Elysium gets some MIDI lovin
Since January I’ve been learning piano and, now that I am able to play a little, my attitude towards generative music has shifted. Whereas I used to use entirely generative parts in my music now I am trying to think about how I can incorporate generative music into the music I play myself: interactive generative music if you like.
As I was pondering this the idea hit me that each of the cells in an Elysium layer represents a note. What would happen if the generators on a layer pulsed not in response to the beat but in response to incoming MIDI notes? So that a generator on a C4 hex pulsed when I played C4 on my keyboard.
Well I couldn’t wait to find out so I added the feature (along with an impact trigger mode too) which is included in Elysium 0.9.7, released yesterday. Here’s a demo screencast I made to show how it works:
I hope you have some fun with this feature. I plan to do more screencasts to show off some of the hidden talents of Elysium!
Posted by Matt on Monday, June 29, 2009