Posts tagged as «Tremolo»

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Music of the prime numbers

Each harmonic corresponds to one prime number. A note is played on its beat-multiplication

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Zipped project

This idea was on my mind long before starting the whole Falasol project. What kind of cacophony would it be if each note is assigned a prime number and played only on the number’s multiplication beats. Total chaos? Or would the mind be able to recognize some hidden patterns?

It’s both. The brain can grasp 2 & 3-beat notes and arrange them into 6-beat tact ( 2 * 3 = 6 ). Next 5-beat harmonic creates a 30 beat verse (consisting of 5 described tacts). That’s the rhythmical clocking in the background. Next prime harmonics (7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37) add nothing more than chaotic wind-bells effect. The resulting patterns are way too long to be digested by the regular brain, but who knows, maybe some savant would do. Anyway, quite a good accompaniment to get insane :)

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Message right to your brain

Understanding sound impact on human mind

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(codename: in your phase)

Falasol 1.2 is out. After UI revolution finally there is time for new features to shine. And there is performance improvement as well :) 

Side-by-side UI comparison (click for full sizes):

Falasol 1.1

Falasol 1.2

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She’s low-budget. She’s mobile. She’s a perfect companion!

My Harmonica

Yes, that’s my recent fascination. Makes a clear and gentle sound. Can get rough when needed.
Of course I couldn’t resist to record myself and analyze it with my geeky tools. Let’s get the show started. …read more >>

There are several ways of moving smoothly from one tone to the other. Today we are going to compare the two most common: slurring and cross-fading.

Slur

Gliding over the notes smoothly (sliding the tone).

• Wikipedia description: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slur_(music)
• Real life sample: Guitar slide (original source: http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=38468)
• Sonic Visualiser Spectrogram:

Guitar slide