[sdiy] OT: making "IDM"

[Peter Grenader]

The original Buchla 266 was capable of Markov-esque patterns.  VC'ing it's
own output back into itself amplifies this effect.

As far as direct musical applications, Barry Schrader is known for this
flavor of thematic depuration - a process he's termed 'reverse entropy'  in
which many fragments of a single gesture or theme are introduced, each
arranged differently, yet all recognizant to the original.  His 'Bacahama'
and 'For Duke' are perfect examples of this.

You can hear Fugue .01 of Bacahama on his site. In this example he has
fragmented Bach's Fugue in C Minor.  Go here, you'll see the download:

http://www.barryschrader.com/download.html

- P




Cynthia Webster wrote:

> on 6/20/05 12:20 PM, Richard Wentk at richard at skydancer.com wrote:
> 
>> At 20:08 20/06/2005, Ian Fritz wrote:
>> 
>>> Nils P. has corrected me a bit on that.  He points out that higher order
>>> Markov processes are generally used, and that these can preserve a lot of
>>> regularity.
>>> 
>>> So has anyone made an analog Markov sequence generator?
>> 
>> Interesting idea, but why do it in analogue?
>> 
>> Richard
> 
> Yes, we have developed a Markov chain module at Cyndustries.
> It's kind of on hold at the moment, as I feel there is a lot of learning
> curve required by the average user who is unfamiliar with the subject.
> 
> In the future, expect to see several pages on the Cyndustries.com web site
> explaining Markov theory in detail, and some of the myriad possibilities.
> 
> (There are plenty of higher priorities at the moment though!)
> 
> Cynthia
>