Sprid 2020 by Alice Eldridge published on 2020-05-06T16:27:20Z Revisiting some under-explored experiments in "self-directed" sonic systems from Design After Nature project in 2008. An experiment in maximal minimal generative systems (most variety, from simplest system). What if sound determined the conditions of it's unfolding? In this example a tap dripping controls its own playback. Pseudocode: Play sample Listen for onsets If above threshold (probabilistically) - change direction and speed (as an inverse function of the frequency of strongest partial -- to create a simple homeostasis) - resynthesise N partials according to the original energy distribution at the point of onset detection. This simple routine draws out and explores the latent rhythmic and spectral content of everyday sounds. Endlessly. Best listened late at night on headphones. It has a of life of it's own that I find quite pleasing. But I have been living on my own for nearly 3 months now : ) Implemented in the excellent beads for processing by Ollie Bown http://www.beadsproject.net/ --- Genre self-directed sound