Danjel van Tijn

My focus with Max/msp has been to make unusual midi sequencers and sequencer+synth VST plugins.

I have been limiting myself to doing as much as possible with purely midi data and leaving the synthesis to other vsti's.

I am currently looking for ideas or examples of algorhythmically generated drum beat patches (that would work well within a minimal techno framework). In this situation, I am not sure I can so easily separate the midi data from the timbre synthesis since this is so integral to the rythm. Otherwise I just end up with a x0x step sequencer.

Anyone have some unique patches I can check out?

OR can you pooint me to some unique devices/sequencers that have had creative implementations with respect to rhythm programming?

algorhythmically-generated-drum-beatspatterns

> OR can you pooint me to some unique devices/sequencers that have had creative implementations with respect to rhythm programming?

Hi Daniel, here's a fun little abstraction I use when my beats get a bit 

dull. It's an 8-way randomizer. Feed it 8 rows of Multisliders 0.-1. and 

it will work as a probability generator - the closer to 1. your slider 

gets, the more likely you are to get a beat. It's a great way of doing a 

steady beat coupled with some incidental hits, all in the same sequence: 

Your four-to-the-floor kick can be a sequence like: 1. 0.03 1. 0.5 etc. 

Danjel van Tijn skrev:
> OR can you pooint me to some unique devices/sequencers that have had creative implementations with respect to rhythm programming?
>
Hi Daniel, here's a fun little abstraction I use when my beats get a bit 
dull. It's an 8-way randomizer. Feed it 8 rows of Multisliders 0.-1. and 
it will work as a probability generator - the closer to 1. your slider 
gets, the more likely you are to get a beat. It's a great way of doing a 
steady beat coupled with some incidental hits, all in the same sequence: 
Your four-to-the-floor kick can be a sequence like: 1. 0.03 1. 0.5 etc. 
and it'll be good.

>> OR can you pooint me to some unique devices/sequencers that have had creative implementations 

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>Danjel van Tijn skrev:
>> OR can you pooint me to some unique devices/sequencers that have had creative implementations 
with respect to rhythm programming?
>>

also this thread:
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wouldn't a minimal techno beat just be 4/4 kick downbeat, snare on the 2+4 and hats on the up? in that case it would just be randomizing the samples used.

wouldn't a minimal techno beat just be 4/4 kick downbeat, snare on the 2+4 and hats on the up?  in that case it would just be randomizing the samples used.


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algorhythmically generated drum beats/patterns?