Introduction
Some Initial Thoughts on Algorithmic Composition
Intuition
Repetition at a steady rate
Tempo-relative timing
Timed Counting
Counting through a List
Analysis of Some Patterns
That's Why They Call Them Digital Media
Linear change
Fading by means of interpolation
Randomness
Randomness and noise
Limiting the range of random choices
Moving range of random choices
A simple probabilistic decision
Probability distribution
Line-segment control function
Control function as a recognizable shape
Classic waveforms as control functions
Sine wave as control function
Pulse wave, a binary control function
Triangle wave as a control function
Discrete steps within a continuous function
First steps in modulating the modulator
Second steps in modulating the modulator
Modulating the modulators
Some Initial Thoughts on Visualizing Music
A journal of short lessons on the topic of "algorithmic composition", the use of formal systems to generate music (and, by extension, other types of time-based art) with computer programs.
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