I'm rubbish at topic titles... So... City Lights

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Borrowed a little code from the Aphex Twin post simply because it
sounds nice. Many thanks.

Eli…

use_bpm 120
use_random_seed 667766
set_volume! 5


$notes1 = (ring :a3, :g3,:d3, :f3, :a3, :g3,:a3, :d3, :g3, :f3, :e3)

key = scale(:a3, :minor_pentatonic, num_octaves: 5)

$sleeps1 = [0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.25, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.25,
            0.25, 0.5, 0.25, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.25, 0.25,
            0.25, 0.5, 0.25, 0.25, 0.75, 0.5, 0.25, 0.25,
            0.5, 0.25, 0.25, 0.5, 0.5, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75,
            0.5, 0.5, 0.25, 0.25, 0.5, 0.5, 0.25, 0.75,
            0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.25, 0.25, 0.5, 0.5, 0.25,
            0.5, 0.75, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 1.5, 0.25, 0.25,
            0.25, 1.25, 0.5, 0.5, 1.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5,
            0.25, 0.25, 0.5, 0.25, 0.25, 0.5].ring

sample2="C:/samples/hey yer soft h2.wav"
sample3="C:/samples/ooh yeah soft h2.wav"

this_sample = (ring sample3,:elec_chime, sample2,:elec_chime)

repeater = [8,8,10]
sleeper = [0.5, 0.25, 0.2]
set :repeating, 0

define :repeat do
  set :repeating, 1
  tick_reset
  repeater.each do |x|
    tick
    x.times do
      sample :bd_fat,amp: 3
      sample :bd_ada,amp: 2 if x < 10
      sample :bd_fat,amp: 3
      sample :bd_ada,amp: 3 if x < 10
      sample :sn_dolf, sustain: 0, release: 0.08, hpf: 80,amp: 1
      sleep sleeper.look
    end
  end
  with_fx :reverb do
    with_fx :flanger do
      sleep 0.5
      this_sample = [sample3, sample2, :elec_chime].choose
      sample this_sample, amp: 1
      sleep sample_duration this_sample
      sleep 0.5
    end
  end
  set :repeating, 0
end

live_loop :beats do
  sleep 1
end

live_loop :bar do
  sync :beats
  sleep 4
end

with_fx :level,amp: 1 do |v|
  
  live_loop :tune, sync: :bar do
    mute = get :repeating
    if mute == 0 then
      use_synth [:supersaw, :blade, :fm].choose
      if rand < 0.65 then
        $notes1 = (ring :a3, :g3,:d3, :f3, :a3, :g3,:a3, :d3, :g3, :f3, :e3)
      else
        $notes1 = $notes1.shuffle
      end
      with_fx :reverb, room: 0.99999 do
        with_fx :distortion, distort: 0.99 do
          $notes1.each do
            play key[$notes1.tick(:one)+2], amp: 0.01, release: 0.15
            sleep $sleeps1.tick(:two)
          end
        end
      end
    else
      sleep 0.25
    end
  end
  
  live_loop :drums, sync: :bar do
    with_sample_defaults amp: 4, sustain: 4,release: 6 do
      p = rand
      if p < 0.6 then
        sync :bar
        3.times do
          3.times do
            sample :bd_ada
            sleep 0.75
          end
          sleep 0.25
          sample :bd_ada
          sleep 1.5
        end
      else
        4.times do
          sync :bar
          use_synth :piano
          with_synth_defaults amp: 4, attack: 0.0, release: 2 do
            play [:c4, :e4, :g4].choose
            sleep 1
            if one_in(4) then
              play (chord :c4, :M7)
            else
              play (chord :d4, :M7)
            end
            sleep 1
          end
        end
      end
    end
    
    sync :bar
    7.times do
      sample :bd_ada,amp: 5
      sleep 1
      sample :bd_ada,amp: 3
      sample :sn_dolf, sustain: 0, release: 0.08, hpf: 80,amp: 1
      sleep 1
    end
    p = rand
    if p > 0.75 then
      repeat
    end
  end
  
  with_fx :distortion do
    live_loop :rim, sync: :bar do
      mute = get :repeating
      if mute == 0 then
        sleep 0.5
        sample :elec_blip, sustain: 0.02, cutoff:110, rate: 1,amp: 0.25
        sleep 0.25
        sample :elec_blip, sustain: 0.005, cutoff:110, rate: 0.8,amp: 0.25 if one_in(5)
        sleep 0.25
      else
        sleep 0.25
      end
    end
  end
  
  with_fx :rhpf, res: 0.85, cutoff: 118, amp: 0.7 do
    live_loop :hats, sync: :bar  do
      mute = 0 #get :repeating
      if mute == 0 then
        synth :chipnoise, sustain: 0, release: 0.09, freq_band: 15,amp: 0.125
        sleep 0.25
        if rand(1) < 0.5 then
          synth :chipnoise, sustain: 0, release: 0.09, freq_band: 15,amp: 0.125
        end
      else
        sleep 0.25
      end
    end
  end
  
  live_loop :pads, sync: :bar  do
    mute = get :repeating
    if mute == 0 then
      sync :bar
      use_synth :tri
      with_synth_defaults sustain: 3, release: 2.5, amp: 0.25, cutoff: 70 do
        play chord(:a5, :m)
        play chord(:a4, :m)
        sleep 6
        play chord(:a4, :m6)
        play chord(:a3, :m6)
      end
    else
      sleep 0.25
    end
  end
  
  sleep 256
  control v,amp: 0.6
  sleep 8
  control v,amp: 0.4
  sleep 8
  control v,amp: 0.2
  sleep 8
  control v,amp: 0.0
  
end
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