Final piece at BathRuby 2016

bath_ruby_2016.rb

define :bo do |idx|
  "Users/xriley/Dropbox/Public/sounds/barack/b#{idx}.wav"
end

use_bpm 125

live_loop :heartbeat do
  sample :bd_tek, amp: 0, cutoff: (range 60, 90).mirror.tick
  sleep 1
end

live_loop :voice, sync: :heartbeat do
  sync :bass
  
  idx = (ramp *(range 1, 17)).tick
  with_fx :none, probability: 0.8, amp_min: 0.4 do
    with_fx :tanh, amp: 2 do
      sample bo(idx), rate: 0.9, amp: 2
      sleep sample_duration(bo(idx))
      sleep 4
    end
  end
end

live_loop :lead, sync: :aphex do
  with_fx :echo, mix: 0.2 do
    x = synth :chiplead,
      note: :d4,
      release: 0,
      sustain: [1,2,3.9].choose,
      note_slide: 0.04,
      amp: 0.5
    if spread(3,4).tick(:structure)
      16.times do
        control(x, note: scale(:d5, :minor_pentatonic).choose) if one_in(3)
        sleep 0.25
      end
    else
      16.times do
        control(x, note: scale(:d5, :minor_pentatonic, num_octaves: 2).each_cons(4).to_a.flatten.reverse.ring.tick(:solo))
        sleep 0.25
      end
    end
  end
end

live_loop :aphex, sync: :heartbeat do
  with_fx :none do
    16.times do
      sample all_sample_names.to_a.grep(/closed/).choose,
        sustain: 0.25,
        amp: 1.2,
        pan: rdist(0.5),
        on: spread(7,8).tick(:rhythm),
        cutoff: (range 90, 110).mirror.tick(:co)
      sleep 0.25
    end
  end
end

live_loop :pad, sync: :aphex do
  with_fx :slicer, probability: 0.8, cutoff_max: 100 do
    16.times do
      synth :prophet,
        amp: 1,
        note: (chord_degree (knit 1,8,2,8,4,8,1,8).tick(:chords), :d4, :dorian, 4),
        release: (knit 2,3,0.5,3,0.25,2).look(:chords),
        on: (spread 3, 8).tick
      sleep 0.25
    end
  end
end

live_loop :bass, sync: :aphex do
  use_transpose (ring 0, 0, 0, 5).tick(:transpose)
  
  16.times do
    synth :mod_fm, note: (knit :d2, 13, :c3, 2, :d3, 2, :a2, 1).to_a.shuffle.ring.tick(:n),
      amp: 1.5,
      on: (knit spread(5,16).tick, 8, 0, 4, 0, 2, 1, 2).tick(:break),
      release: 0.25,
      depth: (range 1, 4, 0.1).mirror.tick(:co)
    sleep 0.25
  end
end