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Euclidean Groove Thing

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Exploration into Euclidean Distribution and Its Musical Properties.

I built a four-part sequencer that uses Euclidean distribution to trigger sounds and notes.

Screenshot of the app
Image 1: Screenshot of the app

You can play around with it online, euclideangroove.projects.ukr.lk.

As for the melody, the notes are picked using a “Turing machine,” a modular staple that uses shift registers and probability to generate musical notes1

In concept, I accomplished what I set out to do. However, the web-appification of it is not the best. The randomly generated tunes are, at best, chaotic. I shall revisit this project one day.

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  1. Gross simplification, check this video for more information https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va2XAdFtmeU&t=2s ↩︎