Binary Beat - AlexGB231
Channel: AlexGB231
Date: 2022-03-04

There's a reason this piece is called Binary Beat, and it's because the main rhythmic material was generated using a binary number. How on Earth do you do that exactly, you're wondering, right?

Well, what I did was I took a 16-bit binary number and assigned each digit to a 16th note in 4/4. If the digit's a 1, we play a note, if it's 0, we put a rest there instead. I chose the 16-bit binary number 1010010001010101 because when converted back into decimal, the number is represents is the number 42069, which is very nice™.

The resulting rhythm was actually catchy. It contained a nice bit of sixteenth note syncopation near the end of it, which is fun. I expected it to basically be a big pile of random chaos, but to have something I could actually work with was nice. You'll hear this binary rhythm throughout the piece, it occurs throughout the accompaniment. You'll also hear it all by itself in the bridge, also without the context of the underlying pulse. Without the pulse, it can feel a bit chaotic, almost as if we're in an odd time signature, but once you add that pulse back, it actually grooves really nicely.

There's more I could say about the piece, but I think this'll be it for now. I'll link to a Google Document in the near future with more explanation once I get around to finishing it in case you still want to know more.

Until then, I hope you enjoy!

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