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The Drone Countdown
music, nervous plaything Matthew Davis music, nervous plaything Matthew Davis

The Drone Countdown

Over the last six week, I have been counting down to the big event of my 300th Live Takes. This is a a special occasion so I thought I would put together a small countdown to celebrate. I have put together 6 drone works that are aptly named to countdown 5 different style (2 being a 2 part piece). Here is the explanation of the works.

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Live Takes: Warble Chords
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Live Takes: Warble Chords

This week’s Live Takes recording was taken from a sample I made last week of some warbling chords. The Korg Minilogue XD played a phrase of arpeggiated rotating notes from my Squarp Pyramid, with a synth patch that focuses on chorus effects, pitch affecting LFOs and highly sustained ADSR envelopes. Being inspired by the minute and a half long sample, I decided I needed to do more with it.

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If_Then Permutation Generator v4 2021
music, resources Matthew Davis music, resources Matthew Davis

If_Then Permutation Generator v4 2021

This is the If_Then Generator. An algorithmic pitch generation tool that allows the user a unique way of generating composition ideas. It uses permutations to generate every possible combination of notes that can come up, as defined by the list of options from user. This allows them to create specific percentages that indicate which note will play next, based on what has come before it. It will generate notes, in an evolving manner as a song progresses.

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