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Bytebeat
Bytebeat is a new genre of electronic music, established in September, 2011. According to canonical.org, Bytebeat is generally a “piece of rhythmic and somewhat melodic music with no score, no instruments, and no real oscillators. It’s simply a formula that defines a waveform as a function of time, measured here in 1/8000 of a second [t]…If you put that formula into a C program with a loop that increments t, it generates the music…This generates an endless headerless 8-bit unsigned mono 8ksps file on its standard output. ”
Bytebeat creation can be achieved through a new algorithmic generative synth platform in the form of an iPad app called Glitch Machine by Madgarden as well as three other web-based bytebeat creation tools: http://wry.me/toys/bytebeat/ by Darius, http://wurstcaptures.untergrund.net/music/ by rarefluid and 8-bit Generative Composer by @paul_hayes.
Bytebeat music examples
42 forever by Madgarden
Rolling by Madgarden
glitch4life by SPACE HALK
Bytebeat videos
by viznut
Bytebeat links (and short one-line algorithmic music discussions in general)
Discovering novel computer music techniques by exploring the space of short computer programs
Algorithmic symphonies from one line of code — how and why? by viznut
Some deep analysis of one-line music programs. by viznut
Collection of oneliner music formulas by viznut
Bytebeat algorithmic music on an AVR by darkside
The Noiseplug – Bytebeat synth inside an RCA plug by allgemein/shackspace
bitop videos – audiovisual renditions of one-liners by various; presented in mplayer bysinglebytevalue
libglitch – library for playback of 8bit music written in a Forth-like synthax
Project: Algorithmic Soundscapes on shackspace.de
Experimental music from very short C programs discussion on pouet.net
Bytebeat discussion thread on Reddit
Algorithmic symphonies from one line of code discussion on hacker news
algorithmic sound.. “bytebeat” discussion on YakYak
Bytebeat music sharing group on Soundcloud
