# New Ideas

**URL:** https://discourse.flucoma.org/c/new-ideas/7.md

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## [About the New Ideas category](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/about-the-new-ideas-category/31)

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**Author:** [@tremblap](https://discourse.flucoma.org/u/tremblap)\
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This is a place where blue sky ideas of what the toolbox could do for you, how it could be stirred or extended, from an aesthetics/musical and/or a technological and/or a workflow standpoint.

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## [Hz - pitch detection algorithm](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/hz-pitch-detection-algorithm/2574)

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**Author:** [@rodrigo.constanzo](https://discourse.flucoma.org/u/rodrigo.constanzo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2026, 1:08pm UTC](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/hz-pitch-detection-algorithm/2574 "2026-06-19T13:08:19Z")

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Was following along with this blog series from Cycfi research (the company that makes the pickup/sensors I’ve been using in recent builds) and they have a series on “Enhanced Pitch Detection Techniques”, which I found in…

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## [FR: More control over all the normalizers](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/fr-more-control-over-all-the-normalizers/2800)

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**Author:** [@rodrigo.constanzo](https://discourse.flucoma.org/u/rodrigo.constanzo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2026, 1:38pm UTC](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/fr-more-control-over-all-the-normalizers/2800 "2026-06-13T13:38:38Z")

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So I’ve had a couple of tricky issues with normalization recently and want to float it out there that perhaps having more control in the normalizers would be useful. The first issue is when working with different kinds …

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## [Easier way to concatenate datasets](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/easier-way-to-concatenate-datasets/819)

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**Author:** [@rodrigo.constanzo](https://discourse.flucoma.org/u/rodrigo.constanzo)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [May 26, 2026, 1:58pm UTC](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/easier-way-to-concatenate-datasets/819 "2026-05-26T13:58:40Z")

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In my larger analysis patch I have 4 datasets which I then stitch together at the end of the process. At the moment this requires me dumping through various temp datasets, which is clunky as it is, but this post is more …

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## [Multiple sources and evolving probabilities with fluid.bufnmfcross~](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/multiple-sources-and-evolving-probabilities-with-fluid-bufnmfcross/2777)

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**Author:** [@amundsen](https://discourse.flucoma.org/u/amundsen)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2026, 1:08pm UTC](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/multiple-sources-and-evolving-probabilities-with-fluid-bufnmfcross/2777 "2026-04-15T13:08:43Z")

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Imagine having a series of source buffer instead of only one. Then with a list of probabilities evolving in time (maybe with a multichannel buffer), it would make the source change gradually over time.

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## [Continuous Training in the Cloud](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/continuous-training-in-the-cloud/2757)

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**Author:** [@heretogo](https://discourse.flucoma.org/u/heretogo)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [March 22, 2026, 3:20pm UTC](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/continuous-training-in-the-cloud/2757 "2026-03-22T15:20:20Z")

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Dear FluCoMa community, I’m posting to describe a project that I’m working on in collaboration with @amgum. We want to “productionize” a ML workflow using the FluCoMa libraries (i.e. create a continuous training pipelin…

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## [PESTO - pitch detection algorithm](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/pesto-pitch-detection-algorithm/2740)

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**Author:** [@rodrigo.constanzo](https://discourse.flucoma.org/u/rodrigo.constanzo)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2026, 4:50pm UTC](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/pesto-pitch-detection-algorithm/2740 "2026-02-13T16:50:43Z")

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Much like the Hz thread from a while back I came across this newer algorithm today by Sony called PESTO : Pitch Estimation with Self-supervised Transposition-equivariant Objective. Basically a neural pitch detection a…

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## [Slice Visualisation](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/slice-visualisation/140)

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**Author:** [@jamesbradbury](https://discourse.flucoma.org/u/jamesbradbury)\
**Replies:** 24\
**Last updated:** [December 6, 2025, 2:58am UTC](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/slice-visualisation/140 "2025-12-06T02:58:55Z")

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This is pretty far down the list of interesting things to code, but would it be possible to create a visualiser for the slicing objects? Something in jsui would be neat where you pass it the source buffer and slices buff…

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## [Sensory Social](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/sensory-social/2312)

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**Author:** [@heretogo](https://discourse.flucoma.org/u/heretogo)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2025, 2:19am UTC](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/sensory-social/2312 "2025-10-02T02:19:38Z")

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I am working on a piece of para-academic critical writing on the topic of the relationship between music, technology and society through the lens of neurodiversity. It exists in the form of an introductory text and an ou…

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## [conTorchionist](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/contorchionist/2655)

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**Author:** [@zepadovani](https://discourse.flucoma.org/u/zepadovani)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/contorchionist/2655 "2025-09-21T15:22:07Z")

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Hi, this is conTorchionist (or its embryonic version, I would say): https://github.com/ecrisufmg/contorchionist It’s a project that is in its very early stages, but I thought it was worth announcing here, not so much fo…

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## [FluCoMa for CSound and Chuck?](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/flucoma-for-csound-and-chuck/2642)

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**Author:** [@woodwindblues](https://discourse.flucoma.org/u/woodwindblues)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 31, 2025, 8:18am UTC](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/flucoma-for-csound-and-chuck/2642 "2025-08-31T08:18:44Z")

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Hello everyone, I was wondering if there are any plans on porting FluCoMa to more languages, especially CSound and Chuck?

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## [Audio rate MLPRegressor](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/audio-rate-mlpregressor/2321)

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**Author:** [@spluta](https://discourse.flucoma.org/u/spluta)\
**Replies:** 48\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2025, 2:45pm UTC](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/audio-rate-mlpregressor/2321 "2025-06-25T14:45:25Z")

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Two related questions: If I wanted to make an MLPRegressor that runs at audio rate, how difficult would that be to modify the current project? I can fake it now by setting the BlockSize to 1, but that isn’t a long-term …

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## [FR: Probability output of mlpclassifier](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/fr-probability-output-of-mlpclassifier/2576)

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**Author:** [@rodrigo.constanzo](https://discourse.flucoma.org/u/rodrigo.constanzo)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [May 17, 2025, 3:51pm UTC](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/fr-probability-output-of-mlpclassifier/2576 "2025-05-17T15:51:29Z")

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Bit of a late-in-the-game FR for adding probability output to fluid.mlpclassifier~. Basically the predict\_proba from scikit-learn (link). I don’t know if this is, essentially, what @a.harker did for his custom build of…

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## [Softmax output activation?](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/softmax-output-activation/2559)

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**Author:** [@danieleghisi](https://discourse.flucoma.org/u/danieleghisi)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2025, 5:14pm UTC](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/softmax-output-activation/2559 "2025-04-10T17:14:43Z")

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Hello everyone! I was wondering if the softmax function could be added to @outputactivation for the output layer of a MLP network. That should be very easy to code, but at the same time very useful to whomever wants t…

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## [FluCoMa as lib / code structure](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/flucoma-as-lib-code-structure/2549)

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**Author:** [@zepadovani](https://discourse.flucoma.org/u/zepadovani)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2025, 9:04pm UTC](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/flucoma-as-lib-code-structure/2549 "2025-03-27T21:04:04Z")

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Hi, I’m really enjoying exploring this incredible tool – thank you! I noticed it ended with a question that sparked my interest: given that there is already a CLI, I was wondering if a library or shared library using th…

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## [Target Drive for a Genetic Algorithm for MIDI to control synthesizers](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/target-drive-for-a-genetic-algorithm-for-midi-to-control-synthesizers/2537)

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**Author:** [@Elden](https://discourse.flucoma.org/u/Elden)\
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**Last updated:** [March 12, 2025, 8:20am UTC](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/target-drive-for-a-genetic-algorithm-for-midi-to-control-synthesizers/2537 "2025-03-12T08:20:48Z")

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Hello everyone, I’m from Rostock/Germany and new here. In 2014 I created an interactive genetic algorithm for MIDI in pure data to be able to control synthesizers by means of the laws of inheritance established by Grego…

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## [Machines and machine learning](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/machines-and-machine-learning/2516)

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**Author:** [@sleestack808](https://discourse.flucoma.org/u/sleestack808)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2025, 12:48am UTC](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/machines-and-machine-learning/2516 "2025-02-11T00:48:49Z")

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What are the odds of FluComa making it into like a drum machine or some kind of box that a regular person without deep coding knowledge could use?? Are there copyright issues there ? I’m excited about machine learning …

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## [FR: adding a 'fit stop' message to regressors](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/fr-adding-a-fit-stop-message-to-regressors/2484)

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**Author:** [@rodrigo.constanzo](https://discourse.flucoma.org/u/rodrigo.constanzo)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2025, 9:55am UTC](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/fr-adding-a-fit-stop-message-to-regressors/2484 "2025-01-31T09:55:07Z")

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I know this is a bit late in the game for an FR, but this wouldn’t really break things and would make it easier to run big trainings on regressors without needing to pinwheel. So the main issue is that I, like I imagine…

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## [FluidLoadBuffer](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/fluidloadbuffer/2473)

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**Author:** [@areacode](https://discourse.flucoma.org/u/areacode)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 9, 2024, 9:27am UTC](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/fluidloadbuffer/2473 "2024-12-09T09:27:56Z")

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Hi there - I was thinking it would be really useful (for me, at least) to have another function in SC to dump already-loaded buffers into FluComa. my thought was to start with FluidLoadFolder to create a FluidLoadBuff…

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## [Granular mapping](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/granular-mapping/2388)

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**Author:** [@sleestack808](https://discourse.flucoma.org/u/sleestack808)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2024, 2:54pm UTC](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/granular-mapping/2388 "2024-08-28T14:54:48Z")

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Is it possible to analyze a bunch of sounds and map everything into a continuum that can be swept through seamlessly at the granular level? I’ve always felt granular synthesis had a washy sound , but if the samples can…

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## [Where is the Python library documentation](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/where-is-the-python-library-documentation/2199)

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**Author:** [@shrenz](https://discourse.flucoma.org/u/shrenz)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2024, 4:06am UTC](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/where-is-the-python-library-documentation/2199 "2024-02-09T04:06:35Z")

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Dear Developers, I see from examples that there is great value in using Flucoma, however I find it extremely difficult to use in Python. It would be amazing if there would be some easy to use wrappers for Python so that…

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## [FR: using custom loss for MLPs](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/fr-using-custom-loss-for-mlps/2189)

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**Author:** [@balintlaczko](https://discourse.flucoma.org/u/balintlaczko)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2024, 11:05am UTC](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/fr-using-custom-loss-for-mlps/2189 "2024-01-20T11:05:38Z")

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Hey there, I am thinking, if the user would have the possibility to provide custom loss values to fluid.mlpregressor~ then it would be possible to define more interesting architectures. It is already possible to define A…

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## [What papers are all you interested in atm?](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/what-papers-are-all-you-interested-in-atm/2170)

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**Author:** [@blair](https://discourse.flucoma.org/u/blair)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 27, 2023, 10:56pm UTC](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/what-papers-are-all-you-interested-in-atm/2170 "2023-12-27T22:56:35Z")

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Hey everyone, i’m looking for some cool research papers for innovative/lesser known techniques which could be used for sound design! I’m wondering what your favourite ones are! Here are some of mine: Let it bee (a hood …

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## [Fascinating article on AI](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/fascinating-article-on-ai/1900)

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**Author:** [@tremblap](https://discourse.flucoma.org/u/tremblap)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 5, 2023, 9:08am UTC](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/fascinating-article-on-ai/1900 "2023-05-05T09:08:55Z")

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a few vindicating sentences in there on open source and quality vs quantity of data :slight\_smile:

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## ["Voice" Tracking - interface question for design](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/voice-tracking-interface-question-for-design/1837)

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**Author:** [@tremblap](https://discourse.flucoma.org/u/tremblap)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2023, 10:22am UTC](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/voice-tracking-interface-question-for-design/1837 "2023-03-03T10:22:56Z")

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Hello I am continuing to add to the toolbox elements that help understand what is happening, and the next in line is to build the “voice allocation” part of FluidSines. FluidSineFeature (new as of 1.0.5) does only the s…

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## [M4l devices & new sounds](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/m4l-devices-new-sounds/1780)

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**Author:** [@ArnauB](https://discourse.flucoma.org/u/ArnauB)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 4:21pm UTC](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/m4l-devices-new-sounds/1780 "2022-12-23T16:21:00Z")

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Hello, I recently released a live-electronics EP using some of the flucoma-powered m4l devices here. These were developed mainly for realtime use in my practice. Check them out if you haven’t done already. The main dis…

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## [Phase reconstruction with Griffin-Lim algorithm?](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/phase-reconstruction-with-griffin-lim-algorithm/1779)

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**Author:** [@amundsen](https://discourse.flucoma.org/u/amundsen)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 22, 2022, 10:49am UTC](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/phase-reconstruction-with-griffin-lim-algorithm/1779 "2022-12-22T10:49:44Z")

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Hello, Has anyone tried to resynthesize a STFT from exisiting magnitudes and rebuild the phases using the Griffin-Lim algorithm?

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## [Audio-video Max improviser with acoustic ensemble](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/audio-video-max-improviser-with-acoustic-ensemble/1766)

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**Author:** [@giovannifalascone](https://discourse.flucoma.org/u/giovannifalascone)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2022, 10:58pm UTC](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/audio-video-max-improviser-with-acoustic-ensemble/1766 "2022-12-08T22:58:14Z")

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Good evening to all! I’m a young italian composer who started to learn a few things about programming in Max/MSP 4 years ago. Long from being an expert programmer, I have some compositional ideas which I can’t realize w…

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## [Using FluComa to generate pulse patterns](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/using-flucoma-to-generate-pulse-patterns/1717)

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**Author:** [@heretogo](https://discourse.flucoma.org/u/heretogo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2022, 1:42pm UTC](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/using-flucoma-to-generate-pulse-patterns/1717 "2022-11-24T13:42:46Z")

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One things that I experiment with a lot in my practice is generating rhythmic sequences. I like patterns but also tend to want to vary some aspect of them, usually to break the rigidity of a strict pulse, to add syncopat…

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## [Interesting discussion on corpus-based musicking](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/interesting-discussion-on-corpus-based-musicking/1224)

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**Author:** [@tremblap](https://discourse.flucoma.org/u/tremblap)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2022, 7:11pm UTC](https://discourse.flucoma.org/t/interesting-discussion-on-corpus-based-musicking/1224 "2022-10-10T19:11:54Z")

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Two people on this site have talked together for 90 minutes on corpus-based musicking, I think that should interest some people :slight\_smile: @rodrigo.constanzo and @encanti it is fun to see your thoughts and tunes, co…

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