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Competition to programme a standardised synthesiser or
electronic keyboard with a single (albeit presumably very
complicated) equation, in order to produce the "best" music.
Points are awarded for structure, tone, progression,
originality and toe-tapping catchiness.
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If the complication of the "single" equation is
unlimited, you could just program in the Fourier
transform of a nice bit of Bach. |
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//nice bit of Bach// Hardly original, don't you think? |
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Mayhap, points can be awarded (on a sliding scale)
relating to the number of characters in the equation
you use. I don't want it to be a case of just
programming the desired notes. I want the algorithm
to flow and ebb unpredictably, or infinitely, like the
musical version of a fractal... |
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Hey, wait a minute! I thought this was about Al Gore! (he invented the algorithm) Nevermind. <walks away mumbling> |
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Since musical scores tend to have repetitious sections, it seems to me that the simplest algorhythm could be found in the reciprocals of various numbers. If the number is a prime, say larger than a thousand, then you can likely compute a thousand notes before it starts repeating. |
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Isn't this what Vangelis and similar musicians do
already? |
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