Apologies to those who weren’t getting any sound from vocable, here’s a version with a quick bugfix from Rohan Drape that makes sure control buses are properly initialised. It should work for everyone now. Thanks Rohan!
By the way you might notice that vocable records everything you do under the ‘logs’ directory. I’d be really interested in seeing your log files and the dorky words and funky rhythms you are typing in. Please send me a copy if you don’t mind — don’t be shy now…
My MSc thesis is here. The reader may find many loose ends, which may well get tied up through my PhD research.
Abstract:
In the context of the live coding of music and computational creativity, literature examining perceptual relationships between text, speech and instrumental sounds are surveyed, including the use of vocable words in music. A system for improvising polymetric rhythms with vocable words is introduced, together with a working prototype for producing rhythmic continuations within the system. This is shown to be a promising direction for both text based music improvisation and research into creative agents.