Here's another one of those things that settled with me over the last couple of years. Originally I did this with audio samples, repitching and pendulum looping on an Akai s-950 (yes, I'm old, so what?)
HD version at vimeo - although the message does come across in this smudgy version ;-)
Wikipedia entry on "Phasing" in musical composition
Here's an audio example: Three nearly identical midi loops, each slightly shorter than the other.
Phase music with Ableton Live from Andreas Wetterberg on Vimeo.



