I have looked at quite a few generative programs to create music, but none I have found so far allow me to create microtonal music the way I would like. Usually the programs available are based on a 12 equal tone tonal harmony framework, and that will not work for my purposes. I have heard about and am considering learning csound, but I want to make sure that it will get me the results I'm looking for before I invest a whole lot of time and effort learning how to program.
Specifically, I would like to specify chords based on half steps between chord tones (which will vary depending on the temperament I use), and I would also want to create motives based on a various number patterns.
By the way, I am more interested in composing music rather than manipulating sound.
Looking for advice regarding tools for creating generative microtonal music
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- KVRist
- 326 posts since 25 Sep, 2007
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- Banned
- 12367 posts since 30 Apr, 2002 from i might peeramid
by my take,
learning to program is the best thing you can do, it is the fastest path to being able to specify exactly. i am sure to expend a minimum of frustration interfacing with whatever system protocol, and keep the most of my development time to me, and my intent, instead of learning sdks or apis that fluctuate when environments change.
eg. i use the most straightforward way to get sound to the outputs in win32, and don't bother with the "best" highest performance multithreading. this approach may reduce the ceiling of performance, but this is adequate for my purposes given the power of pcs.
learning to program is the best thing you can do, it is the fastest path to being able to specify exactly. i am sure to expend a minimum of frustration interfacing with whatever system protocol, and keep the most of my development time to me, and my intent, instead of learning sdks or apis that fluctuate when environments change.
eg. i use the most straightforward way to get sound to the outputs in win32, and don't bother with the "best" highest performance multithreading. this approach may reduce the ceiling of performance, but this is adequate for my purposes given the power of pcs.
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- KVRAF
- 5391 posts since 25 Jan, 2014 from The End of The World as We Knowit
Some approaches in order:
See TallKite's work on microtonal composition in Reaper:
http://www.tallkite.com/forum/index.php?topic=34.0
Choose a synth with clear tones that loads tun or scl files (eg AAS String Studio) and experiment using your midi keyboard to see what intervals sound good. Its tricky. Also see:
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic ... 8&start=45
Try Mus2 software for microtonal notation:
http://www.mus2.com.tr/en/
See TallKite's work on microtonal composition in Reaper:
http://www.tallkite.com/forum/index.php?topic=34.0
Choose a synth with clear tones that loads tun or scl files (eg AAS String Studio) and experiment using your midi keyboard to see what intervals sound good. Its tricky. Also see:
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic ... 8&start=45
Try Mus2 software for microtonal notation:
http://www.mus2.com.tr/en/
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- KVRAF
- 2357 posts since 24 Nov, 2012
this site may be of interest http://xen-arts.net/