Aug 28, 2022
I finally got started with some programming 😭 this little raspberry pi and their courses for kids
Made this little music that my speakers hated but I loved making it and I’m literally feeling so autistic (jovial) this evening.
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I finally got started with some programming 😭 this little raspberry pi and their courses for kids
Made this little music that my speakers hated but I loved making it and I’m literally feeling so autistic (jovial) this evening.
Using Sonic Pi for Hypnosis
This post shows how you can make a visual soundscape using Sonic Pi for live experiences and for hypnotic mixtapes. It’s a follow-on from Enhancing Hypnosis with Sound.
Sonic Pi is a really cool way to make music, but in this case we’re more interested in the ability to play samples. Here, we’re going to use several samples from @ellaenchanting‘s Direct Suggestion and Mantras and Baseline Induction, taken with permission.
heartbeat.wav
feels_good_to_breathe.wav
focus.wav
relax.wav
words_are_your_thoughts.wav
getting_sleepy.wav
Here’s the code tying them together.
samples = "K:/public/binauralhistolog/sonic_pi/samples" patter = samples + "/patter" background = samples + "/background" use_bpm 60 use_random_seed Random.rand(1..1000) live_loop :heartbeat do sample background, :heartbeat sleep 1 end in_thread do loop do clip = rand_i 10 s = sample patter, clip, amp: 2 sleep 6 end end
What Sonic Pi looks like when you’re running it is pretty simple. You edit the code in the left hand side, and on the right you see the clips and the result.
The samples are referenced by pointing to a directory using a sample pack, which lets us refer to samples by name, i.e. in sample background, :heartbeat, amp: 0.5, the background directory is used and then the :heartbeat refers to the heartbeat.wav file. It will cache the sample directory, so if you add any files to it after it’s already running then you have to reboot in order to get it to read the directory again.
Here’s an example of what it sounds like. This contains suggestions to relax, so do not listen to this while driving or operating heavy machinery.
example_patter.wav
This barely scratches the surface of what you can do with sonic pi. For example, binaural beats are stupid simple in Sonic Pi . You specify play 52, pan: 1 for the left ear and play 53, pan:-1 for the right ear, and that’s it. I have not worked out what tones work out to the best beats, but it’s very easy to experiment with.
I’ve really only scratched the surface here. You can make a whole bunch of statements, and play them in order, or play them as subliminals. You can pan on the fly. You can do live coding and add extra samples and background music on the fly.
You can see all the files at https://keybase.pub/binauralhistolog/sonic_pi/ and download and play with them yourself.
Another one in a series of Sonic Pi posts, see previous.
I’m playing around with the panning feature. This is using a single sample from @ellaenchanting, but pans and stretches it and plays it at odd times.
The effect is intentionally confusing, and works best with headphones.
samples = "K:/public/binauralhistolog/sonic_pi/samples" patter = samples + "/patter" use_bpm 120 invert = 0 # pans from left to right, right to left live_loop :moving do with_fx :panslicer, phase: 5, wave: 2, invert_wave: invert do sample patter, :relax, amp: 2, beat_stretch: 5 if (invert == 0) then invert = 1 # pan from left else invert = 0 # pan from right end sleep 5 end end # only in left ear live_loop :left do loop do sleep 13 sample patter, :relax, amp: 2, pan: -1 end end # only in right ear live_loop :right do loop do sleep 11 sample patter, :relax, amp: 2, pan: 1 end end
Enhancing Hypnosis with Sound
@digitalswitchgamine and @enscenic did a great session on Music in Hypnosis at Mindquake. I didn’t quite get how music works with hypnosis until I was at the class, and then I got it, and it clicked.
What’s the first thing we know? What’s the first thing we have in our awareness?
A beat.
The first music we establish as children is banging to create a rhythm. We know instinctively a faster beat has more energy, and a slower beat is relaxing. There’s no words involved. Words come after.
Even the words are indistinct. We hear the tone and melody of speech way before we understand the content, and we respond to it.
I think all of this is relevant to hypnosis. I know there’s a speed and a rhythm to street hypnosis, emphasized by finger snapping. The tone and melody in stage hypnosis has to be commanding and even, and becomes more energetic when suggestions are given, and some hypnotists use background music to set the scene.
Even in a standard scene, non-verbal cues are probably more signal than noise. I’d say maybe half of hypnotic patter is word salad lullabies, and it’s the underlying rhythm and flow that deepens trance.
It’s the same with suggestions. There’s a step and a rhythm to it, and the emotion behind words are as important as the words themselves.
This leads into the next question, which is... what can you do with it?
I’m thinking specifically of what you can do with sound in the context of a live hypnosis session, either as a stage act or one on one. Youtube and MP3s are fine as far as they go, but they lack the ability to put multiple layers together or freestyle effectively.
I think something like Sonic Pi would work really well, because it’s an interactive system you can change on the fly. Even something simple like setting up a heartbeat and slowing it very gradually as you deepen could have a lovely calming effect.
Sonic Pi has a bunch more features, of course. You can sample heartbeats, waves on the beach, and so on, and track that to a session, and change the variables in real time. You can even use the pan synth option to set up binaural beats, which work nicely for some people.
What are people using currently? Any tips?
I am aware of Tumblr's new policies and I am pretty sure I'm in the clear.
Two weeks ago, this entire Tumblr was deleted / terminated / gone for about four hours. I think it got flagged as pornbot spam. Support looked at it, said I could have it back, and also said the tumblr has been whitelisted, so I don't get automatically eaten by the "moderation at scale" langoliers.
If it all goes to crap, I'm on https://binauralhistolog.keybase.pub.
So this has nothing to do with hypnosis, but this is another sonic pi post in a series and it may cheer you up. Steve Reich's Clapping Music in Sonic Pi, modified from miskatonic university.
use_bpm 300 load_sample :perc_snap load_sample :perc_snap2 clapping = [1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0] 13.times do |cycle| puts "Cycle: #{cycle}" 4.times do |reps| 12.times do |beat| sample :perc_snap, pan: -0.5 if clapping[beat] == 1 sample :perc_snap2, attack: 0.05, pan: 0.5 if clapping[(cycle + beat) % 12] == 1 sleep 1 end end end
I programmed "Travelers" from Outer Wilds in Sonic PI! I admit I'm no musician, but this was fun to do.
Each Traveler has a phase-shifted volume cycle, so each fades in and out. Hopefully this is similar to using the singalscope as planets move around the solar system.
If you want to view the code or modify it, I've posted it on my GitHub here.
久しぶりにSonic piでBGMを作る
2021/11/24(Wed.)
映像にあてるBGMの依頼があり、リズムマシンなども試した結果、Sonic PIを使って制作することにしました。リズムマシンでリズムを組んでDAWソフト内で音を弄ってもよいのですが、なかなかDAW作業に慣れず、どうしてもノイジーな音源になってしまいます。その点、Sonic PIで制作すると自分がプログラミングに慣れていないおかげで、音の選択肢が狭いなかで制作を進めるので聴きやすい音源になります。制約があるからこそ情報が削ぎ落とされる印象です。 とりあえずプリセットの音源で作曲・プログラミング作業を進め、音源別に録音してから、最終的にDAWで音を整えます。久しぶりの作曲でしたが以前より素早く制作できるようになってきました。
CatSynth Pic: Mae and Sonic Pi
Mae returns to the pages of CatSynth. This time she is reviewing code in Sonic Pi, a popular live-coding music system.
Submitted by Alessandro Cilano via our Facebook page.
I have never used Sonic Pi myself, but I am now curious to take a look at it given that it combines my interest in programming languages and electronic music.
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CatSynth Pic: Mae and Sonic Pi was originally published on CatSynth