Generative "Krell Music" in Symbolic Sound Kyma 7 (Infinite Ambient Alien Muzak) | Simon Hutchinson

Using Kyma 7 to create some generative Sci Fi music inspired by Todd Barton's "Krell Music" patch on the Buchla Synthesizer.

Once again, I'm back with more ancient music of the Krell. As I mentioned previous weeks, in my regular journeys across the internet, I came across the concept of a "Krell Music" patch--a self-generating patch created by Todd Barton, inspired by Bebe and Louis Barron's soundtrack to the 1956 film "Forbidden Planet." The Barrons' soundtrack to the film is amazing, and a bit beyond what I can get into here (see links below). Barton's Buchla patch tries to capture some of the dynamic timbres of that score.

My oversimplification of the idea is this: a note has an amplitude envelope--attack and release--and when that amplitude envelope ends it triggers the next envelope. At the same time, that trigger selects a new (likely different) attack and decay time, as well as a new pitch and timbre for the next note. So we create a continuous series of musical tones, each distinct from the one before it.

So, this time, let's make it in Kyma.

0:00 Intro, Overview
1:23 Starting with an Oscillator
1:50 Adding and Envelope
2:30 Retriggering Envelope
4:11 Randomizing Pitch
4:50 Randomizing Envelope Length
5:50 Improving (fixing) Our Envelope
7:12 FM Synthesis
8:25 Adding a Filter
9:03 Delay
9:34 Recap So Far
10:08 Randomizing the Delay Feedback
11:24 Replicator!
12:24 Randomizing Modulation Index
13:12 Closing, Next Steps

Making a "Krell Music" patch in Pure Data:    • Making a "Krell Music" Patch in Pure ...  
Making a "Krell Music" patch in Reaktor:    • Reaktor 6 Primary "Krell Music" Gener...  
My "Krell Music" Playlist:    • Krell Music | Simon Hutchinson  

More on Bebe and Louis Barron: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bebe_an...
"Krell Music" from the film:    • Видео  
More on the soundtrack for Forbidden Planet:    • The Music and SFX of Forbidden Planet  

Todd Barton's YouTube Channel:    / vgermuse  
Todd Barton walking through his Krell Patch on a Buchla: https://vimeo.com/48466272

Dr. Jeffrey Stolet’s beginner book on Kyma (affiliate link): https://amzn.to/3SAhYei
The best book on synthesis is still Curtis Roads Computer Music Tutorial (affiliate link): https://amzn.to/3FZArJG

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