com.soundhelix.util

Class EuclideanRhythmGenerator

java.lang.Object

com.soundhelix.util.EuclideanRhythmGenerator

public final class EuclideanRhythmGenerator
extends Object

Implements the Bjorklund algorithm (due to E. Bjorklund), which is the basis for generating Euclidean rhythms, as mentioned in the paper "The Euclidean Algorithm Generates Traditional Musical Rhythms" by Godfried Toussaint. The original paper can be found at http://archive.bridgesmathart.org/2005/bridges2005-47.pdf.

Author:

Thomas Schuerger (thomas@schuerger.com)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static boolean[]	generate(int pulses, int steps) Generates the Euclidean rhythm with the given number of pulses spread across the given number of steps.
static void	main(String[] args)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

generate

public static boolean[] generate(int pulses,
                 int steps)

Generates the Euclidean rhythm with the given number of pulses spread across the given number of steps.

Parameters:

pulses - the number of pulses (must be >= 0 and must not be larger than steps)

steps - the number of steps (must be > 0)

Returns:

a step-element boolean array containing the Euclidean rhythm

main

public static void main(String[] args)