Feat: improving MIDI

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@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@ Sequences of values drive music: arpeggios, parameter sweeps, rhythmic patterns.
100 0.5 4 geom.. ;; 100 50 25 12.5
```
Musical use -- build a harmonic series:
Build a harmonic series:
```forth
110 2 5 geom.. 5 rev note
110 2 5 geom.. 5 rev freq
```
That gives you 110, 220, 440, 880, 1760 (reversed), ready to feed into `note` or `freq`.
That gives you 110, 220, 440, 880, 1760 (reversed), ready to feed into `freq`.
## Computed Sequences
@@ -73,14 +73,6 @@ The distinction: `gen` is for building data. `times` is for doing things.
These give you raw indices as data on the stack. This is different from `bjork` and `pbjork` (covered in the Randomness tutorial), which execute a quotation on matching steps. `euclid` gives you numbers to work with; `bjork` triggers actions.
Use euclid indices to pick notes from a scale:
```forth
: pick ( ..vals n i -- val ) rot drop swap ;
c4 d4 e4 g4 a4 ;; pentatonic scale on the stack
3 8 euclid ;; get 3 hit positions
```
## Transforming Sequences
Four words reshape values already on the stack. All take n (the count of items to operate on) from the top:
@@ -143,39 +135,4 @@ Or replicate a value for batch processing:
0.5 4 dupn 4 sum ;; 2.0
```
## Combining Techniques
An arpeggio that shuffles every time the step plays:
```forth
c4 e4 g4 b4 4 shuffle
drop drop drop ;; keep only the first note
note sine s .
```
Parameter spread across voices -- four sines with geometrically spaced frequencies:
```forth
220 1.5 4 geom..
4 { @i 1 + pick note sine s . } times
```
Euclidean rhythm driving note selection from a generated sequence:
```forth
3 8 euclid ;; 3 hit indices
```
A chord built from a range, then sorted high to low:
```forth
60 67 .. 8 rsort
```
Rhythmic density control -- generate hits, keep only the loud ones:
```forth
{ 0.0 1.0 rand } 8 gen
```
The generator words produce raw material. The transform words shape it. Together they let you express complex musical ideas in a few words.