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Published: 2006-10-11 13:02:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 777; Favourites: 6; Downloads: 23
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Description Behold, this is the great machine of random conversation.

First, the background. I've long been a bit dissatisfied with the fact that DeviantArt doesn't have anything resembling a music category. It's not like it's an exclusively visual art-showcasing site, what with stuff like interactive flash applications, games and ressources. But it's ok. This is also the reason for the very minimalistic visual design.

This is my personal way of getting some music in here... this is a random music generator. Well, not completely random, since it relies on pre-recorded samples to make these lovely sounds. What I've basically done is record some piano and make a few glitchy sounds, chop it up into samples, and set it to play randomly at various intervals, and with a few rules, so the samples don't suddenly all play at the same time and stuff.


Please, lean back and just listen to the machine for a little while... props go out to Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto, since it was their music that inspired me to do this particular kind of sound.

Edit - now renamed to "MORC 2" to fit in with the series.
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Comments: 17

ledfight [2010-02-06 14:19:47 +0000 UTC]

Awesome!

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phoenixdk In reply to ledfight [2010-02-08 08:36:42 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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agaetisly [2008-02-02 17:05:11 +0000 UTC]

Relaxing music

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phoenixdk In reply to agaetisly [2008-02-03 11:40:00 +0000 UTC]

Yup!

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meathod [2006-11-18 11:06:05 +0000 UTC]

This is the best of the series so far, i like the limited control.

This thing you have here is a great idea. Keep going with it.

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phoenixdk In reply to meathod [2006-11-18 11:21:46 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I'm making enough of these to be released as a virtual album, on ~mega3 's forthcoming indie label.
I like the limited control too, and the final versions will probably only have very basic options so I can more or less control the user experience. Of course, only to the point where the user can simply end the song. Some of them will also have set durations and stuff like that.

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yi3artist [2006-10-12 15:33:53 +0000 UTC]

I've had this on for an hour now. I thought abotu closign the window to it, but then I realized I wouldn't hear it anymore. I like it. You did well.

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phoenixdk In reply to yi3artist [2006-10-12 16:50:25 +0000 UTC]

Haha, I did that too... thanks!

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yi3artist In reply to phoenixdk [2010-02-20 19:34:52 +0000 UTC]

I'm organizing and cleaning my favorites. This one stayed. And I can't bear to close the window.

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phoenixdk In reply to yi3artist [2010-02-26 08:34:23 +0000 UTC]

That means a lot, really. I would love to do more of this stuff, I could probably make them way better now... but I just don't have the damn time! TIME! ARGH!

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yi3artist [2006-10-12 14:17:55 +0000 UTC]

Sometimes the sounds stop abruptly, but other than that it's pretty soothing. Cool thingy

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phoenixdk In reply to yi3artist [2006-10-12 16:52:37 +0000 UTC]

That's actually because I deliberately cut the samples very loosely, the sound starts very abruptly as well on some samples... the idea was to get a more glitchy, obviously sampled feel out of it, but I wish I would have cut them neatly instead. Oh well, I'm not about to redo the work, so you'll just have to wait for my next stoner machine for that "fix". And it IS on it's way, I can assure you!

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mega3 [2006-10-11 14:22:44 +0000 UTC]

hov... jeg ved ikke hvorfor det der skete dog...

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mega3 [2006-10-11 14:22:18 +0000 UTC]

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Winter Downs

Det her er awesome nok til at jeg deler min fΓΈrste obskure smiley ud pΓ₯ det her site.

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phoenixdk In reply to mega3 [2006-10-11 14:47:54 +0000 UTC]

Hvad var det du linkede til? Jeg kan ikke se det,..

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mega3 In reply to phoenixdk [2006-10-11 17:24:39 +0000 UTC]

det var ikke planen at linke til noget... et eller andet gik galt da jeg valgte smiley...

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phoenixdk In reply to mega3 [2006-10-11 18:18:05 +0000 UTC]

Haha, syret!

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