrupt end.

After experimenting for a while and tuning all the drums and setting the tempo very low (27bpm) for longer parts, I created an A and B pattern with kick/snare/open. I then created two contrasting schemes on perc1/perc2 and high/mid/low for each pattern. Live mixing consisted of trying for a crash on the start of sections, plus adjusting volumes. Volumes for each scheme were adjusted together, so either the perc1/perc2 was running or the high/mid/low was running, and I switched between patterns to create contrast.

The name of the track is taken from the automatic name generated by html5drummachine.com. Try out the drum machine; you will like it.

More on this 169th Disquiet Junto project — “Make a track using only an HTML5 drum machine” — at:

http://disquiet.com/2015/03/26/disquiet0169-html505/

More on the drum machine at:

http://html5drummachine.com/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

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A527d9c6 [disquiet0169-html505]

https://splice.com/twocs/random 
https://soundcloud.com/tom-anderson-18/random-disquiet0235

3 minutes
5 sections (each ~36 seconds)

number of layers for each section

1	4
2	2
3	5
4	2
5	3

number of notes per layer
1.1	6
1.2	6
1.3	4
1.4	6
2.1	3
2.2	2
3.1	6
3.2	5
3.3	6
3.4	5
3.5	3
4.1	6
4.2	2
5.1	1
5.2	5
5.3	1

Created section 1, then randomly modified the layers in the smallest way possible to achieve the next section. In other words, to make section 3, section 1 loop 1 was used the same (because both rolls were 6) but section 1 loop 2 had one note removed to make section 3 loop 2. The notes to be removed were selected randomly. The notes to be added were just kind of added on a whim...

And notes in different loops don't start at the same time.

More on this 235th weekly Disquiet Junto project — “Create a piece of music based on a structure determined by the roll of a single die” — at:

http://disquiet.com/0235/

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Image associated with this project by Chris Gladis, used thanks to a Creative Commons license:

https://flic.kr/p/f24Vc/



Random

Random [disquiet0235]

This track was recorded with an aim towards reverb destruction. The aim was to use reverb to be the focus but whether it works. Created in FL Studio. flp available at splice.com/twocs/salty-freckles

The painting of the old man and his grandson was by Ghirlandaio with some after effects by me. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Old_Man_and_his_Grandson

More on this 241st weekly Disquiet Junto project — “Compose a piece of music in which the material processed is secondary to the processing” — at:

http://disquiet.com/0241/

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Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co:

http://llllllll.co/t/foreground-effect-disquiet-junto-project-0241/4134

There’s also on a Junto Slack. Send your email address to twitter.com/disquiet for Slack inclusion.

The image associated with this project is by Nadar, and is used thanks to a Creative Commons license:

https://flic.kr/p/iaNB

Salty Freckles [disquiet0241]

Read the details for the Disquiet Junto weekly and then looked at Wikipedia Phase Music (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase_music)where there's a . Promptly created a 3xOsc 8-note ostinato, extended it four times with a dip on the final note. Then I created another track with the same notes but this time I stretched it to half a beat shorter. Wrapped the two tracks so eventually one track offsets half the ostinato of the other. The rest of the time was spent filters and other mixing. All in native FL studio.

You can get the FL Studio files for the track at: https://splice.com/twocs/phase

You can get the audio at: soundcloud.com/tom-anderson-18/phase-disquiet0249

More on this 249th weekly Disquiet Junto project — “Wish the minimalist composer Steve Reich a happy birthday” — at:

http://disquiet.com/0249/

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There’s also on a Junto Slack. Send your email address to twitter.com/disquiet for Slack inclusion.

Phase [disquiet0249]

Rolled the word "forgetting" and forgot what the other instructions were. FL Studio, recorded a quick bassline, then used auto generation based on the existing parts to create new parts until the track was too full. Mixed it and uploaded it. The original idea was that the fourth bar was always something purely improvisational. Could you tell?

More on this 279th weekly Disquiet Junto project — “Word Interiorities: Dissect the sonic properties of a single spoken word” — at:

http://disquiet.com/0279/

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Image associated with this project is a detail of a public domain photo of Luciano Berio, from:

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Forgetting

Forgetting [disquiet0279]

Word Interiorities - Rolled the word "forgetting" and forgot what the other instructions were. FL Studio, recorded a quick bassline, then used auto generation based on the existing parts to create new parts until the track was too full. Forgot to include the "forgetting" vocalisation until that point so doubled many instrument tracks to a TTS sample of "forgetting".

Released without the vocals here:
https://soundcloud.com/tom-anderson-18/forgetting-disquiet0279

More on this 279th weekly Disquiet Junto project — “Word Interiorities: Dissect the sonic properties of a single spoken word” — at:

disquiet.com/0279/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

disquiet.com/junto/

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Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co:

llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-pr…word-interiorities/

There’s also on a Junto Slack. Send your email address to twitter.com/disquiet for Slack inclusion.

Image associated with this project is a detail of a public domain photo of Luciano Berio, from:

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