BlowFly
I've taken the Bezier sound engine of Quad-Klanger, and applied the principles of Dynamic Stochastic Synthesis to it. In other words, with BlowFly the composer sets a few probability distribution parameters and the values of movement boundaries, and then the app generates a soundscape by manipulating the shape and wavelength of the curve from one cycle to the next.
Weird and unpredictable is an understatement - the resulting sounds can be subtle and mellow one moment and angry, twisted and distorted the next.
After the screenshot is links to the kind of sounds this thing can produce - the first is with the settings shown on the screenshot, and the next few with various changes to the settings; in a couple of cases with changes made as the sound plays along. Be sure to also check out the video with yours truly explaining the theory behind this synth, and featuring yet more sounds.
Weird and unpredictable is an understatement - the resulting sounds can be subtle and mellow one moment and angry, twisted and distorted the next.
After the screenshot is links to the kind of sounds this thing can produce - the first is with the settings shown on the screenshot, and the next few with various changes to the settings; in a couple of cases with changes made as the sound plays along. Be sure to also check out the video with yours truly explaining the theory behind this synth, and featuring yet more sounds.
BlowFly Application Description File
'PAD' files are datasets which allow software authors to communicate specific and most often requested information about their products to online communities in a concise and standard way. This PAD file is in XML format (data can be extracted and parsed using standard XML toolkits):
| blowfly.xml |
BlowFly Download
| blowflyv101.zip |
Simply unzip the contents of this file into any directory on your hard drive, and double-click on 'BlowFly101.exe' to launch the application.
System Requirements
Minimum Hardware: Intel Pentium 2, 500MHz. 512MB RAM
Operating System: Windows 2000, XP, 7. I have successfully installed and run the application on these platforms, but should also work with Windows Vista.
Operating System: Windows 2000, XP, 7. I have successfully installed and run the application on these platforms, but should also work with Windows Vista.