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December 3rd

from 365​/​2015 by namke communications

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It might be a little late in the year to start playing with a new sound-making environment, but here goes. My first play with Sonic Pi (sonic-pi.net).

Couldn't really get the hang of controlling it very well, but here's a thing anyway…

(complete 'score' is in the lyrics section)

lyrics

with_fx :ring_mod do |xx|
live_loop :hat do
sample :drum_cymbal_closed, pan: (dice-1)/5
sleep dice * 0.03125
end
sleep 5
live_loop :bd do
sync :hat
sample :bd_pure, rate: 0.75
sleep 1
end
sleep 5
live_loop :sd do
sync :hat
sample :sn_dub, rate: 1, pan: (dice-1)/5
sleep 3
end
sleep 5
live_loop :sd2 do
sync :hat
sample :sn_dolf, rate: 1, amp: 0.6
sleep 5
end
end

sleep 15
with_fx :echo, decay: 10 do
live_loop :ec do
4.times do |t|
sample :ambi_soft_buzz, rate: t+1, amp: 0.5, pan: (dice-1)/5
sleep dice/3.2
end
end
end

sleep 15
live_loop :b do
play scale(:C2, :major_pentatonic).tick
sleep 1.5
end

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from 365​/​2015, track released December 3, 2015

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namke communications York, UK

Since 2000 John Tuffen has been performing/releasing electronic music under the name of namke communications. Originally formed with Damian Murphy in 2000 for the SightSonic festival in York, since 2002 it has been a solo venture.

December 2011 saw the live return with a synthesiser/drum-machine trip; January 2012 saw a guitar replacing the synth but still maintaining the electronic edge... ... more

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