Digital Windchimes / An Introduction to Generative Music - On demand

Learn to build a generative patch that continuously outputs evolving bell-like textures.

Course Instructor: Samuel Pearce Davies

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Brian Eno once described a set of chimes being blown in the wind as an example of generative music. Adapting this philosophy of music-making to a digital setting, we can create environments where a series of musical elements can be triggered semi-randomly, akin to the blowing of wind.

What you'll learn

In this workshop you will learn to create such a system in Max/MSP, building a simple synthesised bell-like sound with variable timbre which will then be ‘played’ by a loose algorithm that you will construct. This will involve learning a form of subtractive synthesis using a bank of resonant filters, applying variable controls to both its generation and post-processing through reverb and delay, and finally using combinations of random number generators to make digital ‘wind’.

Requirements

You should be comfortable with the general workflow and data formatting in Max
Some basic knowledge of frequencies (hz) in relation to music-making would be a plus