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Birds

Firmware for Workshop System Computer (Music Thing Modular)

Two birds sing to each other controlled by a Turing-style shift register sequencer with clock in and CV/pulse out.

by Tom Whitwell

ActiveSource: openMIT
Bird Song Turing Machine on the Workshop System · Tom Whitwell · via youtube.com · linked from github.com
Distribution
Prebuilt image you flash yourself
Source
github.com https://github.com/TomWhitwell/Workshop_Computer/tree/main/releases/44_Birds
Homepage
computer.musicthing.co.uk https://computer.musicthing.co.uk/programs/44-birds/
Synced from
upstream metadata, raw.githubusercontent.com https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TomWhitwell/Workshop_Computer/main/releases/44_Birds/info.yaml. Corrections belong upstream.

Description

Two interacting birds are generated from a Turing-style looped random sequencer. Main controls random/loop behaviour, X shifts bird pitch, Y controls phrase speed, Z selects Natural, Robot, or Reseed mode, and Pulse In 1 can replace the internal clock.

Version history

Birds version history
VersionDateNotes
0.5.02026-05-25Version and date from the card's info.yaml.

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