programs for mapping spectra

I had written:

>I mapped the purely harmonic spectra
>to the (nearest) partials of 19-tet, but since 19-tet is so close to
>12-tet (and to JI) this didnt affect the sound of the individual
>samples much - the main difference was the slight "phasing"
>or "chorusing" effect you hear.

And Mary asked:

>Did you use MetaSynth for the harmonic mapping?

No... I havent (yet?) been able to control metasynth precisely enough.
I do have some pieces "in the works" that use metasynth, but this one
used some routines that do spectral mappings written in Matlab
(a language common in engineering circles).

This might be a good time to mention that I'd be happy to share
the code, though this must go along with a warning that the code
isnt particularly "user friendly" and would definitely require
knowledge of (and access to) Matlab.

Bill Sethares

--- In MakeMicroMusic@y..., sethares@e... wrote:
>
>
> I had written:
>
> >I mapped the purely harmonic spectra
> >to the (nearest) partials of 19-tet, but since 19-tet is so close
to
> >12-tet (and to JI) this didnt affect the sound of the individual
> >samples much - the main difference was the slight "phasing"
> >or "chorusing" effect you hear.
>
> And Mary asked:
>
> >Did you use MetaSynth for the harmonic mapping?
>
> No... I havent (yet?) been able to control metasynth precisely
enough.
> I do have some pieces "in the works" that use metasynth, but this
one
> used some routines that do spectral mappings written in Matlab
> (a language common in engineering circles).
>
> This might be a good time to mention that I'd be happy to share
> the code, though this must go along with a warning that the code
> isnt particularly "user friendly" and would definitely require
> knowledge of (and access to) Matlab.

Did you make the music _in_ Matlab? I use Matlab for just about
everything, but haven't used it to make music yet (aside from
isolated chords). Can you describe your procedure more fully?

P.S. I posted some words about your 19-tET piece on the Tuning List --
you might want to check in over there for people's reactions.