Once I realized that TEDzakker supported different speeds per channel, I couldn't resist trying a phase piece.
For the unfamiliar:
"Phasing is a compositional technique in which the same part (a repetitive phrase) is played on two musical instruments, in steady but not identical tempi. Thus, the two instruments gradually shift out of unison, creating first a slight echo as one instrument plays a little behind the other, then a doubling effect with each note heard twice, then a complex ringing effect, and eventually coming back through doubling and echo into unison."[0]
This TEDphase cycles roughly every 1 minute and 38 seconds.
I must admit that chiptune phase music is not quite as satisfying as acoustic phase music, I think because of the lack of dynamic range and variance in timbre/harmonics. An interesting experiment nonetheless.
Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase_music
