[music-dsp] very cheap synthesis techniques

2012-02-28 Thread Renato Fabbri
Lookup table in python code: # Lookup table def lookup(table, dur, freq): X Hz Y segundos Y*44100 amostras X senoides X*T*n.arange(Y*44100)/(Y*44100) T=len(table) SI= freq * T / samprate ap=0 samples=[] for i in xrange(int(dur*samprate)): #

Re: [music-dsp] a little about myself

2012-02-28 Thread Andy Farnell
On 28/02/2012 00:43, Michael Gogins wrote: .. What I would dearly love to hear in this discussion is how Csound can be improved to facilitate the creation of music, from people who do use software to compose and create their music. Or how some other software might be better, for that

Re: [music-dsp] a little about myself

2012-02-28 Thread Richard Dobson
On 28/02/2012 13:05, Andy Farnell wrote: On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 11:04:45AM +, Richard Dobson wrote: So, one way and another, Computer music is so laden with definitions and qualifications as to have lost all definition - using it gives the listener no real information. And yet, if I

Re: [music-dsp] a little about myself

2012-02-28 Thread m brandenberg
On Tue, 28 Feb 2012, Andy Farnell wrote: And mistake your own tinnitus for the finale. Bwahaha! I went to that concert. :-) -- Monty Brandenberg -- dupswapdrop -- the music-dsp mailing list and website: subscription info, FAQ, source code archive, list archive, book reviews, dsp links

Re: [music-dsp] a little about myself

2012-02-28 Thread Bill Schottstaedt
I don't think this conversation is useful. The only question I'd ask is did this person make good music?, and I don't care at all about his degrees or grants. One of the best mathematicians I've known does not even have a high-school diploma. If I find such a person, then it's interesting to

Re: [music-dsp] a little about myself

2012-02-28 Thread Michael Gogins
On the one hand, I completely agree with Bill, I'm only interested in whether the music is good, and no, I don't think it's completely subjective. On the other hand, I do think there are many things it would be advisable for a person who wants to write good music to know. For someone who wants

Re: [music-dsp] very cheap synthesis techniques

2012-02-28 Thread douglas repetto
A code-free oscillator! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdckHzEY-RI On 2/28/12 7:51 AM, Stefan Hållén wrote: Well, this is a favorite :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCRPUv8V22o#t=5m14s 2012/2/28 Renato Fabbrirenato.fab...@gmail.com Lookup table in python code: # Lookup table

Re: [music-dsp] a little about myself

2012-02-28 Thread Adam Puckett
Andy, there's an opcode called active that does what you want 'numalloc' to do: http://csounds.com/manual/html/active.html On 2/28/12, Michael Gogins michael.gog...@gmail.com wrote: On the one hand, I completely agree with Bill, I'm only interested in whether the music is good, and no, I

Re: [music-dsp] very cheap synthesis techniques

2012-02-28 Thread Andrew Jerrim
Oooh, Olli - that's fantastic! Wouldn't that make a great little phone app :) On 29 February 2012 09:52, Olli Niemitalo o...@iki.fi wrote: Here are four bytebeat songs I made. They are all written in Javascript. Each expression gives the 8-bit sample at discrete time t, of audio sampled at 8

Re: [music-dsp] a little about myself

2012-02-28 Thread Richard Dobson
On 28/02/2012 16:03, Bill Schottstaedt wrote: I don't think this conversation is useful. The only question I'd ask is did this person make good music?, and I don't care at all about his degrees or grants. One of the best mathematicians I've known does not even have a high-school diploma. If I

Re: [music-dsp] a little about myself

2012-02-28 Thread Ross Bencina
On 29/02/2012 11:41 AM, Richard Dobson wrote: On 28/02/2012 16:03, Bill Schottstaedt wrote: I don't think this conversation is useful. The only question I'd ask is did this person make good music?, and I don't care at all about his degrees or grants. One of the best mathematicians I've known

Re: [music-dsp] very cheap synthesis techniques

2012-02-28 Thread Ross Bencina
On 29/02/2012 8:00 AM, douglas repetto wrote: Oh, come on, transistors are for babies. Real composers roll their own diodes! http://hackaday.com/2010/03/05/diy-diodes Etching your own transistors is still pretty cool: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_znRopGtbE Might take a while to make