Musical composition

This week we learned about sound in p5 — playing it but also generating it. I tried creating a generative sound system, but having zero knowledge of music theory, I failed miserably. I spent a lot of time watching videos, trying different notes and different functions, and trying to find out how these things work. I do feel like I have a better understanding of sound after all that, but I did not however manage to create something that is even remotely nice to listen to.

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First tryout was just playing notes in random order:

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Second tryout was combining several notes at the same time as well as a sine wave oscillation:

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Third tryout was a couple of oscillators whose frequency and amplitude were dictated by a noise function:

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I feel a bit overwhelmed by the possibilities of sound generation because I don't fully understand all these new things, and it's hard for me to figure out what I want my sketch to be like, and to come up with "sound ideas". That said, I'm very excited to learn all about it and hopefully I get to do so in the near future.