piston-lp/piston-notes.tidal

{-
piston lp
by aneurin "anny" barker snook
http://anny.audio

a summary document to aid live performance,
see piston.tidal for full composition notes
-}

cps (138/60)

-- [1]

d'fly $ whenmod 5 2 (# vowel "i o") $ whenmod 3 1 (slow 2) $ brak $ -- takeoff
  fly'1 # gain "1" -- intro

d'perc $ sound "{wt/2, [~ wtsn]/8}" -- start wt/2 only

d'bass $ slow 8 $ (0.25 <~) $
  bass' 16

d'perc $ within (0.5, 1) (slow 1.5 . chop 4) $
  whenmod 5 3 (rev . chop 8) $ -- only rev 1st
  snare43'1

d'gnome $ gnome'1

d'drum $ within (0.5, 1) (chop 8) $ -- briefly, after bass'1'm
  overlay shnare'1 $ kick38'1 -- overlay sn 1st

d'bass $ bass'1'm $
  slow 8 $ bass' 16

d'drum $ overlay ((3.75 ~>) $ sound "wtsn/4") $ -- for transition to 2
  overlay sn $ kick38'1

-- [2]
-- silence fly, gnome

d'perc $ sound "[~ wt*4 ~ wt*2 ~]/5"
d'drum $ sound "[k [sn k] [k sn] [~ sn] [~ k] sn [k [k wtsn]]]/7"
d'perc $ wt'2

d'bass $ bass'2 -- synth params only in pt 2.5
  # vowel "u a"
  # speed "0.8 1.2"

d'ant $ ant'2
d'shard $ ((1%16) <~) $ shard'2
d'fly $ fly'2

d'drum $ (0.5 <~) $ sound "[[k k:1] [sn ~ ~ k]]/2"

d'cymb $ whenmod 5 3 (density 3) $
  (0.25 ~>) $ cymb'2 "0.65"

d'shard $ every 2 (density 1.5) $ whenmod 5 3 (density 2) $
  rev $ shard'2
  # shape ((+0.25).(/2) <$> density 8 saw1)

d'drum $ sound "[[k sn] [~ k:1 k:1 ~]]/2"
d'drum $ sound "[k [sn k:1 k:1 ~]]/2"
d'perc $ sound "~ wt*2"

-- [3]
-- silence bass, cymb, fly

d'drum $ k
d'bz $ bz'3

d'drum $ sound "[k k sn k]/2"
d'drum $ drum'3
d'bass $ bass'3 "o i" "1" True

d'perc $ within (0, 0.5) (# vowel "o") $
  whenmod 3 2 rev $ chop 16 $
  within (0.5, 1.5) (perc'3'delay) $
  overlay (sound "~ wt*2") $
  perc'3

d'misc $ bass2'3

d'shard $ iter 4 . density 2 $ -- last bit that makes it greatsome
  (0.5 <~) $ ((1%16) <~) $ shard'2
  # vowel "e o"
  # gain "0.6"

d'gnome $ gnome'1

d'drum $ sound "[k k sn k*2]/2"

-- [4]
-- solo misc

d'perc $ smash 4 [0.5,0.25] $ iter 3 $
  drum5'4

d'shard $ whenmod 7 3 (density (5%4)) $
  plox'4 "[ice plode]*2"

d'drum $ sound "[k sn k*2 [~ sn] [~ k]]/5"
d'drum $ sound "[[k k:1]*2 sn k*2 [~ sn] [~ k]]/5"

d'bz $ bz'4

d'bass $ (0.75 ~>) $ bass'4

d'bz $ every 3 brak $ -- every 2 @ end
  bzox'4 "bz bzl" -- bz, bz*2, bz bzl

d'drum $ sound "[k*2 sn [~ k] sn]/4"

d'shard $ whenmod 7 3 (density (5%4)) $
  plox'4 "[ice wtsn]*2"
  # vowel "u e"

-- [5]

d'perc $ perc'5
d'drum $ overlay (sound "[[k ~ ~ k] ~ [~ k] ~]/4") $ drum'5
d'ant $ ant'2

-- rapidly
d'drum $ drum'5
msil [d'bz,d'ant]
d'drum $ overlay k $ drum'5

d'bass $ within (0.5, 0.75) (# vowel "u o") $
  every 2 (density 2) $
  whenmod 3 2 (density 1.6) $ -- restore whenmod before within ^
  bass'5
  # speed ((+0.75).(/2) <$> slow 1.3 sinewave1) -- b4 d'bz speed

d'fly $ fly'5 False

d'bz $ within (0, 0.5) rev $
  whenmod 4 3 (density 1.8) $
  bass2'5
  # shape ((/3) <$> density 3 sinewave1)

d'shard $ whenmod 5 3 (slow 1.5) $ rev $ stack [
  gnome'5 [0.5,1] id,
  gnome'5 [(1/2.5),1] (0.5 <~)
  ]

-- [6]

solo $ d'bass $ bass'6
d'bz $ bass2'6
d'fly $ plode'6

d'cymb $ density (5%4) $ whenmod 9 4 (density 1.5) $
  cymb'6

d'perc $ wt'2 # gain "0.85"

d'drum $ overlay sn'6 $
  drum'6

d'misc $ slow 16 $ bass' 64
d'gnome $ wtsn'6
d'bass $ (0.6 ~>) $ bass'4
d'gnome $ gnome'6 3 -- 5 then 3

d'drum $ sound "[[k k:1]*2 [sn k:1 ~ k] [~ k:1 k ~] [~ sn ~ k]]/8"

d'fly $ fly'5 False
d'cymb $ (0.5 <~) $ cymb'2 "0.7"

-- [7]
-- silence fly, bz, ...gnome

solo $ d'drum $ whenmod 3 2 (slow (4%3)) $
  sound "[k*2 [sn ~ ~ wt] k*2 sn [~ k]]/5"

d'drum $ every 3 (density 2) $
  within (0, 0.5) (jux ((1%3) ~>)) $
  sound "[k [sn ~ k] [~ ~ sn] ~]/8"

d'shard $ shard'7 "0.02" -- later, 0.76

hush
d'drum $ sound "[k [sn ~ k] [~ ~ sn] ~]/8"

d'perc $ sound "[wt*3 ~]/2"
  # shape ((/2) <$> slow 3 saw1)

d'bass $
  (# begin (bass'7'm id)) $
  (# end (bass'7'm (+0.05))) $
  bass'7 id

d'fly $ fly'7
  # delay "0.6"
  # delayfeedback "0.4"
  # delaytime "0.62"

d'bz $ rev . chop 12 $ sound "bz/4"
  # vowel "o"

d'drum $ sound "{[[k ~ k] k]/2, ~ sn}"

d'bass $ bass'7 (within (0.33, 0.67) (0.25 ~>))
  # vowel "o"

d'drum $ within (0, 0.5) (jux ((1%3) ~>)) $ -- jux -> superimpose, in 8
  sound "[k [sn ~ k] [~ ~ sn] ~]/8"

-- [8]
-- silence bass, bz

d'bass $ slow 16 $ bass' 32 -- then 64
d'bz $ bz'8 # gain "0.9"
d'drum $ sound "[k*2 [sn ~ ~ wt] [~ k] sn [~ k]]/5"
d'drum $ sound "[k [sn ~ ~ wt] [~ k] sn]/4" -- swap wt for k
d'ant $ ant'2
d'misc $ fly'2
d'shard $ bass'5f
d'perc $ sound "{wt/2, [~ wtsn]/8}"
d'cymb $ cymb'6f

d'perc $ overlay fly'1f $ -- 2nd last
  within (0.5, 1) (slow (3%2) . chop 4) $ -- last
  whenmod 5 3 (rev . chop 8) $ -- only rev 1st
  snare43'1

-- [9]

msil [d'fly,d'bz,d'shard,d'misc,d'ant,d'cymb]

d'misc $ overlay bass'5f $
  (0.75 ~>) $ bass'4

d'drum $ sound "[k*2 [sn ~ ~ k] [k k*2] sn]/4"

d'shard $ whenmod 7 3 (density (5%4)) $ plox'4 "[ice plode]*2"
d'fly $ fly'5 True
d'ant $ bass2'6
d'cymb $ wtsn'6

d'gnome $ gnome'6 3

d'bz $ within (0.5, 1) (density 2) $
  shard'3f

msil [d'fly,d'shard,d'bz,d'misc,d'cymb]
d'misc $ (0.75 ~>) $ bass'4
d'cymb $ (2.75 ~>) $ cymb'2 "0.7"
d'bz $ every 3 brak $ bzox'4 "~ bzl"
msil [d'gnome,d'ant]
msil [d'bz,d'cymb,d'misc]

solo $ d'perc $ within (0.5, 1) (slow (3%2) . chop 4) $
  whenmod 5 3 (rev . chop 8) $
  snare43'1

hush