Mimetic Sampling

Mimetic sampling is an experimental method for generating audio tracks that mimic another track. This is achieved through computer listening, tuned according to several parameters like sound timbre, notes or other musical characteristics.

The following pieces are made using my custom mimetic sampler that generates tracks using audio segments from some of my previous compositions.

Composite 35

Composite 35 is a short piece composed with a midi sequencer and mimetic sampling, in which simple midi tracks are replaced by ones generated using mimetic sampling.

Homochromie

Homochromie is a short piece for wind quintet and mimetic sampler. In this piece, casualness, space and query requests are the links between consonance and dissonance, coherence and incoherence, gesture and approval.

The mimetic sampler in Homochromie is used as a complement to the wind quintet track and merges with it into a larger orchestra in which electronics and acoustic instruments integrate together.

Last words

The mimetic samplers I wrote are heavily based on the FluCoMa project.

Audio files here are available under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 licence.