Brian Eno coined the term “ambient music” to describe music that is “intended to induce calm and a space to think,” and “as ignorable as it is interesting.” We can make a simple patch in Pd that recreates one of Eno’s techniques, creating a system that endlessly generates ambient music for us with the notes that we choose.
Give it a try and make your own interesting and ignorable music.
Check out Tero Parviainen’s introduction on “How Generative Music Works” for more demonstrations and ideas.