This is neat, it reminds me of the app 'Bloom' that Brian Eno and Peter Chilvers created a few years ago. It would be nice to have some sort of interface where the user could modify characteristics of the audio as I noticed that on refresh the engine is generating different tonalities.
One thing to watch out for is the CPU load on this, my Google Renderer process was pushing 100% when I ran the generator.
Cheers :) Yes, I was definitely inspired by Bloom, I used to listen to it a lot while working.
The original JS version (http://matt-diamond.com/drone.html ) has some control over the parameters, I was going for something a bit more minimal.
About the CPU usage, yes it's doing a lot of processing, or better to say, it's doing a few simple calculations very often. On my machine (Macbook Pro) it tops out at about 55%. Performance is on my todo list as it should be possible to leave it running for long periods without draining your battery. I'm sure there's plenty of room for optimisation.
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The original JS version (http://matt-diamond.com/drone.html ) has some control over the parameters, I was going for something a bit more minimal.
About the CPU usage, yes it's doing a lot of processing, or better to say, it's doing a few simple calculations very often. On my machine (Macbook Pro) it tops out at about 55%. Performance is on my todo list as it should be possible to leave it running for long periods without draining your battery. I'm sure there's plenty of room for optimisation.