Lost Radiophonics

video upload by UncertainMusicCorps

"I was given the opportunity to sample audio from a very early example of a domestic radio receiver, built in around 1925, probably designed receive some of the earliest broadcasts by the BBC.

The recordings were made using both a contact mic on the radio headset and Soma Labs Ether 'anti-radio' (which felt kind of poetic).

I curated the recordings into usable samples, converted to SF2 format and imported into Wotja to generate the soundtrack to this short video.

Huge thanks to Lostwithel Museum for indulging me despite their bewilderment.

https://www.lostwithielmuseum.org"

Wingie automation

video upload by UncertainMusicCorps

"Digging deeper into the midi implementation of Wingie v2 led to this little proof of concept.

As in the previous video, Wotja is providing the audio for Wingie to feed on and is generating midi to control the pitches of its two voices.

This time, Wotja is also using midi CC0 to change at random the voice types used by Wingie's two channels. The changes are flagged by colour changes of the LEDs on the right side of Wingie's front panel.

I limited the change options to exclude 'cave' mode on this occasion."

See the Meng Qi label below for more.

9º Mostly Cloudy

video upload by UncertainMusicCorps

"An exploration of Strega and Wotja concerning the gentle art of sonic deterioration."

Heat haze

video by UncertainMusicCorps

"What else to do on a hot day?
Mostly this is all about the drones, with 4MS SWN and ENOsc tag teaming to create shifting, shimmering moods. Soft piano highlights come from DistingEX driven by Wotja 21 via midi (unseen as its on the other side of the room). Gentle manual curation on modular and mixer to follow wherever all this might lead."

Ebb ensemble

UncertainMusicCorps

"First melodic runout for the 4ms Ensemble Oscillator which is providing an ebb and flow texture, following a grainy lead voice from Plaits. 4ms SWN provides the backdrop. Wotja 20 from http://www.intermorphic.com drives via Shuttle Control"

Grayce (Decay Study II)

Published on Aug 19, 2018 UncertainMusicCorps

"Dual Looping Delay combines with Wotja to generate continuously evolving melodic ambience.

The DLD is clocked via midi despite the manual advising against external clocking (as the internal one is far more accurate). But, in this case, the occasional clock glitch generates some lovely random grace notes on the delay tails. The rewards of uncertainty...

Lead voice is from Shapeshifter. Bass voice is Warps and Braids layered.

Recorded live direct to the camera.

Info about Wotja here https://intermorphic.com/wotja/

A more extended, audio only take of the same system is here

https://soundcloud.com/umcorps/grayce-ii"

Decay Study

Published on Aug 8, 2018 UncertainMusicCorps

"Using the analogue style delay in MI Warps/Parasites firmware to create a distressed kind of time lag accumulator. Drone Commander provides percussive effects. A simple wave fold lead from MI Braids feeds the delay. Shapeshifter provides a secondary reinforcing voice.
Clock, notes and modulation source provided by Intermorphic Wotja on iOS running directly into Shuttle Control

Headphones recommended"

Ceem three

Published on Jul 31, 2017 UncertainMusicCorps

"Short study in generative polyphony. Shapeshifter provides duophonic pad, augmented by chord mode on osc 1. Braids plus processing gives a lead voice. DC adds some subtle sonic distress. Wotja is the glue that holds it all together."

Wotja 2017 Generative Music for iOS

The original version of Wotja was first featured with the Apple Watch back in 2015. It was again featured in 2016 in this modular video by UncertainMusicCorps.

Details on Wotja 2017 via iTunes:

"Looking to create beautiful royalty-free "ambient" music and/or new melody ideas? Need an aid to relaxation & sleep? Get Wotja 2017! Users say: "Best generative music app", "best MIDI composition tool in my toolkit", "hands down the best generative software that I have ever used", "Love Wotja!".

Wotja 2017 is the paid for version of Wotja and has the same capabilities as Wotja (Unlocked). It has no In-App Store, no In-App Subscriptions and will be updated in tandem with the subscription version up until the end of 2017. If you want *further updates* after this time you would need to purchase the *next* paid for version.

Alternatively, get the FREE version of Wotja and purchase one of the In-App Subscription tiers. These are: Wotja (Unlocked) or, for extended Music Play Times, a range of specialist "Wotja XT" tiers.

GENERATIVE MUSIC:
Mixing, composing & designing YOUR OWN custom generative music can be creatively rewarding on so many levels. It's like enjoying freshly brewed coffee; there's nothing quite like it.

You don't need to be a musician to enjoy Wotja and anyone can learn to master its power - see our helpful video tutorials!

USE WOTJA TO:
• Create & record high quality, royalty-free totally custom generative music such as ambient, drone, relaxation, mindfulness, sleep, soundscape, experimental, EDM
• Create melodies using "Text-to-Music"; use text in ANY language and/or emoji
• Help break writer's block with new ideas for lyrics, songs, poems, haiku, stories, copy writing etc.
• Experiment with generative (MIDI) music composition & sound design
• Drive other MIDI synths via MIDI Out
• Just relax!

KEY FEATURES (SMALL SELECTION):
• Up to 48 independent content cells in 12 tracks for mixing/generative cell sequencing
• Hundreds of customisable "generative music" templates & associated sound designs
• "IME" Generative MIDI Music Engine with over 130 user-editable parameters including "Text-to-Music"
• "ISE" Sound Engine with powerful multi-unit modular synth, FX, General MIDI set + high quality SF2 files (use your own, too)
• "ITE" Cut-up Text Engine with support for word locking, syllables, word alternatives, 5 source fields, user editable word library & word bank
• ISE Network Editor for designing custom synth networks
• 1 hour Music Play Time (actually 8 hr 53 min for Wotja *2017*)
• Make + export/share mixdown recordings (48Khz Stereo WAV, MIDI)
• Create shareable play lists of mixes
• Adjust mix tempo, root, randomisation settings etc.
• Use add on content Paks that include WAV/Ogg loops & SF2
• Multi-channel MIDI out via CoreMIDI & Virtual MIDI
• Support for Inter-App Audio & Audiobus 2/3
• Support for iCloud & iCloud Drive
• Open Noatikl & Mixtikl files
• So much more… see our website!"

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Inauguration (Non measurement)

Published on Jul 16, 2017 UncertainMusicCorps

"First in what is planned to be a series of works using a very compact and self-contained modular system (known here as Tiny Dynamite v2) primarily under generative control via Wotja (by Intermorphic) on iOS.

In the spirit of the project, it seemed only right that a cut-up John Cage should act as MC.

As ever the recording is direct to camera and unedited. Headphones are recommended.

The layout of Tiny Dynamite can be seen in detail here https://www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/view/461188

Information about Wotja is here http://intermorphic.com"

Apple Watch: First ever generative music piece made on Apple Watch?

Published on Jul 1, 2015 Intermorphic

"This generative music piece/composition was made with the Wotja Watch App (WWA) on Apple Watch paired with an iPhone running Wotja 2.

Wotja: http://intermorphic.com/wotja

Pete and I obviously made quite a few pieces whilst building/testing the first Wotja Watch App (it comes with Wotja 2.0), but this is somehow the first one I thought to create and then record to video. It's not an example of excellence per se, but more just a bit of fun to mark the start of the next chapter in what we hope is a long and exciting journey for Wotja.

How it was done:
On the Apple Watch I used Siri to enter the text into the WWA and I then changed some of the melodic composition settings, volumes and the tempo. I also tried different included players/backing to find what I felt worked well for this piece. I turned off all the Shuffle toggles and then pressed randomise to get a colour theme.

Once I was happy with my wotja, I hooked up my iPhone 5 and recorded it to video on my Mac. I even started/stopped the wotja and and tweaked the volumes in it with the WWA :).

Finally, using Wotja on my iPhone I emailed myself the file I made (just for posterity), and then emailed myself the Wotja Music URL. If you have Wotja or Wotja FREE you can visit it to play it.

Play it now: http://goo.gl/VQiyHE.

Note: The Wotja Music URL contain the melody that the text created, but not the text itself (had I used any emojis, though, they would have been included); to share something that included the text as well, you would need to share the file.

Our thanks
We thank our wives and families for their forbearance and support in allowing us to keep going on our generative journey that we first set out on in 1990 with SSEYO Koan. A lot of ground has been covered in those intervening 25 years, but it often feels like we have barely reached the foothills of those mountains in the distance we can see. We give special thanks to our good friends and fellow journeymen Timothy Didymus and Mark Harrop without whose help we would have given up long ago and also to our other collaborators, customers and friends throughout the years.

And, of course, we also thank you for listening... We hope that maybe you, too, will want to try creating your own, personal relaxing wotjas. They are fun and easy to make and easy to share!

Tim & Pete

Tim Cole: http://colartz.com"

via Palm Sounds