Title:			RIFF
Author:			Denis Howe (dbh@doc.ic.ac.uk)
Version:		0.01
Title From:		Documentation
Author From:		Documentation
Version From:		Documentation
Supplier:		Denis Howe (dbh@doc.ic.ac.uk)
Date:			10/01/95
Keywords:		Music
Shareware:		No
Machine:		Archimedes
Operating system:	RISCOS
Memory requirements:	
Peripherals needed:	MIDI podule (V3) with MIDI_FastClock SWI
Other s/ware needed:	
Directory:		micros/arch/riscos/c193
Date mounted/updated:	16/01/95
File names:		riff.arc
Unarchived files:	5
Unarchived size:	12 kbytes
Omissions:		
See also:		

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Acquiring the package:

Download the archive file(s) and extract using SparkPlug 2
(see the "tools_help" file in micros/arch/riscos/tools for further info).


Description:

Riff generates random repeating patterns on an attached MIDI instrument.
A new note is added each time the pattern is played unless the note chosen
would be unharmonious in the position chosen for it.  Sometimes a section
of the pattern is copied to one or more other locations in the pattern,
possibly with a pitch shift and with channels interchanged.  Very
occasionally the pattern is cleared completely and the whole ghastly
business starts again, probably producing a different pattern.  The tempo
also changes randomly between certain limits.

If you like this kind of infinitely boring music (I love it!) you should
hear "Drumming" by Steve Reich or anything by Philip Glass or Micheal
Nyman.