This audio recording is a single iteration of a generative song, created with code. Each time the code is run, the song will play out somewhat differently, with the exact melody and rhythm varying, though the general flow and orchestration of the song has been defined in a non-varying way.
It was created with ChucK using some of the built in samples and a built in physically-modelled plucked string instrument, along with a softsynth of my own design, the Multi-Dimensional-Chords. With this instrument I can define the Just Intonation chords to be played and they will be played with oscillators that pulsate in tune with the notes of the chord, in a sort of fractal pattern. For instance, a note that is twice the frequency of a fundamental note will pulsate at twice the rate that the fundamental pulsates at, a note a JI perfect fifth up will pulsate 1.5 times as fast. I find that it creates a rather soothing, texturally-interesting tone. This generative song was originally intended as a demo of this instrument, but became of project of its own.
View the underlying code on this project’s GitHub page. Run it yourself and listen to it unfold in a way that will likely never be heard again.