Generative Music Tools: Turing Machine - On demand
Learn to build a Generative Turing Machine in Max.
Course Instructor: Samuel Pearce Davies
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There are a broad array of techniques musicians can use to generate music in Max. One such process involves taking inspiration from Alan Turing’s early work on proto-computers, in particular the notion of a tape with data being displayed on it.
What you'll learn
- Understand the fundamentals of a Turing Machine in a musical context
- Patch together a generative process using randomisation and counters
- Build a functional UI to tweak different aspects of the generative process in real time
- Use the finished device to both generate music through MIDI and control broader parameters of software instruments
Requirements
- A computer and Internet connection
- Access to a copy of Max 7 or 8 (i.e. trial or full license)
Course content
- ---- Session Materials
- ---- Sub-Patches
- ---- Part 1 - Introduction to Turing Machines and Creating the ‘Tape’
- ---- Part 2 - MIDI Setup
- ---- Part 3 - Inverting the Data
- ---- Part 4 - Control Parameters – Rate & Length
- ---- Part 5 - Control Parameters – Flip Part 1
- ---- Part 6 - Control Parameters – Flip Part 2
- ---- Part 7 - Accounting for the Tape
- ---- Part 8 - Sync Setup Part 1
- ---- Part 9 - Sync Setup Part 2
- ---- Part 10 - Data Output Formatting
- ---- Part 11 - Visual Data Representation
- ---- Part 12 - Setting Up the UI
- ---- Part 13 - Melodic Demonstration
- ---- Part 14 - Trying Out a Different Setup
Who is this course for
- This workshop will provide you with the information to construct such a generative device, a ‘Turing Machine’, to supplement your compositional practice.
