13-limit symphonic music

I've got a new electrosymphonic piece up on my xenharmony website. It
uses the 13-limit Partch tonality diamond as a 41-note scale.
Apologies in advance to anyone whom it drives nuts.

http://ded02.eshockhost.com/~xenharmo/gene.html

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "Gene Ward Smith" <gwsmith@s...> wrote:
> I've got a new electrosymphonic piece up on my xenharmony website. It
> uses the 13-limit Partch tonality diamond as a 41-note scale.
> Apologies in advance to anyone whom it drives nuts.
>
> http://ded02.eshockhost.com/~xenharmo/gene.html

Fun stuff. Two constructive criticisms: 1) your sound bites are popping. 2) the
piece seems just a smidge too long to me, maybe by about 45 seconds.

A Hunt

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "gooseplex" <cfaah@e...> wrote:

> Fun stuff. Two constructive criticisms: 1) your sound bites are
popping. 2) the
> piece seems just a smidge too long to me, maybe by about 45 seconds.

Thanks. Sound Forge confirms it has no clipping or artifacts, and I'm
at a loss concerning what you mean by popping. Can you give a time
value?

> > Fun stuff. Two constructive criticisms: 1) your sound bites are
> popping. 2) the
> > piece seems just a smidge too long to me, maybe by about
45 seconds.
>
> Thanks. Sound Forge confirms it has no clipping or artifacts,
and I'm
> at a loss concerning what you mean by popping. Can you give
a time
> value?

For me at least this is happening throughout when the 'winds'
play. It is not clipping, but the reverse effect - a quiet sort of
implosive slap or pop which happens when an amplitude steps
away or from the nil threshold - a little pitter-patter popping
sound at the onset and completion of each sample. This would
not be registered as an artifact. There is usually a smoothing
algorithm which takes care of this problem by interpolating
stepped amplitude values into the data around the edges of the
sample, creating a millisecond fade in / out. I don't use sound
forge but I'm sure there is some plug-in to take care of it. Then
again, maybe it's just my ogg player. Can anyone else verify the
pops?

AH