// title: A Map To Everything [Disquiet0062-LifeOfSine] // author: Schemawound // description: // This week’s project involves making music from the basic building block of sound: the sine wave. // // You will compose and record a piece of music using just three different sine waves, and nothing else — well, nothing else in terms of source material, but the waves can, after the piece has gotten underway, be transformed by any means you choose. // // These are the steps: // // Step 1: Devise which three sine waves you will employ. They should be different from each other in some evident way. // Step 2: The track should open with just one of the sine waves. // Step 3: Add the second sine wave at 5 seconds. // Step 4: Add the third sine wave at 10 seconds. // Step 5: Only at 15 seconds should you begin to in any way manipulate any of the source waves. // Frequencies Used: 125Hz, 237Hz, 1012Hz // // My Process: Coding up something quickly in Supercollider on lunch break and did final adjustments at home. I decided to see how much I could get out of the sound of just the three sines without any effects. The click is created by purposely cutting the waveform at non-zero crossings. Every other sound is made from adding or multiplying the three sines. // // This is my 10th piece for the Disquiet Junto and the second piece I have created using only sine waves. // // Blog post and audio about the piece: http://schemawound.com/post/45152975247/a-map-to-everything-disquiet0062-lifeofsine // code: /*NOTE: I have not bothered to clean this code up after writing it. Don't take it as a good example ;) */ ( fork{ var pat = (); SynthDef(\addOfSine, { | out = 0, gate = 1, amp = 1, doneHandlerLength = 10, freq0 = 125, phase0 = 0, amp0 = 1, attack0 = 0.1, decay0 = 0.1, sustain0 = 0.5, release0 = 0.3, pan0 = 0, freq1 = 237, phase1 = 0, amp1 = 1, attack1 = 0.1, decay1 = 0.1, sustain1 = 0.5, release1 = 0.3, pan1 = 0, freq2 = 1012, phase2 = 0, amp2 = 1, attack2 = 0.1, decay2 = 0.1, sustain2 = 0.5, release2 = 0.3, pan2 = 0 | var doneHandler = Linen.kr(gate, 0, 1, doneHandlerLength, doneAction:5); //This guy is just here to handle the doneAction var sine = [//Div by 3 to avoid clipping Pan2.ar(SinOsc.ar(freq0, phase0 * 2pi, amp0) * EnvGen.ar(Env.adsr(attack0, decay0, sustain0, release0), gate), pan0) / 3, Pan2.ar(SinOsc.ar(freq1, phase0 * 2pi, amp1) * EnvGen.ar(Env.adsr(attack1, decay1, sustain1, release1), gate), pan1) / 3, Pan2.ar(SinOsc.ar(freq2, phase0 * 2pi, amp2) * EnvGen.ar(Env.adsr(attack2, decay2, sustain2, release2), gate), pan2) / 3, ]; var output = (sine[0] + sine[1] + sine[2]) * amp; Out.ar(out, output); }).add; SynthDef(\mulOfSine, { | out = 0, gate = 1, amp = 1, doneHandlerLength = 10, freq0 = 125, phase0 = 0, amp0 = 1, attack0 = 0.1, decay0 = 0.1, sustain0 = 0.5, release0 = 0.3, pan0 = 0, freq1 = 237, phase1 = 0, amp1 = 1, attack1 = 0.1, decay1 = 0.1, sustain1 = 0.5, release1 = 0.3, pan1 = 0, freq2 = 1012, phase2 = 0, amp2 = 1, attack2 = 0.1, decay2 = 0.1, sustain2 = 0.5, release2 = 0.3, pan2 = 0 | var doneHandler = Linen.kr(gate, 0, 1, doneHandlerLength, doneAction:5); //This guy is just here to handle the doneAction var sine = [ Pan2.ar(SinOsc.ar(freq0, phase0 * 2pi, amp0) * EnvGen.ar(Env.adsr(attack0, decay0, sustain0, release0), gate), pan0), Pan2.ar(SinOsc.ar(freq1, phase0 * 2pi, amp1) * EnvGen.ar(Env.adsr(attack1, decay1, sustain1, release1), gate), pan1), Pan2.ar(SinOsc.ar(freq2, phase0 * 2pi, amp2) * EnvGen.ar(Env.adsr(attack2, decay2, sustain2, release2), gate), pan2), ]; var output = sine[0] * sine[1] * sine[2] * amp; Out.ar(out, output); }).add; s.sync; pat.intro = Pseq([ Pbind(*[ instrument: \addOfSine, amp: 1, dur: Pn(5, 1), sustain: 4, amp0: 1, attack0: 4, decay0: 0, sustain0: 1, release0: 1, amp1: 0, amp2: 0 ]), Pbind(*[ instrument: \addOfSine, amp: 1, dur: Pn(5, 1), sustain: 4, amp0: 1, attack0: 4, decay0: 0, sustain0: 1, release0: 1, amp1: 1, attack1: 4, decay1: 0, sustain1: 1, release1: 1, amp2: 0 ]), Pbind(*[ instrument: \addOfSine, amp: 1, dur: Pn(5, 1), sustain: 4, amp0: 1, attack0: 4, decay0: 0, sustain0: 1, release0: 1, amp1: 1, attack1: 4, decay1: 0, sustain1: 1, release1: 1, amp2: 1, attack2: 4, decay2: 0, sustain2: 1, release2: 1, ]), ]); pat.intro2 = Pseq([ Pbind(*[ instrument: \addOfSine, amp: 1, dur: Pn(12.8 / 3, 1), sustain: 4, amp0: 1, attack0: 4, decay0: 0, sustain0: 1, release0: 1, amp1: 0, amp2: 0 ]), Pbind(*[ instrument: \addOfSine, amp: 1, dur: Pn(12.8 / 3, 1), sustain: 4, amp0: 0, amp1: 1, attack1: 4, decay1: 0, sustain1: 1, release1: 1, amp2: 0 ]), Pbind(*[ instrument: \addOfSine, amp: 1, dur: Pn(12.8 / 3, 1), sustain: 4, amp0: 0, amp1: 0, amp2: 1, attack2: 4, decay2: 0, sustain2: 1, release2: 1, ]), ]); pat.p0 = Pbind(*[ instrument: \addOfSine, amp: 1, dur: Pseq([0.1], 16), sustain: Pkey(\dur), doneHandlerLength: 1, phase0: Pseq([0.2, 0, 0, 0], inf), amp0: 1, attack0: 0.001, decay0: 0.001, pan0: Pseq([-0.5, 0.5], inf), phase1: 0, amp1: 0, attack1: 0.1, release1: 0, phase2: 0, amp2: 0, attack2: 0, ]); pat.p1 = Pbind(*[ instrument: \addOfSine, amp: 1, dur: Pseq([0.1], 16), sustain: Pkey(\dur), doneHandlerLength: 3, phase0: Pseq([0.2, 0, 0, 0], inf), amp0: 1, attack0: 0.001, decay0: 0.001, pan0: Pseq([-1, 1], inf), phase1: Pseq([0.2, 0.2, 0, 0], inf), amp1: Pseq([1,0,0], inf), attack1: 0.01, release1: 0.001, pan1: Pseq([1, 1, -1, -1, 0, 0, 0, 0], inf), amp2: 0, phase2: 0, attack2: 0, ]); pat.p2 = Pbind(*[ instrument: \addOfSine, amp: 1, dur: Pseq([0.1], 16), sustain: Pkey(\dur), doneHandlerLength: 3, phase0: Pseq([0.2, 0, 0, 0], inf), amp0: 1, attack0: 0.001, decay0: 0.001, pan0: Pseq([-0.5, 0.5], inf), phase1: 0, amp1: 0, attack1: 0.01, release1: 0.001, pan1: Pseq([1, 1, -1, -1, 0, 0, 0, 0], inf), phase2: Pwhite(), amp2: 0.7, attack2: 0.001, release2: 0.001, decay2: Pseq([0.3, 0.1, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01], inf), sustain2: 0, pan2: Pseq([-1, 0, 1], inf) ]); pat.p3 = Pbind(*[ instrument: \addOfSine, amp: 1, dur: Pseq([0.1], 16), sustain: Pkey(\dur), doneHandlerLength: 3, phase0: Pseq([0.2, 0, 0, 0], inf), amp0: 1, attack0: 0.001, decay0: 0.001, pan0: Pseq([-1, 1], inf), phase1: Pseq([0.2, 0.2, 0, 0], inf), amp1: Pseq([1,0,0], inf), attack1: 0.01, release1: 0.001, pan1: Pseq([1, 1, -1, -1, 0, 0, 0, 0], inf), phase2: Pwhite(), amp2: 0.7, attack2: 0.01, release2: 0.01, decay2: Pseq([0.3, 0.1, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01], inf), sustain2: 0, pan2: Pseq([-1, 0, 1], inf) ]); pat.p4 = Pbind(*[ instrument: \addOfSine, amp: 1, dur: Pseq([0.17], 16), sustain: Pkey(\dur), doneHandlerLength: 0.4, phase0: Pseq([0.2, 0, 0, 0], inf), amp0: 1, attack0: 0, decay0: 0, pan0: Pseq([-1, 1], inf), phase1: Pseq([0.2, 0.2, 0, 0], inf), amp1: Pseq([1,0,0], inf), attack1: 0, release1: 0, pan1: Pseq([1, 1, -1, -1, 0, 0, 0, 0], inf), phase2: Pwhite(), amp2: 0.7, attack2: 0.17, release2: 0, decay2: Pseq([0.3, 0.1, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01], inf), sustain2: 0, pan2: Pseq([-1, 0, 1], inf) ]); pat.p5 = Pbind(*[ instrument: \addOfSine, amp: Pseq([Pn(1,64), Pn(0, 64)], 4), dur: 0.05, sustain: Pkey(\dur), doneHandlerLength: 0.4, phase0: 0, amp0: 0.25, attack0: 0.05, decay0: 0.001, sustain0: 0, release0: 0.001, pan0: Pseq([-1, 1], inf), phase1: 0, amp1: 0.25, attack1: 0.05, decay0: 0.001, sustain0: 0, release0: 0.001, pan1: Pseq([1, 1, -1, -1, 0, 0, 0, 0], inf), phase2: 0, amp2: 0.25, attack2: 0.05, decay0: 0.001, sustain0: 0, release0: 0.001, pan2: Pseq([-1, 0, 1], inf) ]); pat.p6 = Pbind(*[ instrument: \addOfSine, amp: Pseq([Pn(1,64), Pn(0, 64)], 8), dur: 0.025, sustain: Pkey(\dur), doneHandlerLength: 1, phase0: 0.5, amp0: 0.2, attack0: 0.001, decay0: 0.001, sustain0: 0, release0: 0.001, pan0: Pseq([-1, 1], inf), phase1: 0.5, amp1: 0.2, attack1: 0.001, decay0: 0.001, sustain0: 0, release0: 0.001, pan1: Pseq([1, 1, -1, -1, 0, 0, 0, 0], inf), phase2: 0.5, amp2: 0.2, attack2: 0.001, decay0: 0.001, sustain0: 0, release0: 0.001, pan2: Pseq([-1, 0, 1], inf) ]); pat.hold = Pbind(*[ instrument: \mulOfSine, amp: 3, dur: Pn(0.2, 64), sustain: Pseq([Pkey(\dur), Pkey(\dur) / 2, Pkey(\dur), Pkey(\dur) / 4]), amp0: Pseq([1,0.5,0.3,0.5], inf), attack0: 0.001, decay0: 0.001, pan0: 0, release0: 0.001, amp1: Pseq([1,0.5,0.7], inf), attack1: 0.001, decay1: 0.001, pan1: 0, release1: 0.001, amp2: Pseq([1,0.5,0.7,1,0.7], inf), attack2: 0.001, decay2: 0.001, pan2: 0, release2: 0.001 ]); //Sequence Pseq([ pat.intro, Pseq([Pn(pat.p0, 4), Pn(pat.p1, 4)], 2), Pseq([Pn(pat.p2, 4), Pn(pat.p3, 4)], 2), Pn(pat.hold, 1), Ppar([Pn(pat.hold, 2), Pseq([Pn(pat.p0, 4), Pn(pat.p1, 4)], 2)]), Ppar([pat.p5, Pn(pat.hold, 2), Pseq([Pn(pat.p2, 4), Pn(pat.p3, 4)], 2)]), Ppar([pat.p5, pat.p6, Pn(pat.hold, 2), Pseq([Pn(pat.p0, 4), Pn(pat.p1, 4)], 2)]), Ppar([pat.p5, pat.p6, pat.intro, Pn(pat.hold, 1)]), ]).play } )