alt Hacker NewsThere are so many resources around timbrel construction and manipulation, but never enough about the rhythmic domain. This book being another example.
I've read Godfried Toussaint's book, and looking for more recommendations in this area.
I've been tinkering with a cybernetic folk drumming project, and trying to create rhythms using oscillators, with beats triggered at zero-crossings, so I can build and manipulated patterns in real-time. (demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVlgPoTpL94) Results have been interesting, but perhaps not "good" in Toussaint's sense. I'm hoping to find a model that works better. Advice and pointers appreciated.
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One thing that could be great for experiments is Eurorack modules. There are I feel about thousand modules for drum patterns - Euclidean (like https://modulargrid.net/e/vpme-de-euclidean-circles-v2- ), but also plenty others, starting from Mutable Instrument Grids (https://modulargrid.net/e/mutable-instruments-grids). I think it's a much faster way to hands-on experiment than writing code. Also with Eurorack the only interface between modules is analog voltage which means clock, triggers, pulses, low frequency and audio frequency can be freely mixed (a common way to abuse this is to generate lower frequency audio using clock dividers, /2 from 800Hz audio gives you 400Hz square wave etc).
Ah and most of that can be also explored without a physical rack using VCVRack.
Creating Rhythms by Hollos and Hollos. I am not much of a fan of it but my expectations were high, the person who recommended it to me made it out to be exactly what I was looking for and it was not at all what I was looking for. It primarily focuses on things of Euclidean Rhythms ilk, simple to execute but can be quite effective. Despite not being what I was after I think I got my $10 worth.
McLean, Alex, Giovanni Fanfani, and Ellen Harlizius-Klück. "Cyclic patterns of movement across weaving, epiplokē and live coding." Dancecult: Journal of Electronic Dance Music Culture 10.1 (2018).
McLean, Alex. "Algorithmic Pattern." NIME. 2020.