As I thought my discription left much to be desired... This is something very visual, the letter is a side issue to audio.
The main point is that with this inventors device you can see and I mean see the sound. And yes to do what I suggest it is an amazing amount of coding, I think but maybe it isn't as bad as all that. Aaron On Tue, 2004-10-12 at 00:02, mailbox1 wrote: > Hi Aaron, > > I fully understand what you are trying to say. They are 2 excellent ideas > and really moving thought into an area of futuristic methods. It must be > quite incredible to see the hebrew words (which I understand) being > displayed visually. I suppose the ultimate test for your idea would be to > draw the hebrew letters and hear them being reproduced aurally (WOW). I can > envisage an inordinately massive amount of coding :) > > Jennifer Dillon M.I.S.T.C. member of the p1639 working group > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Aaron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "The Linux Audio Developers' Mailing List" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 8:52 PM > Subject: [linux-audio-dev] killer app idea > > > > Hi all, > > > > I have been mostly lurking so far but I thought I might send out two > > ideas for killer apps I had. > > > > 1. Basically a front end to lilypond which will work > > more like a audio program. > > > > In many audio editors you can see the wav or a square block on a track. > > > > I had this idea of a notation editor that has tracks you can create your > > form ABA, lets say, and add markers for them. Then create motives which > > via midi or notation will become lilypond notation in the end. This > > chunk can then be put on a track. > > >The chunk can be displayed as a staff with the notes(graphic), as the > > lilypond, or just a blank track. In the same way a daw may display a > > chunk of audio a a rectangle or a wave. > > > > These Chunk can be copied, pasted transposed retrograded etc, new chunks > > could be added and manipulated. > > > > My reasoning is as follows, when will Linux shine? when it does > > something unique not done by others. Thats what makes jack/ardour etc so > > appealing. > > > > Fo notation midi input exists with rumor or a number or existing libs, > > creating an on the fly lilypond file is very possible, infact if the > > graphic (staff) representation was left off all the parts already exist. > > > > > > 2. This I call V.A.W it has a drawback in that the base technology is > > currently closed source, but this might be subject to change.. > > > > here goes a inventer I know wanted to see if it was possible to recreate > > what it says in the Hebrew Torah (Bible) the the Jews on Mount Sinai > > Roim et Ha Kolot. (they say the sounds) He created a way to translate > > sound waves into light waves and display them. He found some very > > interesting things. (Hebrew letters spoken display as the shape of the > > letter). I sang into his device and saw Bach and other music display via > > his device. All overtones are displayed and visible as different colors. > > The sound of a audio mix is visually open for all to see. > > > > This is very hard to grasp without seeing..... > > > > My idea is to take his algorism/app and reverse the process and have the > > ability to take the visual and turn it back to audio. This would be like > > view on midi editors with the squares you can change to effect the > > sound, only not midi but audio! > > > > I wrote out very detailed plans for this app, again this is something > > that just doesn't exist, image not having to rely soley on your ears > > when adding effects to a mix but being able to see how the changes you > > make actually effect the way it looks/sounds and I mean in detail. There > > are so many possibilities for this. > > In a regular daw your see I think only amplitude and something else (the > > wav display) > > > > If this one isn't clearly described I will try again. > > > > Aaron > > > > >
