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Post by emzo »

kbenson wrote: post #97
mturmon wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't disagree with this observation, but I wanted to mention a counterpoint. Eno's "Music for Airports" famously uses a system of multiple tape loops that produce sequences of different periods. As you listen, you can hear phrases that occur nearly together and then later, well-separated in time, as the periods of these loops go in and out of phase: "One of the notes repeats every 23 1/2 seconds. It is in fact a l…

> What I mean is they all repeat in cycles that are called incommensurable — they are not likely to come back into sync again. I remember a few years back there was some quick guide to visual design that I saw that recommended this. To provide what appeared to be randomness over repeating samples (or at least prevent easy pattern matching in the brain which is distracting), take three images that can of different pri…

Here's the article you're referring to - https://www.sitepoint.com/the-cicada-principle-and-why-it-ma...

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Post by minism »

Fricken wrote: post #101

There's a nice website with a clean UI called 'Music for programming', put together by a guy who curates playlists designed to compliment anyone who wants to buckle down and do deep focus creative work for a while. I've been through each of his 53 playlists several times. 'Asiatsana' is one track in one playlist, but the music overall is very much in keeping with the mood and tone of Asiatsana. https://musicforprogra…

Such a well curated list. I listen to it all the time at work.

I was already intimately familiar with many of the artists featured (Aphex twin, oneohtrix point never, tim hecker) but have definitely discovered some new ones through it too.

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Post by sneak »

Graham24 wrote: post #6

"Selected Ambient Works 85-92" is a quality product.

Green Calx, while an awesome track, always breaks my concentration. I have made many playlists named SAW1-GC on different platforms and have gone so far as considering using a utility knife to cut a custom diagonal skip groove through it on one of my three vinyl copies of SAW85-92.

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Post by Jaepa »

Doom from 2016 had this really cool feature in it where the music was procedurally adaptive based on the context of the game. When you were getting into a battle the music would mutate and become a lot more aggressive. Small fights would be different from big hairy fights. Ending a fight on low health would be different from leaving it unscathed.

For long time I've always thought it would be great to have something that had a similar effect based on text input speed.

Situations like getting into a massive battle, or leaving a battle with low health would have the music mutate to

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Post by na85 »

Jaepa wrote: post #155

Doom from 2016 had this really cool feature in it where the music was procedurally adaptive based on the context of the game. When you were getting into a battle the music would mutate and become a lot more aggressive. Small fights would be different from big hairy fights. Ending a fight on low health would be different from leaving it unscathed. For long time I've always thought it would be great to have something t…

I believe the first mainstream game with adaptive music like that was Half Life 2 in 2004.

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Post by fpgaminer »

Jaepa wrote: post #155

Doom from 2016 had this really cool feature in it where the music was procedurally adaptive based on the context of the game. When you were getting into a battle the music would mutate and become a lot more aggressive. Small fights would be different from big hairy fights. Ending a fight on low health would be different from leaving it unscathed. For long time I've always thought it would be great to have something t…

The DOOM: Behind the Music (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4FNBMZsqrY) talk is amazing if you like DOOM 2016's music.

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Post by Already__Taken »

spiralganglion wrote: post #105
Fricken wrote: post #101

There's a nice website with a clean UI called 'Music for programming', put together by a guy who curates playlists designed to compliment anyone who wants to buckle down and do deep focus creative work for a while. I've been through each of his 53 playlists several times. 'Asiatsana' is one track in one playlist, but the music overall is very much in keeping with the mood and tone of Asiatsana. https://musicforprogra…

The curator of Music For Programming [0] (which is fantastic, yes!) also put together the very silly collection of mixes called Businessfunk [1], which are also great coding music. And if you try Businessfunk and decide you have the stomach for it, I recommend following up with the Komputer Cast mixes by Com Truise. [0] https://musicforprogramming.net [1] http://datassette.net/businessfunk/ [2] http://comtruise.com/k…

That is linked to from music for programming as "Enterprise mode" lol.

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Post by dukoid »

Fricken wrote: post #101

There's a nice website with a clean UI called 'Music for programming', put together by a guy who curates playlists designed to compliment anyone who wants to buckle down and do deep focus creative work for a while. I've been through each of his 53 playlists several times. 'Asiatsana' is one track in one playlist, but the music overall is very much in keeping with the mood and tone of Asiatsana. https://musicforprogra…

All of the suggestions here seem too distracting for me unfortunately.... :-/

These three bands work well for me when coding (or just "space ambient" on youtube):

- AES Dana: https://ultimae.bandcamp.com/album/perimeters

- Carbon Based Life Forms https://carbonbasedlifeforms.bandcamp.com/album/hydroponic-g...

- Solar Fields: https://solarfields.bandcamp.com/album/movements-remastered

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Post by lukasb »

spiralganglion wrote: post #102
pimeys wrote: post #13

Seems to go more to the direction what Autechre is doing nowadays. I'd recommend to have a listen to the NTS Sessions if you feel adventurous...

Autechre are my Phish. Their live shows are these kaleidoscopic tours through the sounds (but not songs) of their various albums, recognizable only in passing, in fragments. Their albums are each distinct, but immediately recognizable. Most people can't stomach their music, but those who can swear by it. They aren't afraid to stretch out and take an hour+ for a single song.

"Autechre are my Phish."

Haha, so accurate. I don't usually play Autechre when my roommates are home.

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