220B - HW 3 - Drum Machine

I had a lot of fun playing with with my controller mappings, which allowed me to explore the material of my samples in a more intuitive way (listen and react). The piece itself incorporated some of my samples from the previous homebrew assignment, as well as drum samples recorded by Jack Perry, who's a drummer in LA that I worked with in November 2021.

The piece itself grew out of exploration of materials that would work together as layers, so the process was quite iterative - try something out and see if it works. If not, move on. I also wanted to play with rhythm, syncopation, so at times the pulse is harder to follow than others. The seven tracks are bass drum, snare, hi hat, bass, high squeeks, ominous background, and electronic chunks.

Please read readme.txt to learn how to run this yourself.

Here is the code: startHere.ck, hw3_bassdrum_midi.ck, hw3_snare_midi.ck, hw3_hihat3_midi.ck, hw3_bass3.ck, hw3_high.ck, hw3_emf.ck. Here are the audio files you'll need: BassDrumAmp.wav, hihat_3.wav, snare.wav, chairFart_1_amp_2250.wav