back to list

Open-source/free production tool for micro and macro-tonal consonance

🔗djtrancendance <djtrancendance@...>

11/18/2006 8:58:28 PM

I have developed a simple command-prompt Windows program that makes
consonance possible in arbitrary multiple keys, including various
micro and macro tonalities.

Just use it on any individual instrument tracks in any key before
mixing the tracks and you will get a pure, consonant, low-noise sounds
every time, often with very little loss of fidelity and very little to
no loss of the additional emotional variety of micro-tones (especially
around 21TET and under).

Take, for example, a wave file guitar track in 19tet and a piano
track in mean-tone.
Run them both through the program individually and mix them
together (for example, with Audacity open-source mixing software).
Enter "2" (production mode) at the "encode, decode, or production
mode" prompt.
The result .wav sound files will be consonant since this is since
the software aligns the sound to a common harmonic schema.

/******************************************

The source code and full software in open-source and available for
free, no royalties involved at

http://sourceforge.net/projects/tdsound/

The program is compiled for Win32/XP/98/NT/2000 but can be
recompiled for any system supporting basic C++ code.
********************************************************/

Please send or comments about the software to
djtrancendance@yahoo.com. If you are interested in helping me develop
this tool further, by all means drop me a note. People interested in
purely the mathematical or artistic side of the project (including
human hearing and the emotional impact of tones and modulations) are
just as crucial and welcome as good coders and DSP-experts. Either
way chances are I would be honored to have you on the development team.

Have fun with this program and best luck with your production and
composition!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Important Note: the input file to the program (dot100.exe) must be
named "copyray.wav" and the output will be "newcleaned.wav". To
change input and output file names just edit and recompile the source
code.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

🔗Carl Lumma <ekin@...>

11/19/2006 9:33:27 AM

Hi,

Sounds interesting, but it looks like there are no docs at all
available for this. What are the command line parameters?

> Just use it on any individual instrument tracks

Must they be monophonic?

> Take, for example, a wave file guitar track in 19tet and a piano
>track in mean-tone.
> Run them both through the program individually and mix them
>together (for example, with Audacity open-source mixing software).
> Enter "2" (production mode) at the "encode, decode, or production
>mode" prompt.
> The result .wav sound files will be consonant since this is since
>the software aligns the sound to a common harmonic schema.

Uh... ok. Do you have a real description of what you're doing
somewhere?

-Carl

🔗Carl Lumma <ekin@...>

11/21/2006 10:00:25 AM

>Hi Michael,
>
>Thanks for the reply. I'm copying this to the main tuning list,
>where these more technical discussions are more appropriate (are
>you aware of it? /tuning ). If
>you like, just reply there.

Actually, what do the moderators think? I'm not sure Bill reads
the main list...

-Carl