f(t)27 / 35Acid
t^(t>>7)
A counter XORed with a shifted copy of itself. A programmer's trick that makes patterns.
The equation
t ⊕ (t ≫ 7)
What the equation decides
Where the acid line bites, slides and jumps an octave. Every 8 bars the accents walk one 16th earlier through the beat.
What was composed
Acid pitches, the filter's path, break drums and organ.
Score
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