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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.

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