Stephen Wolff

What gets lost when the machine decides what you hear? Twenty sketches from my piano phrases, and the rules Claude added or tightened without asking me. Listen, and try them.

If the notes stay the same, how far can the sound move the meaning? One sung phrase through several sounds, with the phrase's own dynamics driving the effects.

What simple rules turn one phrase into variations that still feel like family? One sung phrase and eight relatives, each sung in the same voice and placed by how close it stays. Built on 5 November for Day 4.

When a sung or played phrase becomes notes, what is kept and what is lost? A recording and what a machine made of it, side by side, with room to try your own. Built on 5 November for Day 3.

The sketch pad a day on. A small pen dot on a staff now plays when circled, like a placed note, and separate loops play one after another in the order drawn. Spacing as time is a switch, off for now. Built on 2 November for Day 2.

A sketch pad for music, made for the iPad and Pencil. Lay a staff at any angle, place and move notes, write round them, and circle a phrase to hear it. The staff measures where each note sits and never tries to read your handwriting. Built on 2 November for Day 1.

A six-piece cumbia band keeps a groove nobody conducts. Tap along and lead it from 96 to 120 BPM, or force it and watch it come apart. After Donella Meadows: get the beat of the system before you disturb it. Made on 30 October for Day 31.