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Thoughts from the mind of Sumit Das, 15-07-2002:

>[IFS]
>  > This is a fun idea :-).  The process is much akin to how fractals
>>  like the Koch-curve are generated.  Did he use just plain chromatic
>>  notes, or did he use micro-tonalities as well?  I would think that
>>  with chromatic notes you would very soon run out of sufficient
>>  different pitches to be able to iterate the process any longer.
>
>Just chromatic notes.  He didn't actually subdivide pitch changes,
>they were instead transposed, does this make sense?

Ah, yes, I see...  I'd automatically assumed that the pitch intervals 
were scaled as well.  This approach is a lot simpler...

>Your suggestion sounds interesting, but that would make it much 
>harder to hear the self-similarity, I think.

Well, it depends on what the purpose is.  If you want to hear the 
self similarity _as such_, then yes, you're right.  If you just want 
to use some fractal-ish process to create interesting sounds, then 
that doesn't matter of course.

>I always wanted to carry this process down to the sample level,
>but I never had time to try it.

Ahw, you're just lazy... :-)

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