Thursday, January 22, 2009

Trance: Bass and Progression

Today I worked on a generative module for trance-style bass and a progression module for trance-style chords. The bass is relatively simple, most trance just uses a heavy octaving bass that holds a steady beat. As for the progressions, trance usually keeps it pretty simple and almost always in a minor key.

I've got some really simple results out of the bass and progression modules, culminating in a really simple cheesy piece that inspires the urge to bang one's head repeatedly against a brick wall to the beat of the bass. Nevertheless, progress is progress. You have to start somewhere.

3 comments:

celeste. said...

my trance:

bommndebommnde
de
de
de bommnde
bommn
de
bommn

Anonymous said...

Could you bring in an example of Trance to class next week? We've already meditated once in Honors, so Trance seems a local next step.

Josh Parnell said...

Haha I like your trance celeste

Yes, I'll definitely do that.

Question - does your computer speaker set have a subwoofer? Sounds like a silly question but trance is really quite pointless if you can't hear the low end