I know! I went back and resurrected some of my old code to make this video, and I can't help but feel like there was a lot more potential to this idea then I originally realized.
@@marcevanstein Plus a lot of time could be saved to generate a ton more ideas by using image processing to generate the contour traces of any leaf, with all the leaves out there, one can easily imagine finding enough inspirations to compose a set of distinct full length pieces.
A pure linear sequence seems more faithful to me if the source is an object found in nature (bird song is not scalar, for example), not to mention more adventurous. Early 20th c music sounded like noise to so many people back then and our appreciation of it has changed over time as we’ve been exposed to it more and more. That said, I love what you do here.
that's because it uses the whole tone scale, which, because of movie scores and sound effects, makes us think of rippling mirrors and 'flashbacks!' The more you know. + the harp, yeah, this is what time travel to the past sounds like...
The fact that the piece worked out to being 5/8 time signature is really neat as those are the two most common numbers found in the Fibonacci sequence. The sequence of numbers found in all natural things.
Fibonacci isn't special or unique. It certainly isn't found in all living things. You are confusing the golden ratio with the fibonacci sequence. This is really just an art project, and there's nothing wrong with that.
Can you extract a shape from a looping piece of music using the same process? It would be lossy, and the image would be also arbitrary. Oh wow I wrote this right before you moved the center thing which completely breaks my idea. :(
it would be very hard while circles and leaves are technically 1D shapes mapped radially, snowflakes are very very detailed 2D shapes with various cavities
The Lark Spur leaf (3:25) with the blues sounds great!
I know! I went back and resurrected some of my old code to make this video, and I can't help but feel like there was a lot more potential to this idea then I originally realized.
@@marcevanstein Plus a lot of time could be saved to generate a ton more ideas by using image processing to generate the contour traces of any leaf, with all the leaves out there, one can easily imagine finding enough inspirations to compose a set of distinct full length pieces.
PLEASE release a version where you dont use a step function! some people (like me) love mircotones
This!
Amazing work!! Thanks for sharing your process so transparently, great video
Hey Marc! Nice to see you still at it. It was lovely to see your big hit videos but this is the stuff I love!
thank you for a digression that’s secretly the point
im stealing this sentence and keeping it without remorse
It kinda is, isn't it? :-)
Ah so THAT'S how Scott Joplin wrote that one!
I feel like I really missed an opportunity to troll the viewer after reading this
It could be cool to get a macrostucture by moving around *another* leaf's outline. That's what first came to my mind at least
Yeah, could be a series of leaves, or an interpolation!
I love smalin! Wild to see y'all collab :3 but I love the piece, it's incredible.
that's such a cool way to generate intricate MIDI sequences
A pure linear sequence seems more faithful to me if the source is an object found in nature (bird song is not scalar, for example), not to mention more adventurous. Early 20th c music sounded like noise to so many people back then and our appreciation of it has changed over time as we’ve been exposed to it more and more. That said, I love what you do here.
There's a second faithful mapping: a linear mapping into frequency rather than pitch.
Me, when I have a flashback of an earlier event: 3:33
that's because it uses the whole tone scale, which, because of movie scores and sound effects, makes us think of rippling mirrors and 'flashbacks!' The more you know. + the harp, yeah, this is what time travel to the past sounds like...
3:10 sounds like a Ruth Underwood solo from Frank Zappa, Inca Roads maybe?
I love this! I would also be curious to see (or hear?) what some conifers sound like
This video was really cool! I checked the link to your lessons in the description, but the link is giving a 'your connection is not private' warning.
that's very creative!
Looked around during performance and... Audience just leaves...😂
The fact that the piece worked out to being 5/8 time signature is really neat as those are the two most common numbers found in the Fibonacci sequence. The sequence of numbers found in all natural things.
I wouldn't take that 8 too seriously ... ;-)
Fibonacci isn't special or unique. It certainly isn't found in all living things. You are confusing the golden ratio with the fibonacci sequence. This is really just an art project, and there's nothing wrong with that.
@@acmhfmggru8/5 = 1.6 ≈ 1.618 ≈ φ
Fibonacci (and other sequences of adding the previous two terms) always approach the golden ratio
wdym?
Can you extract a shape from a looping piece of music using the same process? It would be lossy, and the image would be also arbitrary.
Oh wow I wrote this right before you moved the center thing which completely breaks my idea. :(
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Very cool!
Is cool, would you try a pine branch? I think it might work similar to a leaf.
What vst was used for.that violin and harp lol
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+1, really need to know
i think some people could really learn a thing or two from 8:16 to 9:18
I wonder if this could be done with snowflakes...
it would be very hard
while circles and leaves are technically 1D shapes mapped radially, snowflakes are very very detailed 2D shapes with various cavities
genius!
nice
What music writing app was that?
wendy carlos mentioned :)
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Talk over the music wtf
Lol srsly