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by atorodius 1091 days ago
Related: http://cgm.cs.mcgill.ca/~godfried/publications/banff.pdf

I use a eucledian pattern generator to sequence some of my drums and voices in my eurorack modular synth and it works so well

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this paper is the real deal! However it might be a bit tough without context, which this post does decently:

https://medium.com/code-music-noise/euclidean-rhythms-391d87...

(it goes at length into the algorithms, but the intro is well enough; in the end you can hear some examples too)

I second the other post recommending the Tidalcycles music livecoding language, as it uses euclidean rhythms as a base from which you can compose on. Livecoding combined with euclideans is such an interesting musical paradigm that I'd name it as one of the widest musical revelations I had.

His book is really interesting too.