Uploaded November 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Learn how to use Cellular Automata to generate music, melodies, chords, and more.

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Content

0:00 Intro
0:47 Intuition
4:08 Formalisation
6:33 Conway's Game of Life
9:11 Music generation with CA
11:17 Drum generation
12:44 Melody generation
13:37 Expressive chord generation
15:36 Music strategies for CA
16:34 Strengths and limitations
17:51 Key takeaways
19:01 What's next?