Introduction

This is a composition made entirely in CSound. It is not a very fast paced techno style music, but it is on the mellow side. Most of the sounds generated were experimental, keeping the rhythm of the beats in sync.

Breakdown

There are 9 instruments used in the orchestra file

  • instrument101: makes the drum sound
  • instrument102: produces a simple oscil sound with fade-in and fade-out
  • instrument103: produces a foscil sound
  • instrument104: uses the buzz
  • instrument105: produces a loscil sound
  • instrument106: produces a plucked string sound
  • instrument107: also uses the foscil sound, with different parameters
  • instrument108: produces a foscil sound, with granular synthesis applied to it
  • instrument109: produces a oscil sound, with pitch changing using an exponential curve

The composition is 1:02 minutes long, uses stereo channels, and is in MP3 format with 128kbps bit rate.

Dataflow Diagram

Below is a dataflow diagram of instrument108. It applies granular synthesis to the sound produced by foscil. It sounds like a "digital" harmonica of some sorts.

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