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marmaduke  ·  4478 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Making Music by Livecoding
    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.