All for One, One for All ~ Cymatics v1 + Additive Synthesis
- 6 years ago
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This is a little composition made with the software Max MSP. There are only sixteen sine oscillators which operate between 20 and 2000 Hz in additive synthesis. The basis phenomenon of the piece is the passage of pure tones back and forth form the harmonic to inharmonic sound and vice versa. This happens positioning the frequencies to the multiple of an arbitrary fundamental and then moving them away from this series toward other numbers which have respectively different ratios. Every partial has an identity, a frequency but when they are multiple of a fundamental tone, we perceive them as a single entity, a unique pitch and timbre. We lost the singularity of sine tones but they continue to work for the superior form of sound so we can grab them this way. The title of the composition is evocative of this process.
Inside this path I’ve used beats of the first order to characterize the inharmonic sound creating a bigger suggestion thanks to their effect of pulsating amplitudes. Since the musical instruments are simple sinusoids does not exist a traditional score so I’ve used three way to show them. For the two on the left, in the first minute I indicate the dimensions that they expose.
The first, on the top left, in white and black is a spectrogram. There is a small line that span vertically the graph indicating the time position of the music.
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectrogram.
It is reflected horizontally and shifted of 90 degrees to align the position of the frequencies with the same displayed in the graph below. The latter is a spectrum analyzer.
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectrum_analyzer
The third on the right is a Cymatics visualization. It is an improvised and unique visualization because of the set of elements in play such as the diameter of container, the amount of water, the amplitude of the whole piece of music.
This is why I’ve called the piece “version 1” hence it could be other future versions of visualization.
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymatics
© Paolo Di Rocco 2015
Patreon ~ https://www.patreon.com/PaoloDiRocco
Instagram ~ https://www.instagram.com/padiro89/
SoundCloud ~ https://soundcloud.com/djpacco-2
This is a little composition made with the software Max MSP. There are only sixteen sine oscillators which operate between 20 and 2000 Hz in additive synthesis. The basis phenomenon of the piece is the passage of pure tones back and forth form the harmonic to inharmonic sound and vice versa. This happens positioning the frequencies to the multiple of an arbitrary fundamental and then moving them away from this series toward other numbers which have respectively different ratios. Every partial has an identity, a frequency but when they are multiple of a fundamental tone, we perceive them as a single entity, a unique pitch and timbre. We lost the singularity of sine tones but they continue to work for the superior form of sound so we can grab them this way. The title of the composition is evocative of this process.
Inside this path I’ve used beats of the first order to characterize the inharmonic sound creating a bigger suggestion thanks to their effect of pulsating amplitudes. Since the musical instruments are simple sinusoids does not exist a traditional score so I’ve used three way to show them. For the two on the left, in the first minute I indicate the dimensions that they expose.
The first, on the top left, in white and black is a spectrogram. There is a small line that span vertically the graph indicating the time position of the music.
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectrogram.
It is reflected horizontally and shifted of 90 degrees to align the position of the frequencies with the same displayed in the graph below. The latter is a spectrum analyzer.
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectrum_analyzer
The third on the right is a Cymatics visualization. It is an improvised and unique visualization because of the set of elements in play such as the diameter of container, the amount of water, the amplitude of the whole piece of music.
This is why I’ve called the piece “version 1” hence it could be other future versions of visualization.
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymatics
© Paolo Di Rocco 2015