[microsound] On impossibility of linux

Renato Fabbri renato.fabbri at gmail.com
Sat Apr 16 01:19:44 EDT 2011


does the term 'minimum-fi' exist?

any equivalent term for the idea?

((ps. not even envelopes where used.))

2011/4/15 Michal Seta <mis at artengine.ca>:
> HI Renato,
> Beautiful.  Did you know about these projects
> http://www.briansimulator.org/docs/hears.html
> http://code.google.com/p/pyo/
> Could be a nice addition to your code, which I intend to dissect in the near
> future.
> ./MiS
>
> On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 1:31 AM, Renato Fabbri <renato.fabbri at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> install numpy
>>
>> $ python this_file_in_the_link_below.py
>> ((( http://pastie.org/1751041 )))
>>
>> hear something just with the minimum of structure:
>> some duration, volume, timber, pitch, temporal localization,
>> and spatial localization for each 'thing', 'note' or 'event', minimum
>> particle, atom.
>>
>> and play the output: sequencia.wav
>>
>> something like 'minimum-fi.py'. (does the term exist already?)
>> http://ubuntuone.com/p/kjV/
>>
>> mess with the numbers in it and make music. When you
>> understand something in the code, mess with some structures and
>> do more music.
>>
>> i think windows and mac-related practices lack
>> this kind of natural thinking (or materialization of ideas). Maybe in just
>> the same way as linux sometimes lacks some UI stuff for utilities...
>>
>> ps. you can do granular synthesis and spectral music with that script.
>> Imagine the rest that is pure direct consequence..
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 2011/4/14 Michal Seta <mis at artengine.ca>:
>> > On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 6:49 PM, Joost van der Molen
>> > <joostvdm at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Or use the free ffmpeg for OS X ;)
>> >
>> > I tried to use it, actually.  I got stuck in some strange loop of
>> > problems
>> > with fink/MacOS and the only version I could install was the GUI version
>> > which was far from intuitive (IIRC).  I ended up transcoding on Linux.
>> >  I am
>> > sure that a MacOS geek would have figured it out in no time but this is
>> > to
>> > show you how important is acquired knowledge, whether we are aware of it
>> > or
>> > not.
>> >
>> >
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > microsound mailing list
>> > microsound at microsound.org
>> > http://or8.net/mailman/listinfo/microsound
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> GNU/Linux User #479299
>> skype: fabbri.renato
>
>



-- 
GNU/Linux User #479299
skype: fabbri.renato


More information about the microsound mailing list