This patch came about as a sort of rewrite of a Max/MSP patch I wrote about a year ago, intended as a backing track for some live improvisation using contact mics. The Pd version is actually a less complicated patch but actually works better than the Max version.
It uses three oscillators the pitch of which is determined by randomly choosing from a set of midi note messages. The ADSR values are different for each synth (although I should experiment randomising the values for these envelopes). The speed of the [metro] can be changed and delay and reverb can be added.
In the end the synth was used as a backing track to a spoken word piece by me and Seth Guy, which will be released as a very limited edition together with doctored earbud headphones.
There are a couple of pieces made with an earlier version of the patch and also some short pieces using the original Max version here.
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