[linux-audio-user] fastbreeder (a genetic programming synth)

Florian Schmidt mista.tapas at gmx.net
Fri Feb 10 06:29:48 EST 2006


On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 10:39:15 -0000 (GMT)
"Dave Griffiths" <dave at pawfal.org> wrote:

> An experimental genetic programming synthesiser. This program is free
> software, developed for linux, using jack for audio.
> 
> Fastbreeder is essentially a 4 button synth. The idea is to grow code by
> choosing from a range of automatically generated variations of functions,
> you don't have to know how they work, but each function creates a sound
> which can be selected by you. The following generation is then created
> containing mutants of your chosen sound. You can refine and develop the
> sound just by auditioning and choosing the best one each time.
> 
> http://www.pawfal.org/Software/fastbreeder/
> 
> For those in the London UK area, I'm doing a short show and tell of this
> app at the next dorkbot: http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotlondon/

Way cool. It would be even more cool, if the produced patches were midi
triggerable. Still it's great fun to play with :)

Flo

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