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Matt, I found it here, enjoy http://www.harmony-central.com/Software/Windows/zs-1-amen.html Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Davignon" <mattdavignon@gmail.com> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 9:57 PM Subject: Re: Rhythmic Randomness vs. Melodic Randomness >I think I know what he means - the process of looping random > percussive sounds (such as someone dropping coins non-rhythmically). > That's something I did frequently when I was new to looping - I was > entranced by the idea that repetition "makes anything into music". > Eventually I started running into dead ends with it - if I just let it > repeat, it sounded obviously redundant. If I tried to to use other > random elements as a "fill", then it would sound too random and > non-musical. > > There are still lots of interesting things to do with the idea. I'm a > little more used to working with previously generated material than I > am to generating material from scratch. A pattern generated from > randomness often can provide a good launching point. Then, with > conscious decisions made after that you get to add some personality to > something which originally had none. > > Part of using randomness is scanning for musical elements, and > learning how to productively bring them out. For example, a slightly > more advanced version of the "looping random sound" would be to record > the output of a cd player while tapping the "cue" and "rewind" > buttons. Then go back, slow down the recording, and listen for > patterns to turn into loops. I think that's what Oval did for their > "94Diskont" cd. > > Another fun thing to do is set up your drum machine to compose a loop, > and set the timing correction to 1/8th notes. Then just mash keys for > a few seconds and see what pattern you get. My drum machine then lets > you add and subtract different notes from it, so you can actually > build a few patterns and variations with that method. > > ...and that's just the obvious stuff. > > Responding to Rick's concern, I think anything that untrained > musicians can do that gives us a "hey, that sounds good, let's do > that" response probably has a music theory name to it. Us untrained > musicians may spend more time stumbling around in the dark, but many > of us know a good thing when we happen to step in it. > > That reminds me - like 10 years ago, someone gave me a program called > "Amen". It was made to randomize percussion wav files for "jungle" > music, but it could be used for any .wav file. Does anyone know > if/where that can still be purchased? > > Matt Davignon > www.ribosomemusic.com > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.9.4/1789 - Release Date: 11/14/2008 7:32 PM