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another sketch: now with a "global tendency" from scales/arpeggia to chords (and also with some structural projection - less random, more systematic). next: modify the FENDER-part (by code), so that it will be playable simulation3.mov

LUTOSLAWSKI often used independent tempi between the instruments (string quartet etc...) and very simple "notation of rhythmic gestures". so it was possible to get a "begrenzte aleatorik" (and global complexity) and freedom in playing at the same time. you could do it like that:

simulation.mov Opusmodus / A musical reflection tool At the beginning it should be noted that this is not a piece of music! I often try out new material in Opusmodus, test ideas, almost improvise with it. It is a good tool for me to check my idea, to reflect it, to change rules/ideas. A musical reflection tool. Basic idea: I would like to build a texture (based on a Pitchfield/Chord), which is structured by scales/arpeggia, should be played by a fender rhodes and two sine players. Each gesture should have a new pace (1/20 1/12 etc.) and a new dynamic, so that this texture has homogeneity on the side (through the chord), but is very precise articualted inside. The fender rhodes should and must be playable (= done by limiting the scales), sines can be "free" ... Result: What I get with this few code is a sketch, now I can refine my rules and conditions (chord/tempi/rests) in OPUSMODUS. Likewise, I can now experiment (if this works now) in Ableton Live on the timbres, which surely will have i kind of a feedback on my CODING in OMN. A kind of circular working process... a At the end: I will write it down by hand (sibelius) to be able to articulate even more precisely (like i want it) than the code. For the stage: Coordiniaton will be done by click-track or https://polytempo.zhdk.ch Have fun! Greetings André ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;; a function that generates a chains of 1/20 or 1/12 or 1/8 .. dependening on the lengths of the sub-pitch-seqences ;; ORD or REVERS (so that the "starttime" changes) by probp ;; no immediate reps (defun gen-rhythms (apitchlist) (loop for i in apitchlist for j in (rnd-sample 100 '(1/20 1/28 1/12 1/8) :norep t) collect (if (probp 0.5) (length-rational-quantize (gen-repeat (length i) j) :round (rnd-pick '(1/4 2/4))) (reverse (length-rational-quantize (gen-repeat (length i) j) :round (rnd-pick '(1/4 2/4))))))) ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;; THE CHORD/INTERVAL (setf intervals '(7 6 3 4 6 4 3 6 7)) ;; intervals for pitches (setf n 20) ;; span for CYCLE (interval-rotation) ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;; LINES for FENDER RHODES (should be playable by humans) (setf lines1 '(loop for chord in (loop for i in (gen-rotate :left intervals :type 'list) collect (rnd-sample 5 (interval-to-pitch i :start 'b0))) ;; interval-rotation (all possibiliies), interval to pitch append (loop repeat n ;; n = how many cycles per pitch-constellation collect (progn (setf direction (setf direction (prob-pick '((0 0.7) (1 0.3))))) ;; preset by probp for SCALE or DOWN (filter-repeat 1 (if (= direction 0) ;; take 3 or 5 pitches from momentary pitch-constellation / if probp then UP (sort-asc (rnd-sample (rnd-pick '(3 5)) (rnd-sample-seq 5 ;; max in SPAN 5 pitches (for fender rhodes) (ambitus-filter (ambitus-instrument 'piano) chord)) :norep t)) (sort-desc (rnd-sample (rnd-pick '(3 5)) (rnd-sample-seq 5 ;; max in SPAN 5 pitches (for fender rhodes) (ambitus-filter (ambitus-instrument 'piano) chord)) :norep t)))))))) ;; LINES for SINE PLAYER (setf lines2 '(loop for chord in (loop for i in (gen-rotate :left intervals :type 'list) collect (interval-to-pitch i :start 'b0)) ;; interval-rotation (all possibiliies), interval to pitch append (loop repeat n ;; n = how many cycles per interval-constellation collect (progn (setf direction (setf direction (prob-pick '((0 0.7) (1 0.3))))) ;; preset by probp for SCALE or DOWN (filter-repeat 1 (if (= direction 0) ;; take 3 or 5 pitches from momentary pitch-constellation / if probp then DOWN (sort-asc (rnd-sample (rnd-pick '(3 5 7)) (ambitus-filter (ambitus-instrument 'piano) chord) :norep t)) (sort-desc (rnd-sample (rnd-pick '(3 5 7)) (ambitus-filter (ambitus-instrument 'piano) chord))))))))) ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;; GEN FENDER PART (progn (setf fdr_1 (eval lines1)) (setf rhy1 (gen-rhythms fdr_1)) ;; gen rhy based on the pitch-seqs (setf fdr_1 (make-omn :length rhy1 :pitch fdr_1)) ;; rewrite/replace dynamics (setf fdr_1 (loop for i in fdr_1 ;;every gesture should have their own dynamics norep !! for velo in (pick-norepeat 100 '(ppp p mf fff)) collect (omn-replace :velocity velo i)))) ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;; GEN SINE PARTS (progn (setf snr_1 (eval lines2)) (setf rhy2 (gen-rhythms snr_1)) ;; gen rhy based on the pitch-seqs (setf snr_1 (make-omn :length rhy2 :pitch snr_1)) ;; rewrite/replace dynamics (setf snr_1 (loop for i in snr_1 ;; every gesture should have their own dynamics norep !! for velo in (rnd-sample (length rhy2) '(ppp p mf fff) :norep t) collect (omn-replace :velocity velo i)))) (progn (setf snl_1 (eval lines2)) (setf rhy3 (gen-rhythms snl_1)) ;; gen rhy based on the pitch-seqs (setf snl_1 (make-omn :length rhy3 :pitch snl_1)) ;; rewrite/replace dynamics (setf snl_1 (loop for i in snl_1 ;; every gesture should have their own dynamics norep !! for velo in (rnd-sample (length rhy3) '(ppp p mf fff) :norep t) collect (omn-replace :velocity velo i)))) ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;; PUT IN AN 3/4 (setf snl (omn-to-time-signature snl_1 '(3 4))) (setf snr (omn-to-time-signature snr_1 '(3 4))) (setf fdr (omn-to-time-signature fdr_1 '(3 4))) ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; (def-score sketch (:title "sketch" :key-signature 'atonal :time-signature '(3 4) :tempo '(132) :layout (list (grand-layout 'fdr) (bass-layout 'snl) (bass-layout 'snr))) (snl :omn snl :channel 1 :port 9 ) (snr :omn snr :channel 1 :port 8) (fdr :omn fdr :channel 1 :port 5)) ;(live-coding-midi (compile-score 'sketch)) ;(omn-list-plot (list fdr_1 snr_1 snl_1) :style :fill :point-radius 1)

or (rest '(1 2 3 4 5)) => (2 3 4 5) or (extended) (car (cdr (cadr (cddr (nthcdr .... CLHS: Accessor CAR, CDR, CAAR, CADR, CDAR... CLHS.LISP.SE nthcdr (Programming in Emacs Lisp) WWW.GNU.ORG nthcdr (Programming in Emacs Lisp)

in make-omn -> no "time-signature", only for "def-score"... (make-omn :length extended-length :pitch pitch-loop :velocity velocity) => ((e b3cs4e4g4 ff -e - e b3cs4ds4a4 p< q ds4gs4a4d5 mp< eb3f3g3 f<) (e b3cs4ds4a4 ff> -e - e ds4gs4a4d5 pp> q d3g3gs3d4 ff> d4e4f4b4 f>) (e b4d5ds5f5g5 mf> -e - e ds3g3gs3d4 pp< q b3c4g4 p< d3g3gs3d4 mp<) (e b3cs4ds4a4 mf< -e - e ds4gs4a4d5 f> q eb3f3g3 mp< ff))

here... Messiaen_Olivier_The_Technique_of_My_Musical_Language.pdf https://monoskop.org/images/5/50/Messiaen_Olivier_The_Technique_of_My_Musical_Language.pdf

Dear community Where is the error? I try this setup and want to send the program changes, but it doesn't work. What is wrong? I don't see it thanks for some help - andré the setup... (progn (add-program-attributes '(ads) '(ord) '(msp) '(st) '(bartok) '(wk) '(lt) '(gett) '(pizz) '(lbup) '(lbdown) '(lb1) '(lb2) '(lb3) '(lb4) '(kdecke) '(kzarge) '(harm1) '(harm2) '(harm3) '(harm4) '(harm5)) (add-text-attributes '(ads "ads") '(ord "ord") '(msp "msp") '(st "st") '(wk "wk") '(lt "lt") '(bartok "bartok") '(gett "gett") '(pizz "pizz") '(lbup "lbup") '(lbdown "lbdown") '(lb1 "lb1") '(lb2 "lb2") '(lb3 "lb3") '(lb4 "lb4") '(kdecke "kdecke") '(kzarge "kzarge") '(harm1 "harm1") '(harm2 "harm2") '(harm3 "harm3") '(harm4 "harm4") '(harm5 "harm5"))) (def-sound-set cb-prog :programs (:group contrabass ord 0 msp 1 st 2 wk 3 lt 4 gett 6 ads 7 pizz 10 lbup 11 lbdown 12 bartok 13 lb1 20 lb2 21 lb3 22 lb4 23 kdecke 29 kzarge 30 harm1 41 harm2 42 harm3 43 harm4 44 harm5 45))) test for score... i do not recieve program changes, why? ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;; some test... (setf kb '(q e4 pp lt q q q) epl1 '(q e4 pp pizz q q q) epl2 '(q e4 pp msp q q q) ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; (def-score test (:title "test" :key-signature 'atonal :time-signature '(4 4) :tempo '(120) :layout (list (contrabass-layout 'kb) (contrabass-layout 'epl1) (contrabass-layout 'epl2))) (kb :omn kb :channel 1 :port 15 :sound 'cb-prog) (epl1 :omn epl1 :channel 1 :port 0 :sound 'cb-prog) (epl2 :omn epl2 :channel 1 :port 12 :sound 'cb-prog))

I think it is very worthwhile not to simply use complex functions, but to learn the basics/language of LISP. And then or in addition to that, try to program functions (in LISP/OM) yourself, to find ways of formalizing your ideas and needs. currently I am doing the same in/with MaxMSP

a little snippet of my work - including some sorting algorithms / hidden data / brownian bridges. played by Nenad Markovic (Ensemble Phoenix) - live recording. https://opusmodus.com/forums/topic/1039-sorting-algorithms/#comment-3314 https://opusmodus.com/forums/topic/2958-brownian-bridge/#comment-10267

a quick idea: if you would do it with rnd-walk and use it as positions in a pitchfield, you have a some global control over all parameters. pitchfields are - in my opinion - useful, because you have some nice vertical control. you don't have this if you simply have the random walk out of the pitches directly. (progn ;; do a rnd-walk with tendency (setf walk (gen-walk 24 :step '(1 2 3) :backward 0.3 :forward 0.7)) ;; transform it to positions in a pitchfield and "reset list" if min-val < 0 (setf positions (cumulative-sums walk)) (setf positions (if (< (find-min positions) 0) (x+b positions (abs (find-min positions))) positions)) ;; define a pitchfield (or chord) (setf pitchfield (append (expand-tonality '(b3 messiaen-mode6)) (expand-tonality '(b4 messiaen-mode5)) (expand-tonality '(b5 messiaen-mode4)) (expand-tonality '(b6 messiaen-mode3)))) ;; reading pitchfield by positions (position-filter (cumulative-sums walk) pitchfield))

Bildschirmaufnahme 2024-04-30 um 22.39.22.mov Just a little gimmic: Sort-Algorithm (plus filter-repeat) controls the frequencies of COMB Filters in Max/MSP when playing some EMF-noise. One single sort process...

of course... PETER ABLINGERS famous work (2009) Speaking Piano ABLINGER.MUR.AT Speaking Piano nice, to re-do it with OMPO

kind of ... "position-insert" with OVERWRITE (defun position-insert-seq (&key alist insert item) (let ((pos (car (position-item item alist)))) (position-replace (gen-integer pos (+ pos (1- (length insert)))) insert alist))) (setf alist '(0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 5 7)) (setf insert '(a b c d)) (position-insert-seq :alist '(0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 5 7) :insert '(a b c d) :item 2) => (0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 a b c d 3 5 7)

dear david this could be helpful for you... some basic-syntax-tutorials have fun! andré well explainend

(defun prob-mutation (alist blist &key (factor 1) (prob-list nil)) (loop for a in alist for b in blist for x in (if (null prob-list) (cumulative-sums (gen-repeat (length alist) (float (/ factor (length alist))))) prob-list) when (probp x) collect b else collect a)) ;;; with linear prob-incf (prob-mutation (gen-repeat 100 1) (gen-repeat 100 2)) => (1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2) ;;; with an external prob-list 0 to 1.0 to 0 (setf half-sine (filter-first 100 (gen-sine 200 1 1.0))) (prob-mutation (gen-repeat 100 1) (gen-repeat 100 2) :prob-list half-sine) => (1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1) ;;; with an external prob-list 0 to 0.3 to 0 (setf half-sine (filter-first 100 (gen-sine 200 1 0.3))) (prob-mutation (gen-repeat 100 1) (gen-repeat 100 2) :prob-list half-sine) => (1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1)