improve notes + readme, rename bass'params -> bassP, minor fixes

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# Anny: Piston LP
Piston: minimal progressive techno built around recycled rhythms. Written to perform at algoraves in the UK, now available as a CD album and to download.
[anny.audio](https://www.anny.audio) | [pistonlp.co.uk](http://pistonlp.co.uk)
Originally performed live @ Texture, Manchester, 12th November 2015. Album released 20th November 2015.
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ _Anny is formerly Anny FM._
`piston.scd` is a simple SuperCollider startup file to configure audio routing and load project samples.
`piston.tidal` is the full Piston composition for Tidal Cycles. (Current version compatible with Tidal 0.8)
`piston.tidal` is the full Piston composition for Tidal Cycles.
`samples.csv` contains sample attributions. All samples are available in `samples/` directory.
## License
Album recording is copyright © Aneurin "Anny" Barker Snook 2015.
Album recording is copyright of Aneurin "Anny" Barker Snook 2015.
Source code is [CC-BY-SA](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) and samples are all royalty free. Remix to your heart's content!
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/*
Anny: Piston LP
anny.audio | pistonlp.co.uk
See README.md for more information
*/
include("SuperDirt")
Server.local.options.device = "Soundflower (2ch)";
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Anny: Piston LP
anny.audio | pistonlp.co.uk
Originally performed live @ Texture, Manchester, 12th November 2015
Album released 20th November 2015
See README.md for more information
~ Version info ~
Current version: 1.0
Compatibility: Tidal Cycles 0.8 + SuperCollider 3.7.2 + SuperDirt
Updated: 27 March 2017
Notes: All Piston LP Tidal code is now "demystified" so all code blocks
are all-inclusive and can be run in-place with a minimal megalet
at the top of the document, serving three purposes:
1) to make all the code easier for any Tidal Cycles user to
understand and if they wish, reuse and remix
2) to reduce maintenance, especially when playing parts of Piston LP
live; this file will be my primary reference in live practice
2) to contribute better to the shared goal in live coding of
showing my working-out in live performance
License: CC-BY-SA https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
~ Navigating this Tidal Cycles document ~
I have used @tags throughout this document to mark checkpoints (Piston I,
Piston II etc.) and 'optimal' versions of key elements of each tune that
I have found cause to reuse in crossover tracks. For example, to search
for/within Piston I, search the document for "@p1".
In places where elements are reused, particularly in later tracks, a
references is made with the format "~p1..." so you know where it all links
up (and I know where to copy-paste future updates).
-}
let bpm b = cps (b/60)
msil = mapM_ ($ silence)
bass'params = (# gain "0.7") . (# hcutoff "485") . (# hresonance "0.001")
bass' c = rev . chop c $ bass'params $ n "[0 1]/2" # s "dubb"
bassP = (# gain "0.7") . (# hcutoff "485") . (# hresonance "0.001")
bass' c = rev . chop c $ bassP $ n "[0 1]/2" # s "dubb"
d'drum = d1
d'perc = d2
d'gnome = d3
@@ -24,10 +45,9 @@ let bpm b = cps (b/60)
d'cymb = d10
{-
@p1
Anny: Piston I
anny.audio | pistonlp.co.uk
See README.md
-}
bpm 138
@@ -84,10 +104,9 @@ d'perc $ s "[~ wt*4 ~ wt*2 ~]/5"
d'drum $ overlay (3.75 ~> s "wtsn/4") $ s "[k(3,8), ~ sn]/2"
{-
@p2
Anny: Piston II
anny.audio | pistonlp.co.uk
See README.md
-}
bpm 138
@@ -101,7 +120,7 @@ d'perc $ s "wt*2"
# vowel "[u e u a]/2"
# end "0.15"
d'bass $ slow 8 $ ((1%8) <~) $ chop 32 $ bass'params $ n "[0 1]/2" # s "dubb"
d'bass $ slow 8 $ ((1%8) <~) $ chop 32 $ bassP $ n "[0 1]/2" # s "dubb"
# speed "1.2"
# shape (scale 0 0.5 $ density 4 sine1)
# cut "1"
@@ -111,7 +130,7 @@ d'ant $ slow 2 $ smash 16 [1,2] $ sound "ant:1"
# cutoff "1764" -- 0.08 * (44100/2)
# resonance "0.01"
-- ~p2sharda
-- @p2sharda
d'shard $ ((1%16) <~) $ chop 16 $ s "[ice [~ ice] ~ ~]/4"
# gain "0.7"
@@ -126,7 +145,7 @@ d'fly $ chop 64 $ s "[fly ~ [fly ~ ~ fly] ~]/4"
d'drum $ 0.5 <~ sound "[[k k:1] [sn ~ ~ k]]/2"
d'bass $ slow 8 $ ((1%8) <~) $ chop 32 $ bass'params $ n "[0 1]/2" # s "dubb"
d'bass $ slow 8 $ ((1%8) <~) $ chop 32 $ bassP $ n "[0 1]/2" # s "dubb"
# speed "1.2"
# shape (scale 0 0.5 $ density 4 sine1)
# cut "1"
@@ -142,7 +161,7 @@ d'perc $ s "wt*2"
# vowel "[u e u a]/2"
# end "0.15"
d'bass $ slow 8 $ ((1%8) <~) $ chop 32 $ bass'params $ n "[0 1]/2" # s "dubb"
d'bass $ slow 8 $ ((1%8) <~) $ chop 32 $ bassP $ n "[0 1]/2" # s "dubb"
# speed "1.2"
# shape (scale 0 0.5 $ density 4 sine1)
# cut "1"
@@ -155,7 +174,7 @@ d'shard $ every 2 (density 1.5) $ whenmod 5 3 (density 2) $ -- (1)
# gain "0.7"
# shape (scale 0.25 0.75 $ density 8 saw1)
d'bass $ slow 8 $ ((1%8) <~) $ chop 32 $ bass'params $ n "[0 1]/2" # s "dubb"
d'bass $ slow 8 $ ((1%8) <~) $ chop 32 $ bassP $ n "[0 1]/2" # s "dubb"
# speed "0.8 1.2"
# shape (scale 0 0.5 $ density 4 sine1)
# cut "1"
@@ -168,10 +187,9 @@ d'drum $ sound "[k [sn k:1 k:1 ~]]/2"
d'perc $ s "~ wt*2"
{-
@p3
Anny: Piston III
anny.audio | pistonlp.co.uk
See README.md
-}
let p3percd = (# orbit "1") .
@@ -202,7 +220,7 @@ let v = "o i" -- (0) i (1) o i
(4 <~) $ every 2 (0.5 <~) $
slow 4 . b $
rev . chop 16 $
bass'params $ n "[0 1]/2" # s "dubb"
bassP $ n "[0 1]/2" # s "dubb"
# cut c
# vowel v
@@ -210,7 +228,7 @@ d'drum $ s "{[k*2 [~ k*2] k ~ k*2 ~ k*2 ~]/8, [~ sn]/2}" -- @p3drumb
d'perc $ sound "[[k:1 [~ k:1] k:1 [~ k:1]] sn]/8"
-- @p3bass2
d'misc $ slow 8 $ chop 16 $ bass'params $ n "[0 1]/2" # s "dubb"
d'misc $ slow 8 $ chop 16 $ bassP $ n "[0 1]/2" # s "dubb"
# cut "1"
# speed "0.2"
# vowel "e"
@@ -237,15 +255,14 @@ d'gnome $ within (0, 0.5) rev $ chop 8 $ s "[gnome(3,8)]/2"
-- ~p3bass w/ v="o i", c="0", b=brak
{-
@p4
Anny: Piston IV
anny.audio | pistonlp.co.uk
See README.md
-}
bpm 138
solo $ d'misc $ slow 8 $ chop 16 $ bass'params $ n "[0 1]/2" # s "dubb"
solo $ d'misc $ slow 8 $ chop 16 $ bassP $ n "[0 1]/2" # s "dubb"
# cut "1"
# speed "0.2"
# vowel "e"
@@ -278,7 +295,7 @@ d'drum $ sound "[[k k:1]*2 sn k*2 [~ sn] [~ k]]/5"
d'bass $ (0.75 ~>) $
-- @p4bass
whenmod 5 3 (density (3%2) . brak) $
bass'params $
bassP $
rev $ (0.5 ~>) $ slow 2 . chop 8 $ n "[0 1]/2" # s "dubb"
# speed "0.5"
# cut "1"
@@ -310,10 +327,9 @@ msil [d'perc,d'bass,d'shard]
-- ~p4bz w/ (4)
{-
@p5
Anny: Piston V
anny.audio | pistonlp.co.uk
See README.md
-}
bpm 138
@@ -333,7 +349,7 @@ d'drum $ sound "{[~ ~ ~ k:1], [~ sn]/2}"
msil [d'bz, d'ant]
d'drum $ sound "{k, [~ ~ ~ k:1], [~ sn]/2}" -- @p5drum
d'bass $ chop 16 $ bass'params $ s "[~ dubb]"
d'bass $ chop 16 $ bassP $ s "[~ dubb]"
# n (slow 4 "0 1")
# cut "1"
@@ -341,7 +357,7 @@ d'bass $ chop 16 $ bass'params $ s "[~ dubb]"
let b = id -- (0) id (1) brak
in d'fly $ whenmod 5 3 rev $ b $
slow 16 $ jux ((1.5 ~>) . rev) $
chop 64 $ bass'params $ sound "fly:1"
chop 64 $ bassP $ sound "fly:1"
# speed "0.7"
# shape (scale 0 0.5 $ density 2.1 saw1)
@@ -350,7 +366,7 @@ d'bass $ -- within (0.5, 0.75) (# vowel "u o") $ -- (4), delete in (5)
-- every 2 (density 2) $ -- (3)
-- density 1.6 $ -- (2) replacing (1)
-- whenmod 3 2 (density 1.6) $ -- (1), (4) replacing (2)
chop 16 $ bass'params $ s "[~ dubb]"
chop 16 $ bassP $ s "[~ dubb]"
# n (slow 4 "0 1")
# cut "1"
-- # speed (scale 0.75 1.25 $ slow 1.3 sine1) -- (3)
@@ -404,10 +420,9 @@ msil [d'perc, d'bz]
d'gnome silence
{-
@p6
Anny: Piston VI
anny.audio | pistonlp.co.uk
See README.md
-}
bpm 138
@@ -417,7 +432,7 @@ d'bass $ (# gain (scale 0 0.7 $ saw1)) $
within (0.5, 0.75) (# vowel "u o") $ -- (4), delete in (5)
every 2 (density 2) $ -- (3)
whenmod 3 2 (density 1.6) $ -- (1), (4) replacing (2)
chop 16 $ bass'params $ s "[~ dubb]"
chop 16 $ bassP $ s "[~ dubb]"
# n (slow 4 "0 1")
# cut "1"
# speed (scale 0.75 1.25 $ slow 1.3 sine1) -- (3)
@@ -463,7 +478,7 @@ d'drum $ sound "{k, [~ ~ ~ k:1] [~ k:1], [~ sn ~ sn*2]/8}" -- @p6drum-sn
d'bass $ (0.6 ~>) $
-- ~p4bass
whenmod 5 3 (density (3%2) . brak) $
bass'params $
bassP $
rev $ (0.5 ~>) $ slow 2 . chop 8 $ n "[0 1]/2" # s "dubb"
# speed "0.5"
# cut "1"
@@ -486,7 +501,7 @@ d'drum $ sound "[[k k:1]*2 [sn k:1 ~ k] [~ k:1 k ~] [~ sn ~ k]]/8" -- @p6drumslo
-- ~p5fly
d'fly $ whenmod 5 3 rev $
slow 16 $ jux ((1.5 ~>) . rev) $
chop 64 $ bass'params $ sound "fly:1"
chop 64 $ bassP $ sound "fly:1"
# speed "0.7"
# shape (scale 0 0.5 $ density 2.1 saw1)
@@ -505,10 +520,9 @@ d'drum $ sound "{k, [~ ~ ~ k:1] [~ k:1], [~ sn ~ sn*2]/8}"
msil [d'perc, d'fly, d'bz]
{-
@p7
Anny: Piston VII
anny.audio | pistonlp.co.uk
See README.md
-}
bpm 138
@@ -538,7 +552,7 @@ d'perc $ s "[wt*3 ~]/2"
-- @p7bassa
d'bass $ slow 8 $
slowspread ($) [rev.chop 12, rev.chop 24] $
bass'params $ n "[0 1]/2" # s "dubb"
bassP $ n "[0 1]/2" # s "dubb"
-- @p7fly
d'fly $ slow (4%3) .
@@ -565,7 +579,7 @@ let bm f = scale f (0.5 + f) $ density (5%4) sine1
(# end (bm 0.05)) $
slow 8 $
slowspread ($) [rev.chop 12, rev.chop 24] $
bass'params $ n "[0 1]/2" # s "dubb"
bassP $ n "[0 1]/2" # s "dubb"
-- ~p7shard w/ (0)
@@ -580,7 +594,7 @@ msil [d'bass, d'shard]
d'bass $ slow 8 $
within (0.33, 0.67) (0.25 ~>) $
slowspread ($) [rev.chop 12, rev.chop 24] $
bass'params $ n "[0 1]/2" # s "dubb"
bassP $ n "[0 1]/2" # s "dubb"
# vowel "o"
d'bass silence
@@ -588,10 +602,9 @@ d'drum $ within (0, 0.5) (jux ((1%3) ~>)) $ s "[k [sn ~ k] [~ ~ sn] ~]/8"
d'bz silence
{-
@p8
Anny: Piston VIII
anny.audio | pistonlp.co.uk
See README.md
-}
bpm 138
@@ -631,7 +644,7 @@ d'misc $ chop 64 $ s "[fly ~ [fly ~ ~ fly] ~]/4"
-- ~p5bass
d'shard $ every 2 (density 2) $ whenmod 3 2 (density 1.6) $
chop 16 $ bass'params $ s "[~ dubb]"
chop 16 $ bassP $ s "[~ dubb]"
# n (slow 4 "0 1")
# cut "1"
# speed (scale 0.75 1.25 $ slow 1.3 sine1)
@@ -666,14 +679,14 @@ msil [d'fly, d'bz, d'shard, d'misc, d'ant, d'cymb]
d'misc $ stack [
{- (1) ~p5bass
every 2 (density 2) $ whenmod 3 2 (density 1.6) $
chop 16 $ bass'params $ s "[~ dubb]"
chop 16 $ bassP $ s "[~ dubb]"
# n (slow 4 "0 1")
# cut "1"
# speed (scale 0.75 1.25 $ slow 1.3 sine1),
(0.75 ~>) $
-- -} -- ~p4bass
whenmod 5 3 (density (3%2) . brak) $
bass'params $
bassP $
rev $ (0.5 ~>) $ slow 2 . chop 8 $ n "[0 1]/2" # s "dubb"
# speed "0.5"
# cut "1"
@@ -697,7 +710,7 @@ d'shard $ whenmod 7 3 (density (5%4)) $
let b = brak
in d'fly $ whenmod 5 3 rev $ b $
slow 16 $ jux ((1.5 ~>) . rev) $
chop 64 $ bass'params $ sound "fly:1"
chop 64 $ bassP $ sound "fly:1"
# speed "0.7"
# shape (scale 0 0.5 $ density 2.1 saw1)
@@ -721,7 +734,7 @@ let d = 5 -- (0) 5 (1) 3
# speed (scale 0.76 (0.76 + 1/d) $ slow 1.1 sine1)
-- ~p3shard
d'bz $ -- within (0.5, 1) (density 2) $ (1)
d'bz $ -- within (0.5, 1) (density 2) $ -- (1)
iter 4 . density 2 $ (0.5 <~) $ ((1%16) <~) $
chop 16 $ s "[ice [~ ice] ~ ~]/4"
# vowel "e o"