list sorting, step by step.
has anybody been doing this already?
i am looking for new methods for list manipulation.
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funny I was thinking of doing this the other day... it would be interesting to hear them as evolving waveforms as well as the way it's done here; maybe map the sort to a cos of the ramp so you get a pure tone in the end from (white, pink) noise; use it as a transformative thing... hmmm, maybe a gen~ exercise...
i would start with integers (for composing/sequencing)
the relationship of linear distributed random order and sorted order totally depends on the sorting algorithm. so the more algos you have, the more interesting data can be produced. while random and order are totally interesting, the path from one to the other could eventually contain some love. maybe one could also do some step by step scramble algos.
I just tried it, and it turns out that a simple sort is super easy:
here is the patch:
I'm thinking of something that could be related.
The idea is to input 3 (or more) different varying audio signals, like LFOs.
sort the 3 signals as quick as possible. (I'm not sure it would be quick enough for realtime)
then output the signals sequentially from lowest to highest. (or opposite)
I tried this idea, using just maximum to sort two signals, and the modulations it creates are interesting, I'm sure it would be deeper with more inputs.
I'll try something, but if you have ideas or want to try it, you are welcome.