Chaotic Synthesis Example 2
Illustrates the use of the "Chaotic Control Generator 2" to create amplitude and frequency frequency input signals for the
Controllable Combo Oscillator. The result is a sequence of tones which follows the behaviour of Henon's chaotic
strange attractor at the core of the "Chaotic Control Generator 2" block. The time histories of the two states of the Henon
strange attractor are the outputs of the "Chaotic Control Generator 2" block. These are mapped into the frequency and
amplitude of the controllable oscillator. The "Control Smoothers" are used to soften the frequency and amplitude
transitions, and the "Large Control Gains" are used to scale the control signals onto the desired
frequency and amplitude ranges.
Experiment with all settings of all blocks to explore the chaotic behaviour of the strange attractor and its interesting musical
connotations!
[Refs: (1) "Introduction to Applied Mathematics", Gilbert Strang, Wellesley-Cambridge Press, 1986. p 504-505.
(2) "Chaos: making a new science", James Gleick, Penguin Books, 1987, p 149-151.]
