The hardest part of the composition for me was actually settling on what to include and what to exclude from the final piece. I had so many ideas but I only wanted to include ones that made sense together in my mind. My main goal for this project was to see how far I can push one single line of code (for visuals). I started with one line and then I manipulated it a bit to create the different sections that give off different vibes. I also tried to change little things within each section to make it feel different (live! and improvised-ish). As I mentioned earlier, the hardest part was to actually decide on what to include and what to tweak because I realized that there’s so much one can do with just a single line of code.

Initially I had a beat drop, but when I was going over my composition piece again I decided to remove it. I wanted my piece to have a more steady curve rather than a peak and a base line. 

My composition is structured in sections. Some sections are of similar vibes whereas other sections are contrasting. 

This is the general sequencing of the sections, however I tweak things around as I go so the sections aren’t very definite:

Visuals: A – B – C – D – B

Audio:  A – (A+B) – (A’+C) – C – A 

I am layering the sounds and slowly removing some of the layers towards the end. I am also editing the visuals in each section to create transitions.

The code:

Hydra:

osc(2,0.01,1).rotate(1.8).layer(osc(10,0,1).color(4,0,10).luma(()=>cc[0]*9,10)).modulate(noise(()=>(cc[0])*2,.2)).rotate(()=>cc[0]*0.2).out(o0)
// ......................................10.....................
//..4.................................................
//.................................................0...100....


osc(1,.01,1).layer(osc(5,.01,5).color(0,0,20).rotate(1.2)).modulate(noise(()=>(cc[0])*6,.9)).rotate(()=>cc[0]*.5).out(o0)
//play around with color end at 1,1,20

//.....................50
//.....................500


osc(2,0.1,1).layer(osc(20,0,1).color(1,1,4)).modulate(noise(()=>(cc[0])*10)).out()
//play around with color, end at 12,2,5


osc(4,0.01,1).color(1,1,0).rotate(1).layer(osc(5,0,1).color(1,1,10).luma(()=>cc[0]*8,9)).modulate(noise(2,.2)).out(o0)
//40
//400

hush()

Tidal:

d3 $ ccv "0 20 64 127" # ccn "0" # s "midi"
first

second

third
d2 silence

d4 silence

first
d1 silence

hush


second= do
  d1 $ qtrigger $ filterWhen (>=0) $ slow 2 $ s "peri:8"
    >| note (scale "<minor major enigmatic>" ("[<2 5 -3 8>]*8") + "[c5,c9]")

first = do
  d2 $ qtrigger $ filterWhen (>=0) $ s "bd sd bd"
  d4 $ qtrigger $ filterWhen (>=0) $ s "808bd:2 cp ~ cp" # speed 3

third = do
  d1 $ sound "[<techno:1 glitch(3,8) sundance:2>, ~ bd*2]" # room 1.2 # crush 8

Demo: