SMILE – Generative Music Synth

This is an old project I made for university with some colleagues. It’s made in Max/MSP and it uses a simple generative algorithm to drive notes to 5 sound generators using FM synthesis. It can become addictive!

UPDATE: now available for free download! Try it here!

6 Responses to “SMILE – Generative Music Synth”

  1. JUST FOUND YOUR SMILE on youtube.. looks interesting.. is ist possible to try it out? or something similar.. i look for a simple software to create musically sound layers..

    best greetings

    B.B.
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  2. The project will not be improved further. But I’m asking my colleagues if they agree on making the app and the Max/MSP source available under Creative Commons. Keep an eye on the blog!

  3. yaeh, THIS is Nice one. I’ll put eye on it.
    I’m looking for something self generative too.
    (Nice work)so keep up. Let us try.

    best regards
    - māris

  4. now available for free download :]

    • YES* thank you a lot for making it possible to try this colourful litle machine.. it is really fun to play with it and let it play.. i still did not get really the point of it, but it makes sounds and reacts here and there to my inputs.. an adventure.. – i use the Max/MSP-runtime to play it.. i don’t know much about it sorrily.. – i can’t make changes to midi-setup and either can’t store patterns as presets.. is that because i use only the runtime?
      anyway: great piece of work, i will play further..
      best greetings
      Joern
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  5. unfortunatly you can’t add midi to smile with the runtime, and you can’t save patches ( our fault, it was just a prototype… ). if you got max you can make these changes yourself, and share the final product as you like, too! ( in the terms of the GPL license obviously ). glad you like and use it :]

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