Computers Making Music Pt. 1 – The Basics
By popular request, I’ve attempted to cover a wide range of generative music techniques. But first, we need to understand how we guide basic circuits to make music for us. I don’t have a Patreon or advertising affiliates, although this channel does have a lot of expenses to keep going. In the meantime, if you want to show your support, my Bandcamp page has a “pay what you want” option: https://theflashbulb.bandcamp.com/
Time stamps:
– Monologue: – 0:48
– Modular generative examples – 7:30
– Step by step modular – 9:33
– Second attempt with same technique – 26:56
– Arduino module generating random looping sequences – 30:08
@Only1retro
February 26, 2026 at 2:36 pm
Aged well
@jazzdirt
February 26, 2026 at 2:36 pm
3 bit pizza?!?! That's not even half a byte.
My biggest problem with modular is… Figuring out what I was doing when I haven't touched it for a while.. Cablesalade is real…
@crysstoll1191
February 26, 2026 at 2:36 pm
AT 7:00. My newer (homebuilt) VCOs barely react to temperature swings.
@Knardsh
February 26, 2026 at 2:36 pm
2 things: I’m pretty sure Zor is a gender pronoun now and I’m hereby calling my brother a buffered dupe.
@nicolastelfyr6792
February 26, 2026 at 2:36 pm
Thank you)
@corticallarvae
February 26, 2026 at 2:36 pm
Love you Ben this is s strange camera angle of your modular bro
@dirtyharry1881
February 26, 2026 at 2:36 pm
What does wifi has to do with air?? It's electromagnetic signal and it's totally using 1s and 0s.
@obowurx6625
February 26, 2026 at 2:36 pm
This is the video/series I’ve been looking for! (I think/I hope…)
@stuartdavid8493
February 26, 2026 at 2:36 pm
Turn the background music off
@therealsunnyk
February 26, 2026 at 2:36 pm
Why does generative music have to be random? Why can't it be deterministic?
@pennyhemens478
February 26, 2026 at 2:36 pm
Tattoo gun for the eyebrow is only a thought. Don't kill me.
@martzcopr
February 26, 2026 at 2:36 pm
Got here from your latest generative video and I'm learning sooooo much! You're a beast Benn 🤘
@aethervvav1658
February 26, 2026 at 2:36 pm
Just got to this video, I was thinking about using the same self generating patch on two different days with all the same settings and seeing if you could hear the temperature difference? I don’t have anything analog otherwise I would do this myself
@OGpiranha
February 26, 2026 at 2:36 pm
every programming class ive ever taken has had at least one lab project where we code something or another for a fictional pizza parlor
@michaeldelacruz6370
February 26, 2026 at 2:36 pm
Cant you try mushrooms to do trully generative music?
Like there's this guy on youtube that does modular and mushrooms.
Something about the electrical stuff from mushrooms and a module's interpretation of it.
@Neuri
February 26, 2026 at 2:36 pm
I have learned SOOOOOOO much from you good Sir.. Thanks from Yorkshire
@GrizzlyWang
February 26, 2026 at 2:36 pm
just to chime in… my braids also randomly acts "aggressive" when i send modulated quantized voltage to it 🙂
@KindStranger
February 26, 2026 at 2:36 pm
DPA headset mics are some of the best out there. Not cheap but they sound wonderful.
@mx676
February 26, 2026 at 2:36 pm
the intro is a parody to
Siraj Raval? awesome haha
@MasterLonn
February 26, 2026 at 2:36 pm
The market value of buffered dupes went through the roof after this very entertaining video
@SeanKearney
February 26, 2026 at 2:36 pm
These videos are a real "masterclass." Thank you for making art about art.
@jonathandill3557
February 26, 2026 at 2:36 pm
I did biofeedback for migraines in the 80's with a dude who had framed Frank Herbert quotes. When my daughter was little I used to set her up with SSEYO Koan and we'd play around with it that was pretty cool. I like the ideas here FB has been trying to convince me to check out Muse forever but to be fair I am active in a lot of Buddhist stuff.
@Eunice3x
February 26, 2026 at 2:36 pm
I love your vid. But just for completeness sake: computers can generate truly random numbers. There are different ways to do that, from using the timing of User key presses or network activity, sample noise from the spundcard, most CPU’s even have hardware random number generators built in (eg a diode outputting noise). As this is very slow these random numbers are then used as starting values of the pseudo random number algorithms you explained, depending on the requirements on the security vs speed of the numbers.
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