Re:More on Fractal Tune Smithy

> >How about just playing an ascending scale slowly?? Would that be
not a nice way to hear one??
>
> I'd imagine so.

You can play an ascending scale from the Arpeggio window, click on the >
button. Ctrl + click on it to configure. You can try various figurations
from there too.

To play it faster / slower, change the value in the Time for one note box in
the main window.

For more serious exploring, I imagine where it could be useful is for
playing along in the modes.

You can play in any of the modes from MIDI in using In | Options - try the
presets to get started.

See for instance the 19 tone preset, with options for playing accidentals.

Also from Make New Seed, move mouse over keyboard picture and you can play
along from p.c. keyboard.

From p.c. keyboard, you can play the mode from the second row, and the
accidentals in top, third and fourth row. To set this up use Make New Seed |
+...

I can add new things easily if there are some specific requests of things
that will be useful.

I've often added things myself as a result of learning about something in
j.i. and wanting to try it out and hear what it sounds like.

Try "string quintet" to hear the fractal pattern clearly. Most of them use
the same idea, varying the seed, however the way the notes are distributed
amongst the instruments can completely hide it sometimes.

Some of the ones in the New drop list use fibonacci tonescapes - the pitch
goes up and down by a ratio depending on the length of the note, and with no
underlying scale as such. See for instance, cousin of the wind.

It's fractal music, rather than a conventional composition. Think of it as
something like listening to and enjoying natural sounds perhaps?

:-)

Robert