something-to-say/something-to-say.tidal

{-
anny fm: something to say
originally recorded @ home, elephant & castle, 15th march 2014
released on "a tribute to kurt cobain" compilation on fwonk*: fwonk.co.uk/129/
      __
  c|||  o_
c||||| ___o
soundcloud.com/anny-fm/something-to-say
-}

cps (106/60)

-- shortfix for bps->cps
let cf = slow 2

-- fixed iter to reproduce pre-0.6 behaviour
let iter' n p = slowcat $ map (\i -> ((fromIntegral i)%(fromIntegral n)) ~> p) [0 .. n]

-- guitar-ish
let ss'stab = s "stab"
              # n (slow 6 "1 2 3 4 [5 6]/3")
              # vowel "i"

-- possibly guitar-ish. was never quite sure what this is
let ss'kurt = s "kurt"
              # speed "0.6"
              # shape "0.3"
              # vowel "u"

-- drums base
let ss'perc = s "{[bd ~ ~ bd] msg, hh*2}"
    ss'perc' = s "{[rm ~ ~ rm] msg, hh*2}"

-- vocal
let ss'verse = s "sitw"
               # n (slow 8 $ run 8)

-- other vocal
let ss'chorus = s "sitwc"
                # n (slow 4 $ run 4)

-- channel defs
let d'drum = d1
    d'bass = d2
    d'voc = d9 -- vocal
    d'gt = d3 -- guitar [stab]
    d'kurt = d4
    d'moog = d5

-- go
d'gt $ cf $ ss'stab
  # speed "0.7"

d'gt $ cf $
  slow 2 $ every 4 (density 2) $ every 2 (density 2) $
  ss'stab
  # speed "0.7"

d'voc $ cf $ slow 4 $ ss'verse
  |+| vowel "e"

d'kurt $ cf $ ss'kurt
  # n (slow 7 $ run 7)

d'drum $ cf $ slow 2 $ ss'perc

d'kurt $ cf $ s "kurt"
  # n (slow 4 "5 6 4")

d'gt $ cf $
  density 2 $ iter 2 $
  ss'stab
  # speed "0.7"

d'gt $ cf $
  density 2 $ iter 2 $
  ss'stab
  # speed ((+0.7).(/2) <$> slow 5 sinewave1)

d'voc $ cf $ slow 4 $ ss'chorus
  # vowel "e"

d'voc $ cf $ slow 4 $
  iter 3 . striate 4 $
  ss'chorus
  # vowel "e"

d'bass $ cf $ striate 4 $ sound "wobble [wobble]/3"
  # pan (slow 3 sinewave)

-- break down to rebuild
d'voc silence
mapM_ ($ silence) [d'drum, d'bass, d'gt, d'kurt]

d'drum $ cf $ slow 2 $ ss'perc

d'voc $ slow 8 $ ss'verse
  # vowel "e"

d'drum $ cf $
  every 2 (superimpose $ iter' 3) $
  slow 2 $ ss'perc

d'gt $ cf $
  slow 2 $ every 4 (density 2) $ every 2 (density 2) $
  ss'stab
  # speed "0.7"

-- quickly
d'kurt $ cf $ ss'kurt
  # n (slow 7 $ run 7)

d'voc $ cf $ slow 4 $ ss'chorus
  # vowel "e"

d'kurt $ cf $ ss'kurt
  # n (slow 4 "5 6 4")

d'moog $ cf $
  slow 8 . striate 8 $
  0.25 <~ s "moog"
  # n (slow 2 "0 1")
  # speed "0.6 0.7"
  # pan (slow 8 sinewave)

d'voc $ cf $ slow 2 $
  iter 3 . striate 4 $
  ss'chorus
  # vowel "e"

d'voc $ cf $ slow 2 $
  iter 3 . striate 4 $
  ss'chorus
  # vowel "e"
  # speed ((+0.5).(*1.2) <$> slow 5 sinewave1)

d'voc $ cf $ slow 4 $ ss'chorus
  # vowel "e"

-- another breakdown
mapM_ ($ silence) [d'drum, d'gt, d'kurt]

d'drum $ cf $
  every 2 (superimpose $ iter' 3) $
  slow 2 $ ss'perc'

d'voc $ cf $ slow 2 $
  iter 3 . striate 4 $
  ss'chorus
  # vowel "e"
  # speed ((+0.5).(*1.2) <$> slow 5 sinewave1)

d'voc $ cf $
  iter 3 . striate 4 $
  ss'chorus
  # vowel "e"
  # speed ((+0.5).(*1.2) <$> slow 5 sinewave1)

-- real drums start... now
d'drum $ overlay (s "house") $ cf $
  every 2 (superimpose $ iter' 3) $
  slow 2 $ ss'perc'

d'voc silence

d'bass $ cf $ striate 4 $ sound "wobble [wobble]/3"
  # pan (slow 3 sinewave)

d'drum $ overlay (s "house") $ cf $
  every 2 (superimpose $ iter' 3) $
  slow 2 $ ss'perc

d'gt $ cf $
  density 2 $ iter 2 $
  ss'stab
  # speed ((+0.7).(/2) <$> slow 5 sinewave1)

-- god this is nuts as shit. why did i do this
d'voc $ cf $
  iter 3 . striate 4 $
  ss'chorus
  # vowel "e"
  # speed ((+0.5).(*1.2) <$> slow 5 sinewave1)

d'kurt $ cf $ ss'kurt
  # n (slow 4 "5 6 4")

d'bass $ cf $ striate 4 $ sound "bass [bass:1]/3"
  # pan (slow 3 sinewave)

d'drum $ overlay (s "house" # gain "1.5") $ cf $
  every 2 (superimpose $ iter' 3) $
  slow 2 $ ss'perc

-- quickly
d'voc $ slow 8 $ ss'verse # vowel "e"
mapM_ ($ silence) [d'bass, d'gt, d'kurt, d'moog]
d'drum $ cf $ slow 2 $ ss'perc

hush