order/chaos test 2

Custom hardware controllers (“Order” and “Chaos”), sample environment

This improvisation tests two self-designed and programmed hardware controllers within a shared sample environment.

Order consists of four independent sample channels with control over volume, pan, length, speed, pitch, and looping. Parameters are manipulated via traditional knobs and buttons, supporting rhythmic stability and repeatable structures.

Chaos performs granular manipulation of samples, with control over sample index, grain length, grain density, jitter, and pan. These parameters are controlled by joysticks and arcade-style buttons. A per-channel “freeze” function temporarily captures the current granular state.

Material can be recursively re-sampled between Order and Chaos. This allows sounds to migrate between stable, repeatable forms and diffuse, textural representations.

The piece functions as a study in controller design and in the relationship between deterministic and indeterminate manipulation of identical source material.