Bubble Sorted Amen Break

Cool, but I don't see how it's sorting anything. It just seems to play a randomized arrangement of the slices. You can re-randomize as much as you like but there's no sort option as far as I can see.

Re: Bubble Sorted Amen Break

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Post by zonkerdonker » Thu, Mar 12, 2026, 5:35 PM UTC

eieio wrote: post #2

(the amen break is one of the most commonly-sampled drum breaks in popular music: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amen_break )

And a tragic story at that:

>Coleman died homeless and destitute in 2006. It was unlikely he was aware of the impact he had made on music. Neither he [band leader Spencer] nor Coleman received royalties for the break.

Re: Bubble Sorted Amen Break

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Post by throwuxiytayq » Thu, Mar 12, 2026, 5:37 PM UTC

staplung wrote: post #4

Cool, but I don't see how it's sorting anything. It just seems to play a randomized arrangement of the slices. You can re-randomize as much as you like but there's no sort option as far as I can see.

Give it a minute or two.

Re: Bubble Sorted Amen Break

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Post by dylan604 » Thu, Mar 12, 2026, 5:40 PM UTC

staplung wrote: post #4

Cool, but I don't see how it's sorting anything. It just seems to play a randomized arrangement of the slices. You can re-randomize as much as you like but there's no sort option as far as I can see.

Did you play it to the end? It's absolutely sorting from smallest to largest. Unless you have a confused understanding of a bubble sort, it's doing a bubble sort

Re: Bubble Sorted Amen Break

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Post by sandwell » Thu, Mar 12, 2026, 5:40 PM UTC

It sounds like a Ventian Snares track. Love it.

Re: Bubble Sorted Amen Break

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Post by marssaxman » Thu, Mar 12, 2026, 5:43 PM UTC

I can't help laughing. This is great.

I don't understand the comparison function, but it's really enjoyable listening to the algorithm work out its logic.

Re: Bubble Sorted Amen Break

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Post by hnlmorg » Thu, Mar 12, 2026, 5:44 PM UTC

dylan604 wrote: post #7

staplung wrote: post #4

Cool, but I don't see how it's sorting anything. It just seems to play a randomized arrangement of the slices. You can re-randomize as much as you like but there's no sort option as far as I can see.

Did you play it to the end? It's absolutely sorting from smallest to largest. Unless you have a confused understanding of a bubble sort, it's doing a bubble sort

Not the OP but I stopped listening pretty quickly because I was confused about how it was sorted.

It wasn’t until I read your comment that I realised the sorting happened while you were listening rather than before hand.