The Counterpointer is a cross between an electronic arpeggiator and a baroque music rule book. It takes a melody input and responds with voices that follow the rules of counterpoint.
THE WELL–SEQUENCED SYNTHESIZER
The Well–Tempered Clavier, written by J. S. Bach in 1722, is a series of pieces that explore counterpoint and the then new tempered tuning system.
On The Well–Tempered Synthesizer (1969), Wendy Carlos programmed a Moog analog synthesizer to play a series of Baroque pieces, exploring its new synthetic timbres.
The Well–Sequenced Synthesizer is a series of sequencers –physical interfaces to play with the rules of music.
{look into music theory. program rules. design control interface. play with them. repeat.}
I. THE COUNTERPOINTER
II. EL ORDENADOR
El Ordenador carves chaos into order by applying constraints to randomly generated chord progressions – inspired by the features of tonality described by Dmitri Tymoczko in "A Geometry of Music".
III. LA MECÁNICA
La Mecánica uses a traditional music box mechanism to play back the progressions generated by El Ordenador –.
A project by Luisa Pereira
Software developed in Java using Processing.org. The Counterpointer uses CFGen's species counterpoint algorithm. Firmware runs on an Arduino micro-controller.