This is an algorithmically composed song created using Python 3, Quandl, and CSound. It plays the 'song' of various financial derivatives. You can hear the final version of the composition here.
You will need Quandl and its dependencies installed.
Place your API key in a file called quandl_key.secret.
Download the kick drum sample from here
and place it into the same directory as the repo. In case it goes down, you may
just comment out using ; every line in the .sco starting with i7.
Run the CSound score generator file so aptly named score_generator.py using the command
python score_generator.py
N.B. For those with separate Python 2 and 3 installations, you'll want to run this with your Python 3 installation for best compatability (though it may still work in Python 2).
This will generate the score file (score.sco). There are some extra
instruments and parts of the score file in my composition that are not
algorithmically generated, but these are not added to the repo.
Compile the Csound files using
csound composition.orc score.sco
I plan on adding command line arguments and other means of configuration at some point. If you are reading this sufficiently far in the future, that point is probably never (you can increase the chances of it being sooner by contacting me).