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surgesgon The most flexible synthesizer is DIY, Raspberry PI

plenty of people experimenting with what you're describing - see the work of Xenakis, Roads, Brun, etc.

surgesgon 'Algorave' Is the Future of Dance Music (if You're a Nerd)

Actually not the same person.

http://www.nicolascollins.com/texts/nicvsnick666.pdf

surgesgon Ask HN: am I too old to learn the guitar/music?

There's no replacement for good private lessons.

surgesgon Graduate School in the Humanities: Just Don't Go

I'm not sure that people seriously considering graduate school (in any subject) would be influenced in their choice by a (perceived) lack of math skills.

surgesgon Ask HN: Do you create music? Let's hear it!

I'm actually a composer who got interested in coding as a way to realize my music. Using Pure Data and Max/MSP, along with a bit of SuperCollider.

http://www.gregsurges.com

surgesgon Ask HN: How many of you play music?

I consider myself a composer first, but I code my own laptop instruments and have experimented with networked performance as well. http://www.uwm.edu/~gssurges/