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Blown away that this can become this

Someday I’ll investigate this more seriously but for now here’s ChatGPT-4’s explanation of the code:

// licensed with CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
// by Felix Roos
samples({ p: 'https://cdn.freesound.org/previews/648/648433_11943129-lq.mp3' })

s("p")
  .loopAt(32)
  .chop(128)
  .jux(rev)
  .shape(.4)
  .decay(.1)
  .sustain(.6)

Here's a breakdown of the code:

• samples({ p: 'https://cdn.freesound.org/previews/648/648433_11943129-lq.mp3' }): This line loads an audio sample from the specified URL and assigns it to the variable p.
• s("p"): This line selects the sample p as the sound source.
• .loopAt(32): This line sets the loop length of the sample to 32 cycles.
• .chop(128): This line slices the sample into 128 equal pieces, which can be rearranged and played back individually.
• .jux(rev): This line applies the rev (reverse) function to every second repetition of the sample, creating a juxtaposition effect.
• .shape(.4): This line applies a wave shaping distortion effect to the sound, with an intensity of 0.4 (on a scale from 0 to 1).
• .decay(.1): This line sets the decay time of the sound envelope to 0.1 (10% of the cycle duration).
• .sustain(.6): This line sets the sustain level of the sound envelope to 0.6 (60% of the maximum amplitude).

By chaining these effects and manipulations together, the code creates a unique, transformed version of the original sound sample.

Taking some learning from that, here’s a haunting variation:

samples({ p: 'https://cdn.freesound.org/previews/648/648433_11943129-lq.mp3' })

s("p")
  // .loopAt(32)
  .loopAt(48)
  // .chop(128)
  .chop(4)
  .jux(rev)
  .shape(.2)
  .decay(.1)
  .sustain(.8)
  
  

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