It looks like the Queen of Hearts is getting impatient! Will the crew return before he looses her cool? Keep tuning in to find out!
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A good chunk of the homework in my orchestral class last week dealt with controlled chaos. We were given two pitches in this exercise and we were to create a chaotic sequence descending from one to the other. Below is what I needed coming up with and I think it worked out fairly well. This was certainly much easier than the microtonal assignment we had later in the week but we’ll not talk about that. I’m still having nightmares of half flats and half sharps.
Last weeks orchestral classes dealt with music that contained more than two layers. Most of the stuff we dealt with so far has had a foreground (melody) and a background (accompaniment). With this little piece, we had to orchestrate a piece of music that also had a middle-ground. I think the original music is just a generic bit that my professor put together for this lesson.
Last week I finally put together a setup with my Commodore 64 where I could sequence material in a more traditional chip-tune like manor. With the tiny little tune below, I tested out composing something by just using the sequencer in MSSIAH. It’s rather simple but I’m just starting to get acclimated with the process. Right now it’s kind of slow going since I have a to use a game controller to work as a mouse. Hopefully I’ll find an actual Commodore 64 mouse at some point.
I received the new parts to complete my power supply the other day and today I finished that part of the build. After I soldered the last few parts, I hooked it up to the meter to see if I was getting the right voltages from the output. As you can see from the picture, It’s nearly spot on for the +12v and I’m just as close on the -12v side. As far as my little multimeter can detect, I’m not seeing any noise which is a good thing. Hurray for stable power!
I think that working on this a bit each week is the right thing to do. I no longer feel rushed about the whole thing and I get to have little moments like these where I feel like I’ve accomplished something. I really need to hook up my little MIDI to CV converter to the power supply to make sure that all works. Fun times!
