Hi,
I'm Gilles from Kaona, I just published the new version of Zazou:

• One envelope per track, triggered by note or by sequence, in step mode or continuously.
• Envelopes output as CV and MIDI across 4 channels. A Step mode lets you use four independent envelopes with any connected instrument.
• Over 20 new sequences, with diatonic handling.
• Harmony mode: Free, Alternating, Interpreted Diatonic, Forced Diatonic.
• New algorithms: Tintinnabuli (Arvo Pärt triads), Wander (controlled chaotic walk), Archimedes (variations around π), Guidetone (random lines toward target notes).
• Improved fractal algorithms with a new musical engine: Cantor, Fibonacci, Sierpinski, Mandelbrot, Julia.
• New autosave and a new file format.
• 100% compatible with all versions of Zazou (except save files).

Free update.

@Geometry Dash
Hi Gilles, the update sounds great! With all the new algorithms and harmony modes, how much control do users have to guide the generative results toward a specific musical style instead of purely algorithmic output?

EDITED Mar 14th, 06:01

Thank you! There are indeed many, many, many hours of development behind this new version of Zazou.
To answer the question, there are many ways to influence the musical style. There are a huge number of parameters you can act on, and because they interact with each other, you very quickly go beyond the starting algorithm itself.

Each algorithm has its own variation parameters (between 4 and 9 depending on the model).

Each track is independent, though they can also be linked through sequences or scales, so each one can have its own algorithm and will produce results that depend directly on the gates sent to its input. For example, a combination like Walking Bass + Arpeggio + Guidetone + Julia on a pentatonic scale gives something very different from Serial + Tintinnabuli on a chromatic scale.

The sequences also have a huge influence on the musical style: with the same algorithms, you can get very different results depending on whether you use a “Blues” pattern or a “Trance Pop” pattern.

In fact, Zazou is designed as a near-infinite exploration tool. It is very far from being a pre-wired rhyme box, even though of course you can save the results of your exploration and then use them later in Pattern mode for live performance, for example.
Zazou draws on many elements of music theory and uses remarkable combinations through its algorithms, but in the end it is a true instrument in its own right, and it will produce very different things depending on the musician using it.