Fractal Music
 

 What if you took the mathematics of Chaos Theory; which is what
creates fractal graphics,
and applied those same maths to Music?
This is what we refer to as "Fractal Music"...
taking the "mathematical feedback" of fractal equations
and
rather than mapping the results to the pixels on a computer screen...
mapping the results to the many aspects
that define the sound of music.
The Results Can Be Astounding....
Since the early Greeks it has been known that many aspects
of Music are mathematical in nature
Fractals produce patterns somewhere between Order and Chaos,
Randomness and Predictability,
Much like many naturally occuring processes and structures,
Therefore - Fractal Music..........



Examples - Galleries of Fractal  / Algorythmic Music
Produced using Various Fractal Music Software
Real Audio Versions Require the Real Player G2 Plugin
(Free)

 
Some Election Commentary in Music, prompted by the Current Crisis

 
Gingerbread  FMusic  MusiNum  ArtSong  QuasiFractal Composer
 A Music Generator  Oblivion  Make Prime Music Others   AudioMulch
  Guests



A Note about Soundcards
Standard MIDI supports 128 different instruments, plus drums
on channel 10, usually.  Most of the midi files created using
FMusic, MusiNum, ArtSong,  Make-Prime-Music,
and the earlier ones with Gingerbread
were created while using a standard
SoundBlaster 16 or SoundBlaster PCI 64 Soundcard.
Later works are done utilizing
The Roland VSC-88H Virtual SoundCanvas
enabling the use of Roland Synthisizer soundbank variations
of many of the 128 standard midi patches
Thus giving me 546 possible instruments!
More Recently, the aquisition of a new
Roland SoundCanvas SC-88Pro Sound Module
Has enabled the use of much better MIDI effects processing.
So, unless your system has similar equipment, the MIDI files
may sound much different from what I hear....



Other Related Music Pages

 
 
 MidiWorld The Web's Most Comprehensive site for Electronic Music
 Fractal Music Gallery A gallery of Fractal Music at Thinks.com
 Images by Phil Jackson A gallery of Fractal Images at Thinks.com along with Fractal Music "Soundtracks"
 Discovery Channel Online A Feature Article on the Discovery Channel Online,
which included a couple of my Fractal Tunes
 CNFractal Music Forum My "e-group" - a discussion group on all aspects of Fractal, generative, and algorythmic music, along with many samplesin MIDI, Real Audio, and MP3 format.
 Generative SoundScapes I The first in a series of compilations by members of the
CNFractal Music Forum, in DAM CD format, at MP3.com
  Review of Generative SoundScapes I Not a bad Review at all!
 Gates of Chaos The first Fractal Vibes DAM CD at MP3.com
 A Review of Fractal Vibes at MP3.com Hey, and a good review it was!!!
 Tangent2000 MP3.com site for TangentUsers Group
Compilation DAM CD
 Tangent Users  "EGroup" For Users of Tangent Generative Music Software (by Paul Whalley)
Hosted by Bob Van Belle

 
 

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