Markov Experiment II

Markov Experiment 2

Now that I have the basic Markov engine happening, it’s play time. Instead of a simple three node chain, today’s example has eight. And each node does not lead to every other node, which adds a layer of melodic phrasing.

Source code: markov_experiment_2.csd

Listen at SoundCloud

Nothing more to say really, other than it’s time for me to start working on my orchestrations to make these things sound more musical than these tech demos.

3 thoughts on “Markov Experiment II

  1. Interesting.  I didn’t realize that Markovian processes were used in music.

  2. Yes, in fact all of David Cope’s work is, at its core, based on Markov Models. He runs an analysis of a corpus of work (like, operas by Mozart for instance, or a few of his own pieces), and this generates a massive markov model, which is then used with other processes to generate a new piece of music.
     

  3. Very nice. I’m going to study the .csd to see how you did it. It might be interesting to add a little more variability in the choice of the next note by setting up a bank of sliders in QuteCsound.

    The next step would be to split the rhythm durations apart from the pitch choices — not completely, as it’s nice when there’s a perceptible relationship (a self-similarity of notes at a certain pitch), but with a little more flexibility.