- on a 'real' instrument, a lot of effort goes into intonation itself, but on the other hand it is immediate and accessible; with code, you have to design the sound, knowing what sin oscillator sounds like, but then you don't have to maintain the intonation in the same way that is necessary on a 'real' instrument.
When you are doing this, do you have a sound in your mind that you are trying to create or do you often just stumble upon something that sounds good by accident? Do you get specific...say, "I'm going to create a sound that mimics a Fender Rhodes being played through a 1978 Super Reverb tube amp? -This is really cool imo and something I need to verse myself in.
- do you have a sound in your mind that you are trying to create or do you often just stumble upon something that sounds good by accident?
It's somewhere in between the two. If you've ever done any kind of improvisation (cooking, dance, not just musical) you'll understand that it's always a balance between chance and target. With algorithmic composition, for me, it's still mostly chance. There are others who know how to get exactly this or that sound, but I think the best will come when there are those who can improvise anew.
Care to share any of your work here?
thanks