Re: [microsound] microsound and mathematics

[jhno <ear@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>I'm continuing to work on an article for a UK computer music journal
>concerning mathematics and art (music, graphics, etc)...

my nextdoor neighbor has been working with fractals to generate music
(among other techniques). snd:

http://www.live365.com/cgi-bin/directory.cgi?genre=search&searchdesc=fractal%20circus

presumably you have checked out scott draves' work, http://draves.org

i have seen plenty of math-based max/msp projects come and go over the
years, since it is so easy to sketch out a whacky concept, and abandon it
if it looks like a dead end. i have done quite a few myself, but they have
rarely had any real presence in my music.

i am generally wary of artwork that uses its theoretical basis as a means
to attract attention - but i guess it gives you something to talk about.
more often, i think, composers will just integrate these elements into some
larger musical construct and hence you never hear about it.

did you get the genetic algorithm objects working? when i got around to it
i  realized very quickly that it would be much easier to build new objects
tailored for a particular situation. the basic math to run a g.a. is quite
simple, and d.i.y. you don't stuck by some lacking feature or design
element.

sounds like a fun article...
jhno