La Monte Young's Composition 1960 #7 v1.0

Creations & Ideas
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The only notes : B3 and F#4.
The only instruction : “To be held for a long Time.”

Here is my baseline idea for this piece

with_synth :dark_ambience do
  with_fx :ixi_techno, phase_offset: 0.5, phase: 50 do
    play :b3, amp: 2, attack: 25, release: 1000, pan: -0.75
    play :fs4, amp: 2, attack: 25, release: 1000, pan: 0.75
  end
end

If you feel inspired, post your own version in the comments. I am ready to see what you creative people do. I will post my changes as they come up

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The Performance

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# FiBoNacci Attack-Release Party Plus Reich Sauce

fibo = 1.618034

fibodiv = 1/fibo

fibobpm = 55/fibodiv

use_bpm fibobpm


# Content

# 1-Status EarInEarOut

# 2-Fluxus StepByStep



with_fx :reverb do
  
  5.times do
    
    with_synth :dark_ambience do
      with_fx :ixi_techno, phase_offset: fibodiv, phase: 21 do
        play :b3, amp: fibo, attack: 13, release: 8, pan: -0.21
        play :fs4, amp: fibodiv, attack: 13, release: 8, pan: 0.21
        
      end
    end
    
    
    sleep 13
    
    with_synth :cnoise do
      with_fx :hpf, phase_offset: fibodiv, phase: 34 do
        play :b3, amp: fibodiv, attack: 13, release: 21, pan: -0.34
        play :fs4, amp: fibodiv, attack: 13, release: 21, pan: 0.34
        
      end
    end
    
    sleep 13
    
    with_synth :hollow do
      with_fx :reverb, phase_offset: fibodiv, phase: 89 do
        play :b3, amp: fibodiv, attack: 34, release: 55, pan: -0.89
        play :fs4, amp: fibodiv, attack: 34, release: 55, pan: 0.89
        
      end
    end
    
    sleep 55
    
    with_synth :dark_ambience do
      with_fx :ixi_techno, phase_offset: fibodiv, phase: 89 do
        play :b3, amp: fibodiv, attack: 55, release: 89, pan: -0.999999
        play :fs4, amp: fibodiv, attack: 55, release: 89, pan: 0.999999
        
      end
    end
    
    sleep 89
    
  end
  
end

x = fibo

y = x-0.01



in_thread do
  
  with_fx :reverb do
    
    #live_loop :arp1 do
    13.times do
      use_synth :tri
      play :b3, release: fibodiv, cutoff: rrand(90, fibobpm), mix: rrand(0.3,0.6), amp: rrand(0.3,0.9)
      sleep x
      #end
      use_synth :fm
      play :fs4, release: x, cutoff: rrand(60, fibobpm), amp: rrand(1.2,1.1)
      sleep x
      
      
      
      
      
    end
    #end
    
    #live_loop :arp2 do
    21.times do
      use_synth :tri
      play :b3, release: fibodiv, cutoff: rrand(90, 120), mix: rrand(0.3,0.6), amp: rrand(0.3,0.9)
      sleep y
      #end
      use_synth :fm
      play :fs4, release: y, cutoff: rrand(60, 120), amp: rrand(1.2,1.1)
      sleep y
    end
    #end
    
  end
  
end


in_thread do
  
  with_fx :compressor do
    
    21.times do
      with_fx :ixi_techno, mix: rrand(0.2, 0.6) do
        use_synth :fm
        play chord(:b3, :minor), amp: rrand(0.2,1.4), release: x, rate: x
        sleep x
      end
    end
    
    21.times do
      with_fx :ixi_techno, mix: rrand(0.2, 0.6) do
        use_synth :fm
        play chord(:fs4, :minor), amp: rrand(0.2,1.4), release: y, rate: y
        sleep y
      end
    end
    
  end
  
end


in_thread do
  
  with_fx :reverb do
    
    s = :elec_hollow_kick
    
    
    13.times do
      sample s, rate: fibo, cutoff: rrand(90, 120), amp: rrand(0.6,2.9)
      sleep x+dice
    end
    
    13.times do
      sample s, rate: fibo, cutoff: rrand(90, 120), amp: rrand(0.6,2.9)
      sleep y+dice
    end
    
    
    
  end
  
end
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I repost your code with a little Variation here: https://blog.bossasworld.de/2019/02/16/composition-1960-7/
thank you a lot

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This is awesome! Thanks for Sharing!