In a previous post on another blog I discussed quick play with Sonic Pi ( see https://computingnorthampton.blogspot.com/2020/08/quick-play-with-sonic-pi.html ). In this post I am really just going to take it a bit further and some new features.
The goal - spooky/moanful Hot-Cross Buns (the only bit of music I know the notes for), just so I can play a bit. So let us start with resources I have found useful, alongside Sonic Pi (https://sonic-pi.net/); a really useful webpage is https://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/jw/notes.html to turn the notes into the MIDI number (60, etc)
So by the end of the last post I going to adding a techno effect on top of the tune:
use_synth :prophet
with_fx :ixi_techno do
2.times do
play chord(:b4, :minor7)
sleep 0.5
play chord(:a4, :minor7)
sleep 0.5
play chord(:g4, :minor7)
sleep 0.5
end
4.times do
play chord(:g4, :minor7)
sleep 0.25
end
4.times do
play chord(:a4, :minor7)
sleep 0.25
end
play chord(:b4, :minor7)
sleep 0.5
play chord(:a4, :minor7)
sleep 0.5
play chord(:g4, :minor7)
sleep 0.5
end
Sonic Pi is a cool system I found out you get it to pan the sounds from left to right and played with that but didn't include it in the end. What I did change was a different synth but also samples, after trail-and-error, chose the ambi_dark_whoosh (had to with that name)
use_synth :tech_saws
sample :ambi_dark_woosh, amp: 0.25
with_fx :ixi_techno do
2.times do
play chord(:b3, :minor7)
sleep 0.5
play chord(:a3, :minor7)
sleep 0.5
play chord(:g3, :minor7)
sleep 0.5
end
sample :ambi_dark_woosh, amp: 0.25
4.times do
play chord(:g3, :minor7)
sleep 0.25
end
4.times do
play chord(:a3, :minor7)
sleep 0.25
end
sample :ambi_dark_woosh, amp: 0.25
play chord(:b3, :minor7)
sleep 0.5
play chord(:a3, :minor7)
sleep 0.5
play chord(:g3, :minor7)
sleep 0.5
end
This is a bit of software (and support on Patreon) it is just fun and free. I have no musical ability but I enjoy creating with it.
