Kyoto Nights

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Song Info

Genre: Ambient

Time: 1:13

Description: Kyoto Nights was created using an innovative technique for creating freeform music - a program called ColorMusic (written by Shinichiro Hirama). This program translates the movement of a mouse over contrasting colors in an image file, and converts the result to music in the form of a midi sequencer file. The raw source for Kyoto Nights came from using a screenshot from the game Oni, and then edited and processed with different instruments in Melody Assistant. A glitch in the instrument sample added a pattern of pops over the music when it was exported, and it was post-processed and smoothed to get rid of it, causing a slightly muddier sound than the original. Personally, I like the original with the pops on it better - you can download both from the local server if it's up, or the processed version from the mp3.com site.