[sdiy] Update on my arpeggiator

[Tom Arnold]

On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 03:18:13PM -0600, Ian Fritz wrote:
> >I still say that those should be properly called Chaotic Waveforms because 
> >they
> > dont *sound* spiral.  To be fair, you call it chaotic on the webpage. :-)
> 
> And I still say you are wrong.  There are non-chaotic spiral waves that are 
> simple analogs of circular waves.  Your definition is bizarre.  A wave is 
> defined by its mathematical, not musical or auditory, properties. 

So we agree to disagree.  I say that for a waveform to be called Spiral or
Circular, it should impart that by its sound, and you go more by what it
looks like on a scope.  I expect that you are more correct from the aspect
of what people who care about the math behind it have called it, but I only
care what comes out the speakers. :-)


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