"Dave Griffiths" <dave@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Hi all, > > Just thought it was about time I posted some music - the first two tracks in a > project of mine to grow acid techno: > > http://www.archive.org/audio/audio-details-db.php?collection=opensource_audio&collectionid=legoacid WOW! :-) And since the association shot into my mind while reading the subject line I have to ask: you dont happen to be affiliated with the Lego Sound System from Austria, do you? Its a (I think) vienna based underground sound system which was mostly active in Italy last time I heard of them. And since they do mostly acid, I had to ask :-) > The tracks were made and recorded in realtime, using a form of genetic > programming, which develops formal production rules (loosely based on l > systems) for a text based musical score language. This is good for taking > melodic or percussion patterns and slowly developing them, but in some cases > the changes can be quite radical, and can take you by suprise. you can also > hand edit the rules on the fly - which is handy for things like forcing a 4/4 > beat, which is sometimes desirable :) > > The drum sounds are sampled from the venerable 808, also some synthesised > percussion in there, all synthesis is done by a fixed function performance > synth based on the code from SSM. > > More info about the software here: > http://www.pawfal.org/Software/livenoisetools/ This page is confusing me. Can you same me a bit of time and let me know if your synth is available standalone (without a GUI)? That'd be sweet, since it has a nice aggressive sound. -- CYa, Mario