<s>
Fugue	B-Device
Machine	I-Device
is	O
a	O
music	O
sequencer	O
created	O
by	O
San	O
Francisco	O
composer	O
and	O
software	O
developer	O
Alexander	O
Randon	O
,	O
also	O
known	O
by	O
his	O
stage	O
name	O
as	O
Alexandernaut	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Marketed	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
world	O
’s	O
first	O
multi-playhead	O
piano	O
roll	O
,	O
"	O
Fugue	B-Device
Machine	I-Device
allows	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
sequence	O
a	O
melody	O
and	O
have	O
up	O
to	O
three	O
variations	O
of	O
it	O
play	O
all	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
application	O
was	O
originally	O
released	O
on	O
October	O
8	O
,	O
2015	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
quickly	O
garnered	O
notability	O
for	O
its	O
intuitive	O
methods	O
of	O
making	O
complex	O
pieces	O
and	O
for	O
being	O
the	O
first	O
app	O
to	O
be	O
developed	O
from	O
the	O
"	O
Cultural	O
Incubator	O
"	O
program	O
by	O
the	O
Gray	O
Area	O
Foundation	O
for	O
the	O
Arts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fugue	B-Device
Machine	I-Device
is	O
a	O
"	O
multi-playhead	O
"	O
sequencer	O
where	O
the	O
user	O
creates	O
a	O
melody	O
sequence	O
for	O
four	O
playheads	O
to	O
perform	O
at	O
different	O
tempos	O
,	O
directions	O
,	O
and	O
pitches	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
seven	O
parameters	O
that	O
control	O
the	O
performance	O
of	O
the	O
playheads	O
:	O
"	O
style	O
,	O
"	O
which	O
determines	O
the	O
direction	O
of	O
the	O
playhead	O
including	O
forward	O
,	O
reverse	O
,	O
forward-reverse	O
,	O
and	O
reverse-forward	O
,	O
tempo	O
,	O
which	O
determines	O
how	O
fast	O
or	O
slow	O
the	O
playhead	O
moves	O
in	O
relation	O
to	O
the	O
"	O
master	O
tempo	O
,	O
"	O
"	O
start	O
,	O
"	O
which	O
determines	O
when	O
a	O
playhead	O
begins	O
moving	O
,	O
"	O
invert	O
switch	O
,	O
"	O
which	O
inverts	O
the	O
pitches	O
of	O
the	O
notes	O
from	O
the	O
melody	O
,	O
"	O
octave	B-Language
,	O
"	O
which	O
changes	O
the	O
pitch	O
of	O
the	O
entire	O
melody	O
by	O
whole	O
octaves	B-Language
,	O
"	O
pitch	O
,	O
"	O
which	O
changes	O
the	O
pitch	O
of	O
the	O
melody	O
by	O
single	O
notes	O
,	O
and	O
"	O
velocity	O
,	O
"	O
how	O
loud	O
the	O
playhead	O
performs	O
the	O
notes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fugue	B-Device
Machine	I-Device
allows	O
for	O
the	O
easy	O
creation	O
of	O
polyrhythmic	O
music	O
by	O
having	O
the	O
"	O
tempo	O
"	O
parameters	O
be	O
in	O
multiplied	O
or	O
divided	O
numbers	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
playhead	O
being	O
performed	O
eight	O
times	O
slower	O
than	O
the	O
"	O
master	O
tempo	O
"	O
when	O
set	O
at	O
÷8	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Up	O
to	O
128	O
pieces	O
can	O
be	O
saved	O
in	O
Fugue	B-Device
Machine	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Randon	O
studied	O
the	O
works	O
of	O
Johann	O
Sebastian	O
Bach	O
,	O
a	O
composer	O
who	O
popularized	O
the	O
fugue	B-Algorithm
compositional	O
technique	O
,	O
while	O
in	O
college	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
became	O
obsessed	O
with	O
how	O
fugue	B-Algorithm
involved	O
using	O
mathematical	O
operations	O
,	O
something	O
that	O
would	O
later	O
become	O
a	O
major	O
part	O
of	O
his	O
compositions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
applying	O
math	O
in	O
his	O
works	O
,	O
Randon	O
,	O
composing	O
in	O
a	O
digital	B-General_Concept
audio	I-General_Concept
workstation	I-General_Concept
,	O
would	O
have	O
to	O
copy	O
and	O
paste	O
a	O
melody	O
he	O
sequenced	O
and	O
manually	O
program	O
variations	O
of	O
it	O
in	O
different	O
pitches	O
,	O
speeds	O
,	O
and	O
directions	O
,	O
which	O
took	O
a	O
very	O
long	O
time	O
to	O
do	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Randon	O
spent	O
years	O
programming	O
multiple	O
drafts	O
of	O
Fugue	B-Device
Machine	I-Device
,	O
but	O
failed	O
due	O
to	O
problems	O
of	O
coming	O
up	O
with	O
a	O
proper	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Randon	O
then	O
decided	O
,	O
out	O
of	O
desperation	O
,	O
to	O
focus	O
on	O
the	O
back	B-Architecture
end	I-Architecture
of	O
the	O
program	O
first	O
:	O
"	O
I	O
quickly	O
realized	O
that	O
the	O
most	O
eloquent	O
technical	O
design	O
was	O
to	O
have	O
one	O
music	O
sequence	O
being	O
read	O
multiple	O
times	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
became	O
the	O
basis	O
for	O
making	O
the	O
final	O
product	O
of	O
Fugue	B-Device
Machines	I-Device
,	O
which	O
took	O
eight	O
months	O
to	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Randon	O
made	O
Fugue	B-Device
Machine	I-Device
as	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
program	O
fostered	O
by	O
the	O
Gray	O
Area	O
Foundation	O
for	O
the	O
Arts	O
named	O
"	O
Cultural	O
Incubator	O
"	O
,	O
where	O
participants	O
are	O
committed	O
to	O
develop	O
an	O
app	O
that	O
combines	O
elements	O
of	O
art	O
and	O
technology	O
to	O
impact	O
society	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fugue	B-Device
Machine	I-Device
became	O
the	O
first	O
application	O
to	O
be	O
produced	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
Cultural	O
Incubator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
8	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
Alexandernaut	O
released	O
Fugue	B-Device
Machine	I-Device
for	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
a	O
fourteen-track	O
album	O
entitled	O
Songs	O
for	O
Fugue	B-Device
Machine	I-Device
he	O
made	O
using	O
the	O
app	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Electronica	O
producer	O
Max	O
Cooper	O
used	O
Fugue	B-Device
Machine	I-Device
in	O
making	O
his	O
extended	O
play	O
Chromos	O
(	O
2017	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
