inharmonic spectra

Dear community,
I would like to know more about inharmonic spectra.
Is there a ressource of which kind are spectras like those of tubular
bells, metal-plates, etc. ?

All I can offer are some samples I made of things I own or owned.

http://clones.soonlabel.com/public/metallic-stuff-samples/

On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 6:00 AM, Stefan Thomas <
kontrapunktstefan@...> wrote:

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> Dear community,
> I would like to know more about inharmonic spectra.
> Is there a ressource of which kind are spectras like those of tubular
> bells, metal-plates, etc. ?
>
>

The one resource I know of is Sethares's "Tuning, Timbre, Spectrum, Scale". It goes into the spectra emitted by bells, stiff metal bars, wooden bars, gamelan instruments, and weighted strings, and then goes on to relate those spectra to scales that line up with those partials.

http://www.amazon.com/Tuning-Timbre-Spectrum-William-Sethares/dp/354076173X

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, Stefan Thomas <kontrapunktstefan@...> wrote:
>
> Dear community,
> I would like to know more about inharmonic spectra.
> Is there a ressource of which kind are spectras like those of tubular
> bells, metal-plates, etc. ?
>

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "jlmoriart" <JlMoriart@...> wrote:
>
> The one resource I know of is Sethares's "Tuning, Timbre, Spectrum, Scale". It goes into the spectra emitted by bells, stiff metal bars, wooden bars, gamelan instruments, and weighted strings, and then goes on to relate those spectra to scales that line up with those partials.
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> http://www.amazon.com/Tuning-Timbre-Spectrum-William-Sethares/dp/354076173X
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> --- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, Stefan Thomas <kontrapunktstefan@> wrote:
> >
> > Dear community,
> > I would like to know more about inharmonic spectra.
> > Is there a ressource of which kind are spectras like those of tubular
> > bells, metal-plates, etc. ?

Yeah, Sethares's book is pretty great (even though I somewhat disagree with its main thesis).

Depends on what you want to know about inharmonic timbres, though. Do you want to be able to actually calculate the overtones? Do you want to just understand the basics? Do you want to create sounds with a computer that imitate them well?

The appropriate resources depend on what you want to do specifically.

Keenan

P.S. Can we stop top-posting? I thought this was a bottom-posting list.

I didn't get that memo...

> Keenan
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> P.S. Can we stop top-posting? I thought this was a bottom-posting list.
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It isn't a strict bottom-only posting list. The usual routine is to
interleave post only to individual paragraphs you're responding to in your
reply. It isn't strictly necessary otherwise, especially if the reply is
short. It's not the same as usenet.

-Mike

On Feb 27, 2012, at 8:20 PM, Chris Vaisvil <chrisvaisvil@...> wrote:

I didn't get that memo...

> Keenan
>
> P.S. Can we stop top-posting? I thought this was a bottom-posting list.
>
>
>

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, Mike Battaglia <battaglia01@...> wrote:
>
> It isn't a strict bottom-only posting list. The usual routine is to
> interleave post only to individual paragraphs you're responding to in your
> reply. It isn't strictly necessary otherwise, especially if the reply is
> short. It's not the same as usenet.
>
> -Mike
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> On Feb 27, 2012, at 8:20 PM, Chris Vaisvil <chrisvaisvil@...> wrote:
>
> I didn't get that memo...
>
> > Keenan
> >
> > P.S. Can we stop top-posting? I thought this was a bottom-posting list.

Yeah but the reply goes after what you're replying to... otherwise you end up with confusing nonsense that doesn't go in any logical order...

Keenan

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "Keenan Pepper" <keenanpepper@...> wrote:
>
> Yeah but the reply goes after what you're replying to... otherwise
> you end up with confusing nonsense that doesn't go in any logical
> order...
> Keenan

I kinda gave up this fight when gmail (which defaults to
top-posting and aggressively hides context) got popular.
I permit myself to top-post when:

* The source I'm replying to is longer than my reply

* I don't need to reference my remarks to particular spots
in the source

* The source does not contain a quote level > 2

-Carl