Constraint Programming in Picat
In my last post I briefly described how we can use the Screamer Lisp library for constraint programming in music. Another
Constraint Programming Using Screamer
A few years I ago I had briefly experimented with the Screamer library in the context of automatic test case generation from
Generating Melody to Fit Harmony
There are two common approaches to composing music. One involves synthesizing a suitable chord progression first and then layering melody
Reading and Transforming a MIDI File
Sometimes it can be interesting to take a MIDI file and transform the score it represents. For example, you can
Motifs and Transformations
One of the creative approaches to synthesizing music is to start with a short melodic motif and then apply various
Rhythmically Odd Rhythms
In the excellent book The Geometry of Musical Rhythm – What Makes a ‘Good’ Rhythm Good? by Godfried T.Toussaint, there
Book Review: Common Lisp Recipes – A Problem-Solution Approach
Last Saturday (March 12, 2016), I got my most eagerly awaited book from Amazon.com. Yes, I am talking about Common
Converting Text to Music
Converting text to music can be fun. Opusmodus has a few built-in functions to work with text. Look up the description
A GUI Front-end for Cellular Automata Generator
In my last post, I explained how we can use Cellular Automata (CA) in Opusmodus to create music. For today’s post,
Using Cellular Automata to Generate Music
Cellular automata are a powerful computational formalism. Stephen Wolfram’s book A New Kind of Science provides a thorough study of these