[tuning] Matlab vs Maple vs Mathematica?

I'm looking to put my Tonal-JI theory in algorithms which generate music (as
Scala sequence file output etc).

Will only be for JI, will use fractions and matrixes mostly it seems to me.
Would also be nice to render chords as images etc but it seems all 3
programs can do this.

Anybody has a suggestion which of these programs are more suited to this,
easyer to do these things in?

Thanks!
Marcel

Matlab has been developed for matrix computations, Maple and Mathematica for symbolic math (although each can also do the other department meanwhile).

If you are primarily after computations with fractions you may also consider Lisp (Common Lisp or Scheme), where various implementations are available free of charge (in contrast to the Math software you mentioned). If you are using Lisp, then you can also use any of the Lisp-based composition systems out there (e.g., Common Music, PWGL, OpenMusic) so you get score notation, Csound/MIDI output etc.

Best,
Torsten

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Torsten Anders
Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research
University of Plymouth
http://strasheela.sourceforge.net
http://www.torsten-anders.de
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Subject: [tuning] Matlab vs Maple vs Mathematica?

I'm looking to put my Tonal-JI theory in algorithms which generate music (as Scala sequence file output etc).

Will only be for JI, will use fractions and matrixes mostly it seems to me.
Would also be nice to render chords as images etc but it seems all 3 programs can do this.

Anybody has a suggestion which of these programs are more suited to this, easyer to do these things in?

Thanks!
Marcel

Hi Torsten,

Matlab has been developed for matrix computations, Maple and Mathematica for
> symbolic math (although each can also do the other department meanwhile).
>
> If you are primarily after computations with fractions you may also
> consider Lisp (Common Lisp or Scheme), where various implementations are
> available free of charge (in contrast to the Math software you mentioned).
> If you are using Lisp, then you can also use any of the Lisp-based
> composition systems out there (e.g., Common Music, PWGL, OpenMusic) so you
> get score notation, Csound/MIDI output etc.
>

Now that's great advice :)
Thank you!

Marcel