Name: MultiWaves1Jan2023 by geldryk
Duration: 2 min 43 s
Description: I first run of MultiWaves, a Max patch to make continually variable spectra in sustained sounds.

I first run of MultiWaves, a Max patch to make continually variable spectra in sustained sounds.

MultiWaves1Jan2023

This is output of the latest member of the SonoMorph family, “BeatSlicer.”  I take my inspiration from David Cope, the prolific composer, researcher and writer.  In April, he shared “The Recipe” for preparing midi files for modeling musical styles.  I was finally able to understand and apply most of his style modeling methods.  The source of this is the 3rd movement of Hindemith’s “Mathis der Maler.”  I read it in to a Max collection so as to reconnect the note on/off messages into a “note” consisting of attack time, key, velocity, duration and midi channel. All other midi messages are also collected and file by tick number – 480 per beat.  This allows me to jump around in the file to slice out and play a range of notes or measures.  I apply a harmonic overlay that includes 34 pitch sets chosen from 300+ possible (without transposition).  The pitch sets are sort by complexity so that quite natural progressions can shape phrases in ways that seem quite familiar. The unfolding of this harmony is a generative process.  Hope that explanation did not hurt too much.

MultiWaves1Jan2023

geldryk

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