Hallo, Damian Stewart hat gesagt: // Damian Stewart wrote:
hmm. i have a centralised rhythm machine at the moment that runs constantly and bangs about 50 different sends at different periods and different phases (n, 2n, 3n, 4n, 2n-then-3n-then-3n, 3-2-3n, 3-3-2n, etc). it's attached. it's based on a book called 'Hearing in Time' by Justin London, which is wonderful and has informed my ideas about techno no end.
Sounds like an interesting read. (Though rather expensive, but that's how it goes...).
I played around with a related idea once. Attached patch "list-rhythm" is like a metro-counter, that can be fed with duration lists. Durations are specified as multiples of a smallest time step. Then for each duration in a list, the "list-rhythm" counts from 0 to duration-1. After that it takes the next duration and starts counting again. At the end of the duration list it wraps around and starts at the list's beginning again.
This lets you specify polyrhythms by just feeding pattern lists, e.g. "2 2 1 2 2 2 1" to play a 12-step long pattern (this is a popular african rhythm, I don't have its name atm.).
Also attached is a simple example using blips ripped from Andy's recent karaoke patch. ;)
Ciao
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