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Composing Fractal Music with Csound (Hearing the Mandelbrot Set) Brian Evans lightspace Studios brian@lightspace.com

Introduction The Basic Algorithm Calculating a Score (sonic line vs image plane) Simple Mapping with Csound Pitch Range and Event Length Final Thoughts References Code/Sound Examples Create a Score! Misc. Images

Csound source examples (orc and sco) Sound examples (aiff/22K mono) mandel.orc mandel_hz.orc mandel.sco example1.sco example1.mp3 (1 voice) Score 1 Score 2 mandel96-1.sco mandel96-2.sco mandel96-3.sco mandel96-4.sco mandel48-1.sco mandel48-2.sco mandel48-3.sco mandel48-4.sco mandel96.mp3 (4 voices) mandel48.mp3 (4 voices) Score 3 Score 4 mandel28-1.sco mandel28-2.sco mandel28-3.sco mandel28-4.sco mandel24-1.sco mandel24-2.sco mandel24-3.sco mandel24-4.sco mandel28.mp3 (4 voices) mandel24.mp3 (4 voices) Use the back arrow in the web browser to return to this page from a source listing. all music © Brian Evans 1997

Example1
mandel96
mandel48
mandel28
mandel24