Sigh Interrupt Cycle by Max

Sigh Interrupt Cycle is a fixed media composition that utilizes the Mater Suspiriorum, Our Lady of Sighs digita/analog synthesizer and live coding to generate the timbres of the composition. This composition explores the possible harsh static sounds of the Mother of Sighs synth combined with granulated feedback and “pure” sounds taken form in low and high pitched sine tones. Other sounds and patterns in the composition are taken from live coding with a custom sample library taken from the Mother of Sighs sound generated in the composition in the TidalCycles environment. This environment allowed for unpredictable patterns to form using the sounds of the composition to add shifting layers that feel organic. TidalCycles also allowed for custom programmed pattern based effects in Supercollider that would only apply an effect to a certain sound in a loop every n amount of cycles. Each time the sample would cycle the effect would possibly engage with a weighted possibility of occurring and randomized parameters of the engaged effect.