Factorial experiments in data stream pre-production for rhythmic and melodic phrasing
Creative environment for computer music production.
Automatic Melodic and rhythmic contouring, with inversions, retrograding, inverse retrograding and more.
A taster playlist of compositions, tests and musical sketches from the Data Selfie environment. Solos, lead lines, scratching, instrumental gating at various bpm.
In the Data Selfie, there are !6= 720 permutation to arrange a 6 string data slider set into an ordered sequence. Each slider contains 128 possible states , and so there are 6! X (128^6)! possible combination states.
10 minutes of continuous Data Selfie scratching patterns and rhythms over a 96bpm loop. Here, the backing track is kept simple and uncluttered in order to focus the listening of the pattern sequences and the rhythmic construction of the improvisation.
Live demonstration of the Audio Engine. Visualisation of how the Data Selfie passes through the audio parameters.
Understanding the what, how and why of the Data Selfie. An explanation of the software environment and it's implementation in computer music applications.
Audio output from the Data Selfie in Logic Pro, over a funk beat loop. Shows phrasing, note onset and rests.
A selection of scratching patterns and rhythms downloadable as midi groove files. Created by the Data Selfie.
A midi on-set score visualisation of scratching patterns and phrases by the Digital Selfie at 130 bpm.Solo scratching over instrumental production.
Solo scratching and synchronous gating of backing track elements from the Data Selfie. GUI demonstration.
Top lining melodic ideas, with hard pitch correction. Swung feel at 65 Bpm.
Short Demonstration of the Vanilla Data Selfie improvising patterns and phrases at 110 bpm over a simple looped two chord beat. D sharp minor. The signal is offset by -1/8 bar.
Midi visualisation of the construct and flow of 8 phrased passes of the Data Selfie over a 4 chord progression.
Midi output from the Data Selfie, voiced as dobro comping alongside a banjo solo. Example of Data Selfies as backing track creation elements.
Sixteen passes of the Data Selfie comping in F minor. Score Visualisation from Logic.
Pentatonic noodling. Data Selfie GUI in action. Realtime midi recording of the output of the Data Selfie.
Percussive patterns and phrases from the Data Selfie, passing through a set of midi Congas in Logic. Here the pitches are limited to the range of the visual midi instrument.
100 bpm generating fills every four bars. The Data Selfie as a studio tool in beat- based music production.
Three part brass chords generated with the Data Selfie. Demonstration of automatic backing track creation. This version does not include the scratch solo featured in the album.
