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Author: sdbrown on August 10 2006

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--> I'm releasing version 1.0 of a cellular automata/MIDI mashup I wrote for the OS X platform. If you've got a host application that can output MIDI clock and can accept MIDI In from applications, you can make cool generative music. Requires OS X 10.4 as far as I know - please try it on older versions and let me know how it goes! Right now I've only tested it with Ableton Live...perhaps you guys can put it through its paces...

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08/11/06 + dude

just had a go on my G3-PB running 10.3.9, feeding it into logic pro 7 and evrything seems to be working fine (so far, only did a 5min quicky).
two 5cent-suggestions:
- output (optional) midi CC, so you can map it easily onto other parameters than pitch (imo, pitch is the most difficult parameter, when workin with automatas)
- some kind of trigger-mode instead of steady midiclock/beat. For example, whenever Mata receives a note-on event, it will output one data event.
But, to be honest, I don't really understand yet, how the cells get translated to the pitch values...so maybe a trigger-mode woudlnt make any sense at all...
but anyway, congrats on the app and keep up the good work!

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08/11/06 + sdbrown

Glad to hear it's working for you! MIDI CC is planned for v2.0. I've experimented with a trigger mode, but I think that there is some cool stuff you could do by interpreting the pitch of the note sent to Mata...maybe I should just implement the trigger first and get fancy with it later.

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