{"id":20881,"date":"2024-01-16T19:15:05","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T00:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reactivemusic.net\/?p=20881"},"modified":"2024-01-17T01:15:10","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T06:15:10","slug":"milford-graves-meets-buffer-shuffler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reactivemusic.net\/?p=20881","title":{"rendered":"Milford Graves Experiment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Milford Graves was one of my all time favorite musicians. His approach to percussion, and music generally, was unique in a way that defies explanation.<\/p>\n<p>I sampled a bunch of clips of his drumming into Ableton live and then experimented with the Buffer Shuffler 2.0 device to see if I could randomize small slices, ie., several seconds each, of longer samples &#8211; without losing the &#8220;texture&#8221; of the original recordings.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-20882\" src=\"https:\/\/reactivemusic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-16-at-7.05.38-PM-300x205.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reactivemusic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-16-at-7.05.38-PM-300x205.png 300w, https:\/\/reactivemusic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-16-at-7.05.38-PM-1024x701.png 1024w, https:\/\/reactivemusic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-16-at-7.05.38-PM-768x525.png 768w, https:\/\/reactivemusic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-16-at-7.05.38-PM-1536x1051.png 1536w, https:\/\/reactivemusic.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-16-at-7.05.38-PM.png 1862w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here is an example of what it sounds like:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Milford Graves random shuffle test\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6iiE-kq2RWM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This video shows a clip from David Murray\u2019s \u201cReal Deal\u201d running through Buffer Shuffler using slices only about 2-3 seconds in length. The slicing rate is just arbitrary, since there is no warping or specific clock pulse.<\/p>\n<p>Local files: tkzic\/aardvark\/milfordgraves1 project\/milfordgraves1a.als<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Milford Graves was one of my all time favorite musicians. His approach to percussion, and music generally, was unique in a way that defies explanation. I sampled a bunch of clips of his drumming into Ableton live and then experimented with the Buffer Shuffler 2.0 device to see if I could randomize small slices, ie., &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reactivemusic.net\/?p=20881\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Milford Graves Experiment&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[277,230,142,19,9],"tags":[34,58,343,134,342],"class_list":["post-20881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ableton-live-projects","category-development","category-ideas","category-improvisation","category-music-production","tag-ableton-live","tag-audio","tag-improvisation","tag-max-for-live","tag-music-production"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Milford Graves Experiment - reactive music<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/reactivemusic.net\/?p=20881\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Milford Graves Experiment - reactive music\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Milford Graves was one of my all time favorite musicians. 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