«Boreas» by Alexander Zhagun-Linnik

on 26 Mar'20 15:57 in simpleambiencerandomendlessgenerativealgorithmicsequencepolyphonicboreas

The second piece in this generative series. Note lengths are now variable within a line, but as the result the total duration of a pattern became variable too so lines are not always playing in sync. This, however, adds to overall unpredictabilty and I've decided to leave it like that for this one.

The piece sounds wet and cold with much ambience. It is also more harsh than the previous one. Distorted windy tones go out of control sometimes, but I find them really expressive.

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/*
*  Boreas by Alexander Zhagun-Linnik
*  Moscow, 2020
*
*  Endless generative composition based on random polyphonic sequences.
*
*  etherguide@gmail.com
*/
(
Server.default = s;
o=s.options;
o.memSize;
o.sampleRate;
o.memSize = 2.pow(16);
o.sampleRate = 44100;
s.quit;
s.waitForBoot({
	{
	var num = 0;
	var rseq = {Array.fill(num = rrand(2, 8), {arg i; rrand(0, 8)})};
	var durlist = [2, 1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32, 1/3, 1/6, 1/12];
	var scale = Scale.at(Scale.names.choose);
	var time = 5;
	var root = rrand(0, 12);
	var mg = 4;
	var masterSetup = false;
		SynthDef(\sin, {arg freq=440, amp = 0.9, gate=1, out=0, release=1, attack=0.01, mg=4, decay=1, detune=0.01;
			var sig = Mix.fill(12, {arg i;
				SinOsc.ar(freq+(freq*Rand(detune.neg, detune)), Rand(0.0, 1.0), amp / mg / 10);
			});
			sig = (sig * Env.adsr(attack, decay, 1.0, release).kr(2, gate));
			sig = Pan2.ar(sig, Line.kr(Rand(-1.0, 1.0), Rand(-1.0, 1.0), Rand(0.01, 3.0)));
			Out.ar(out, sig);
		}).add;
		SynthDef(\sim, {arg freq=440, out=0, release=1, mg=4;
			var amp = Rand(0.0, 0.5);
			var sig = SinOsc.ar(freq, Rand(0.0, 1.0), amp / mg * 1.2);
			sig = sig * Env.perc(0.0001, releaseTime: release, curve: -8).kr(2);
			sig = CombC.ar(sig, Rand(0.01, 0.4), Rand(0.01, 0.4), Rand(0.01, 0.3), Rand(0.01, 2));
			sig = Pan2.ar(sig, Line.kr(Rand(-1.0, 1.0), Rand(-1.0, 1.0), Rand(0.01, 3.0)));
			Out.ar(out, sig);
		}).add;
		SynthDef(\str, {arg freq=440, amp = 1.0, gate=1, out=0, verb=0.5, release=1, attack=0.01, mg=4, decay=1, detune=0.01;
			var sig = Mix.fill(12, {
				VarSaw.ar(freq+(freq*Rand(detune.neg, detune)), Rand(0.0, 1.0), Rand(0.0, 1.0),  amp / mg / 10);
			});
			attack = attack*2;
			sig = sig * Env.adsr(attack, decay, 1.0, release * 2).kr(2, gate);
			sig = Pan2.ar(sig, Line.kr(Rand(-1.0, 1.0), Rand(-1.0, 1.0), Rand(0.01, 3.0)));
			Out.ar(out, sig);
		}).add;
		SynthDef(\cha, {arg freq=440, amp = 1.0, gate=1, out=0, verb=0.5, release=1, attack=0.01, mg=4, decay=1, detune=0.01;
			var sig = WhiteNoise.ar(Rand(0.0, 0.9));
			sig = RLPF.ar(sig, freq, 0.1 + LFDNoise3.ar(1).abs * Rand(0.0, 0.1)) * 0.1 / mg;
			sig = sig.softclip * Env.adsr(attack, decay, 1.0, release).kr(2, gate);
			sig = Pan2.ar(sig, Line.kr(Rand(-1.0, 1.0), Rand(-1.0, 1.0), Rand(0.01, 3.0)));
			Out.ar(out, sig);
		}).add;
		s.sync;
		loop{
			rseq = {Array.fill(num = rrand(2, 12), {arg i; rrand(0, 8)})};
			if(rrand(1, 5)==4, {
				scale = Scale.at(Scale.names.choose);
			});
			if(rrand(1, 5)==4, {
				root = rrand(0, 12);
			});
			Pdef(\main,
				Ppar(Array.fill(rrand(1, 12), {arg i;
					var seq = rseq.value;
					var cursor = rrand(0, durlist.size - 1);
					var durnum = rrand(1, 5);
					var durs = Array.fill(durnum, {
						cursor = cursor + rrand(-2, 2);
						durlist.clipAt(cursor);
					});
					Pbind(
						\instrument, [\sin, \str, \str, \cha].choose,
						\scale, scale,
						\dur, Pseq(Array.fill(seq.size, {durs.choose * time}), inf),
						\degree, Pseq(seq, inf),
						\octave, [2, 3, 4, 5, 6].choose,
						\type, Pfunc({[\note, \note, \rest].choose}),
						\verb, rrand(0.05, 0.8),
						\release, rrand(0.0, 8.0),
						\attack, rrand(0.001, 3.0),
						\root, root,
						\mg, Pbrown(0.1, 6.0, Pfunc({rrand(0.1, 1.0)}), inf),
						\detune, rrand(0.005, 0.015),
						\decay, Pfunc({rrand(0.01, 2.0)}),
					)
				}))
			).play();
			if(masterSetup == false, {
				Ndef(\proc, {
					var sig = (In.ar(0, 2) * (1 + (8 * LFDNoise3.ar(0.1).abs))).softclip;
					sig = FreeVerb.ar(
						sig,
						LFDNoise3.ar(0.1).abs,
						LFDNoise3.ar(0.1).abs,
						LFDNoise3.ar(0.1).abs
					);
					Out.ar(0, sig);
				}).fadeTime_(3.0);
				masterSetup = true;
			});
			([8, 4, 2, 1].choose*time).sleep;
		}
	}.fork;
});
)
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comments
beryann.parker ↪ user 21 Oct'23 14:10

great sequences of sounds!