1. The whole thing is done in 1000 lines of code after unobfuscation (including 808 and 303 emulation, sequencer, random generation, UI) - technically it's quite impressive.
2. Part of why it makes such good patterns seems to be reliance on octaves. The patterns usually contain at least 50% or more of the same note repeated, across one or more octaves, and coinciding with rhythmic beats. Even when the notegen set is just F2, F2, F3, F4, G#4 (mostly all the same note) it's quite listenable.
Years ago I used to hand-sequence synth lines like that and skipping between octaves was the "instant hack" to get compelling patterns by adding dynamism to the sound without making the melody itself too complicated. You could just jump around multiple octaves for literally two notes and have some pretty awesome sounding stuff. Heck, that's what an arpeggiator does, but honestly, doing it by hand can pretty often get better results. Combine with filter envelope key following for even more interesting sound on an otherwise "simple" pattern :)
1. The whole thing is done in 1000 lines of code after unobfuscation (including 808 and 303 emulation, sequencer, random generation, UI) - technically it's quite impressive.
2. Part of why it makes such good patterns seems to be reliance on octaves. The patterns usually contain at least 50% or more of the same note repeated, across one or more octaves, and coinciding with rhythmic beats. Even when the notegen set is just F2, F2, F3, F4, G#4 (mostly all the same note) it's quite listenable.