Slow Adventiles

Hello Microtonalites,

I've just put up a newish piece -- as with some of my
other recent things it is done adaptively, though this
one evolves more slowly than most... I was thinking
this makes it easier to hear the wiggling around of the
notes... It's called "Slow Adventiles" and is at:

http://www.cae.wisc.edu/~sethares/Slow_Adventiles.mp3

Comments/criticisms/questions welcomed.

Enjoy!

--Bill Sethares

Hi Bill,

Nice piece, I like the slower rhythm (seems like a change of pace for you, so to speak), and I agree that it helps the unaccustomed ear distinguish between a tuning shift and a chord change. Out of curiosity, what hardware/software are you using?

BTW, I played your Klingon tune last night for my 14yo daughter, and she dug it.

- Dave

Bill Sethares wrote:
> > Hello Microtonalites,
> > I've just put up a newish piece -- as with some of my
> other recent things it is done adaptively, though this > one evolves more slowly than most... I was thinking
> this makes it easier to hear the wiggling around of the > notes... It's called "Slow Adventiles" and is at:
> > http://www.cae.wisc.edu/~sethares/Slow_Adventiles.mp3
> > Comments/criticisms/questions welcomed. > > Enjoy!
> > --Bill Sethares
> > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > > > > > > >

>Hello Microtonalites,
>
>I've just put up a newish piece -- as with some of my
>other recent things it is done adaptively, though this
>one evolves more slowly than most... I was thinking
>this makes it easier to hear the wiggling around of the
>notes... It's called "Slow Adventiles" and is at:
>
> http://www.cae.wisc.edu/~sethares/Slow_Adventiles.mp3
>
>Comments/criticisms/questions welcomed.
>
>Enjoy!
>
>--Bill Sethares

Yo Bill, this is incredible. The rhythm track is
still unmistakably you, but the rest seems like a
new direction. What can you tell us about how this
was composed and tuned?

-Carl

On Tuesday 01 February 2005 12:49 pm, Bill Sethares wrote:
> Hello Microtonalites,
>
> I've just put up a newish piece -- as with some of my
> other recent things it is done adaptively, though this
> one evolves more slowly than most... I was thinking
> this makes it easier to hear the wiggling around of the
> notes... It's called "Slow Adventiles" and is at:
>
> http://www.cae.wisc.edu/~sethares/Slow_Adventiles.mp3
>
> Comments/criticisms/questions welcomed.
>
> Enjoy!
>
> --Bill Sethares

Bill,

I really enjoyed the trippyness of this--you're right, we do get to really
hear the wiggling around, and it's quite creepy! I liked it!

BTW, I'm becoming more interested in using adaptive tuning algorithms. Does
yours have a MIDI basis, or is it software synthesis (CSound, etc.) If it can
take a given MIDI file and mess with it, is it available for Linux?

Best,

Aaron Krister Johnson
http://www.akjmusic.com
http://www.dividebypi.com

It is so creepy and horrifying it makes me laugh

Aaron K. Johnson wrote:

>On Tuesday 01 February 2005 12:49 pm, Bill Sethares wrote:
> >
>>Hello Microtonalites,
>>
>>I've just put up a newish piece -- >>
>>--Bill Sethares
>> >>
>
>Bill,
>
>I really enjoyed the trippyness of this--you're right, we do get to really >hear the wiggling around, and it's quite creepy! I liked it!
>
> >

--
Kraig Grady
North American Embassy of Anaphoria Island <http://anaphoria.com/>
The Wandering Medicine Show
KXLU <http://www.kxlu.com/main.html> 88.9 FM Wed 8-9 pm Los Angeles

> >Hello Microtonalites,
> >
> >I've just put up a newish piece -- as with some of my
> >other recent things it is done adaptively, though this
> >one evolves more slowly than most... I was thinking
> >this makes it easier to hear the wiggling around of the
> >notes... It's called "Slow Adventiles" and is at:
> >
> > http://www.cae.wisc.edu/~sethares/Slow_Adventiles.mp3
> >
> >Comments/criticisms/questions welcomed.
> >
> >Enjoy!
> >
> >--Bill Sethares

Mr. Sethares, I love it. The time-stretched drums are great, they
totally add to the unnatural feel...the whole song feels stretched
and "extrapolated" to me. It reminds me of being stuck in
traffic...all that sliding around is like trying to get in the fast
lane but then having it slow down as soon as you get into it. It's
very clever in that it reminds me of feeling frustrated without
actually frustrating me.

-Igliashon

Bill,

{you wrote...}
>I've just put up a newish piece...

Good stuff, even if you had to take BM's comment to get there! I found it creepy, not maximally creepy, but moderately creepy.

I'd really like for you to re-do this piece, in a version where the tempo was 1/2 the original so that the moves between notes were still slow (I really LIKE it in adaptive pieces when you can hear the adaption going on), but with the percussion recorded in 1/1 time - the time stretching robs the attack transients of any kind of power they have. Creepy, but powerless.

Funny how forging yourself into a different tempo can alter your musical similarities. I found it both difficult and rewarding when I did a number of pieces for one particular choreographer: she worked out choreography to tempos and meters (a LOT of mixed meters) and then after she had finished some part or all of the choreography she gave me the tempos and meters and said "write some music for this". It usually ended up as 'me', but in differing ways than 'I' would normally do. Pretty creepy.

Did I mention your piece was creepy? :)

Cheers,
Jon

this reminds me of McLaren's music quite a bit
--- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Sethares"
<sethares@e...> wrote:
>
> Hello Microtonalites,
>
> I've just put up a newish piece -- as with some of my
> other recent things it is done adaptively, though this
> one evolves more slowly than most... I was thinking
> this makes it easier to hear the wiggling around of the
> notes... It's called "Slow Adventiles" and is at:
>
> http://www.cae.wisc.edu/~sethares/Slow_Adventiles.mp3
>
> Comments/criticisms/questions welcomed.
>
> Enjoy!
>
> --Bill Sethares