generative music ..was: Re: Did a quick Mobius gig today :-)

["Ben" <benoitruelle@yahoo.fr>]

From: "Per":
> (...). Also, things get  less boring if you do them differently each 
>time 
> ;-)

Yes, that's something I'm after for my listening experience.
I'm trying some generative experiments now, it's so boring to have to 
listen 
to the same record over and over.
Does anyone know if there are (hardware) ways to play (small) fragments of 
audio in random order?
I tried to burn a lot of wav file on a CD and use the random function of 
my 
CD player but:
1- the delay between 2 tracks is huge (even if there is a lot of silence 
in 
some minimalist tracks)
2- the noise made by the player when changing tracks is disturbing.

One solution is 2 use several players but then the piece would better be 
in 
the ambient area, otherwise I would find it too experimental ;-)
And anyway ,there would still be problem number 2.
I didn't tried a mp3 player yet but I guess problem N°1 is still there.

Software ways? Except Koan which seems quite Creative labs oriented 
(soundfonts), are there other alternatives?
Should we ask manufacturers for a "loop" player: a kind of LP-1 with 
random 
functions and sync between tracks so everytime you hear a track it's 
slightly different? We just have to "prepare" some alternative layers and 
the player will remix/re-arrange on the fly.

Just dreaming,

Ben 


        

        
                
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