Music

   As a precursor, let me reiterate, these blogs are for intelligent people with a university background and courses in mathematics, engineering, physics and other of the hard sciences.    I mentioned previously, that I had discovered and explored the free scientific audio suite,Csound, from some people at M.I.T.    I also mentioned one of the uses I found for the software, namely recording 78 discs at 33 or 45, and using the software to speed up the recordings without altering the pitch. Thus, I simulated a 78-rpm record player using Csound.    I also mentioned setting up my computer to play a Hammond B3 organ emulator written by one of the contributors, Josep Comjuncosas, using my computer keyboard, using a version of Csound written and built for real time by Gabriel Maldonado, another contributor.    There is something else I did. There has been a musical instrument harmonic database, known as the SHARC database, compiled by Greg...

   I've spent a lot of time studying and learning personal computers, and related technology. There is a vast array of software available, and much of it free.    One of the most fascinating works is a suite called Csound. Csound was founded by professors Vercoe and Boulanger at M.I.T, Mass.    The software can do almost anything imaginable with sound. There are many contributors to Csound, which is also an open-source project. Mathematical models of real instruments have been constructed. Models of synthesizers such as the Moog and Korg have been done.    My favorite is an emulation of a Hammond B3 by Josep Comajuncosas.    I developed a cojuple of applications for my own use.    I have some old 78-rpm records that are old and scratch from age and use. I no longer have a record player, or turntable, that has a 78-rpm setting. I decided that I could convert 78's recorded at a different speed to 33 or 45 speed. That's where...