[ExI] new entry from symphony of science

[Darren Greer]

And I wish this "effect" had never been invented.  It is like nails on
chalkboard...

It may have some interesting implications for electronica and computer
music. Not the effect so much as the concept of taking human ideas expressed
in speech and recorded in a non-musical context and fusing it rhythmically
and tonally with electronica and computer music. For the most part,
Auto-Tune is just an internet fad, but I know of one new music composer who
thinks it might be worth exploring in computer-generated composition. There
are probably others.

Would anyone here care to  answer a question about imaginary numbers from
this liberal arts major who is now neck deep in his first year of a
post-secondary science and mathematics education? I'm having trouble
understanding how the square root of negative one could have a practical
application beyond abstract mathematics. Or even in abstract mathematics,
for that matter. I understand the concept as well as I'm being asked too,
and can tease it out of a complex number and solve the equation around it.
 But we haven't got to a place where anyone is actually saying what I'm
going to use it for. I know we'll get there, but the suspense is killing me.
And the explanations on the Internet are assuming a knowledge I don't have
yet. Any takers? Remember. Key words: FIRST YEAR. An engineer might be good
here. Spike?

Darren

On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 10:32 PM, Mike Dougherty <msd001 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 6:06 PM, Dave Sill <sparge at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 2:20 PM, Samantha Atkins <sjatkins at mac.com>
> wrote:
> >> The music overlay against speech and specious echo effects is not at all
> pleasing.  Sentiments are fine and the speakers of course.
> >
> > I agree. The pitch adjustment effect is called Auto-Tune. The
> > Wikipedia page for it is pretty interesting:
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autotune
> >
> > "Auto-Tune is a proprietary audio processor created by Antares Audio
> > Technologies. Auto-Tune uses a phase vocoder to correct pitch in vocal
> > and instrumental performances. It is used to disguise off-key
> > inaccuracies and mistakes, and has allowed singers to perform
> > perfectly tuned vocal tracks without the need of singing in tune.
> > While its main purpose is to slightly bend sung pitches to the nearest
> > true semitone (to the exact pitch of the nearest tone in traditional
> > equal temperament), Auto-Tune can be used as an effect to distort the
> > human voice when pitch is raised/lowered significantly."
>
> And I wish this "effect" had never been invented.  It is like nails on
> chalkboard...
>
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