Yeah, see I didn't have any particular problems I was trying to solve or any specific goals. I was just exploring the software. It was pretty fun, but at times it felt like a distraction. I also got a bit fed up spending ages on something which was really very basic, e.g. the step sequencers.
I might get PD or something again at some point and pick it up again. I think I've still got my notes lying around from when I was getting to grips with it. I messed around with Flowstone and Bidule a bit too and they seemed cool.
hmmm I haven't really encountered those before, they're both graphical and flow based right?
if you don't want to do basic stuff but something that feels very different I'd recommend taking a look at
tidalcycles, you can use it for midi sequencing and it is very versatile and fun to experiment with.
I might get around to using supercollider on it's own as well at some point, but for now I think I'll stick to learning max more since it hasn't been long that I'm using it.
In regard to the discussion DAW versus coding your own shite,
I think I've missed the most important aspect of it: all DAWs might seem neutral but are actually quite biased and rigid.
Not even mentioning the tuning systems, if you think about it, why is it easier to make 4/4 rollers with arpeggios and a couple parameters automated to change every 16 bars?
Why not base everything off, say, euclidean rhythms that you're using anyway if you make dancehall or any kind of music that would fit into the continuum?
Why is it always move to the grid or just remove the grid completely?
Why should I be stuck with dragging chords around on a piano roll for the rest of my life?
I'm not saying audio programming languages or DSP environments are unbiased, but if you make your own tools for making music you're a layer deeper. You skip all of those shortcuts a DAW provides, which paradoxically can make translating ideas more convenient and quicker at times, at the same time providing you with inspiration. You just need a little bit of knowledge at first, it doesn't even take that long and sometimes even just switching between three frequency values can make a tune.
If you're interested see the church of dsp dot come there's a link to our paypal there if you would like to donate to our cause of disassembling the 4/4 equally tempered music estabilishment
Don't worry it will all be explained in thd workshop
should I make a poll for the date? we could figure out how to make breakcore on the weekend, if anyone's taking this seriously
I'm not sure myself