ahem.  you guys do realize this is a year and a half old thread and the OP hasn't been back to the forum since, roight?

Beagle


ahem.  you guys do realize this is a year and a half old thread and the OP hasn't been back to the forum since, roight?

Yeah, but it's there now and the information given is relevant to the topic so still may be of some interest to other readers.  I'm assuming it resurfaced for a reason.

Another option is to think outside of traditional methods of composition. Most synths will allow you to create notes at any frequency you want and to shape them in infinite ways. A full featured sampler may be even more flexible in that regard. looking at various genres that are admittedly to many semi-organized noise and you can find examples of music creation using limited sounds.  I heard an entire album produced using just an 808 kick drum.  obviously the kick was used, but the sound was shaped into a snare, hi-hat, bass and lead synth sound too.  Not exactly symphony material but potential score for a sci-fi or steampunk indie film. I guess my point is that depending on how far you want to go with your experiment, you can resort to disregarding the rules of traditional music.  people have made careers off of phrase sampling techniques/ 

i agree with jonbouy...i have often found the answer to a question i did not know i had by digging in old posts.  The time in between releases often get bogged down  with forum fights over BS or constant chatter about nothing of interest outside members of the various regular clique circles. Not that there's anything wrong with that. If the guy never comes back, i still appreciate the info

Another perplexing question is : How well can a single physical speaker accurately reproduce closely spaced frequencies? I can't get my head around how a speaker can reproduce a sine wave with equal power at 200 hz and accurately reproduce an equal power sine wave at 202 hz at the same time.

Another thing to note here is that despite technology bringing new ways of looking at tonality to the table it's not a particularly new or revolutionary thing.

Anyone equipped with nothing more than a voice can get involved.  Fretless instruments, violins for example, various wind instruments e.g. trombone have never been constricted to any defined system of formally spaced tones.

There seems to be a trend brought about by the internet that would suggest some magic numbers coming from devine sources that hold some special 'key' or 'healing' powers.  I wouldn't go as far as dismissing any possibility in that area but none of the popular proposals I've seen put forward make any sense harmonically or melodically and besides most music contains so many complex waveforms and resonances anyway it's hard to believe anything is being missed out.

I've even seen theories that would suggest that A=440 concert pitch has been chosen due to military conspiracies over the years.  If you are worried about any of that just tune sharp or flat and you will have foiled all those paranoia generated monsters that are out to get us all in one easy step....

Ah, the mythical "Brown Note." Microtonal that!

AT


Ah, the mythical "Brown Note." Microtonal that!

More of a sibilant tone rather than a note I think.

Mastermind


Thank you for your help. I should probably mention that this experiment is for a project to determine how specific sound frequencies and groups of sound frequencies affect human psychophysiologic functioning (i.e. reduce anxiety and provide other health benefits such as control over pain). Although the frequencies are in the mid-range, it is possible to introduce higher or lower ranges. For sound localization the human auditory system analyses interaural time differences between both ears inside small frequency ranges, called critical bands. For example, if a 900 Hz sine wave is played into the right ear and a 350 Hz one into the left ear, the brain is entrained towards the beat frequency 550 Hz. Therefore, I’m hoping to use a variety of ranges and instruments to accomplish my goal.

They arlerady have this sort of carrer path.....they call them Music Theripists.....(excuse the spelling please)
Also there have been many a studies on "How music affects Human emotions and moods" That is why they play the kinds of music that they do in stores and malls and they adjust it per the season etc.....
Now to be a wise guy here but it just seems to me that this path has been covered already......
Just my two cents...
 
Clifford

Jonbouy

AT


Ah, the mythical "Brown Note." Microtonal that!

More of a sibilant tone rather than a note I think.

You've heard me "sing" then?