[sdiy] Jean-Claude Risset, Shephard etc.

[Greg]

Yeah, he was a stand-up guy at rec.audio.tubes as well. I never had 
personal contact with him, but I could tell from his posts that he was 
extremely helpful and good-natured. I only found out about it a few months 
ago, when I noticed his absence (after my own absence) and did a search 
through the group.

Greg


At 04:02 PM 2/03/05, harrybissell wrote:
>That IS bad news, he was one of the most helpful people over at Levnet.
>I have his CD, its really good. He will be missed (more now)
>
>H^) harry
>
>Greg wrote:
>
> > Unfortunately, Fred died last year after a brief battle with cancer. His
> > website is still up and you might find what you're looking for there. Fred
> > Nachbaur's website is at www3.telus.net/dogstarmusic/
> >
> > Greg
> >
> > At 10:57 AM 2/03/05, Harry Bissell Jr wrote:
> > >Fractint can save the random output data, and some
> > >list member at the fractint group wrote some prog. to
> > >convert it to a midi file
> > >
> > >A member by the name for Fred Nachbauer (sp?) did
> > >a CD using this data.  I think a google search would
> > >fetch his site, and you could ask him.
> > >
> > >Fractint gives some VERY nice sequences...especially
> > >if
> > >you set the tuning parameters to some scale OTHER than
> > >chromatic. I like the pentatonic scale myself... Too
> > >bad the sound card sound, and polyphony sucks so bad
> > >(almost as bad as a bbd :^).  Notes get cut off by new
> > >notes. Sending a Midi file to a REAL instrument would
> > >sound a lot better, and so trippy :^P
> > >
> > >H^) harry
> > >
> > >--- drheqx <drheqx at heqx.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Which patterns are you speaking of?
> > > >
> > > > Like using a fractal image data to generate
> > > > repetitive patterns?
> > > >
> > > > I wonder if you could take an output file from
> > > > FracInt and feed that
> > > > into a sequencer of some sort. I would not want to
> > > > wait around for that
> > > > sequence to finish.
> > > >
> > > > Experiment: Connect various automotive signal
> > > > flashers to a car battery
> > > > and listen to them drift in and out of synch.
> > > > Different brands,
> > > > different speeds. The more you have, the more
> > > > complex the patterns. You
> > > > could use them to trigger sounds instead of just
> > > > clicking away, but the
> > > > clicking is very interesting by itself. I have yet
> > > > to record that.
> > > >
> > > > heqx
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> > > > [mailto:owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl] On Behalf
> > > > Of anthony
> > > > Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 10:26 PM
> > > > To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> > > > Subject: [sdiy] Jean-Claude Risset, Shephard etc.
> > > >
> > > > So I was reading a little about the work of
> > > > Jean-Claude Risset and I was
> > > >
> > > > wondering if anyone knew of some cool free(ish)ware
> > > > to generate those
> > > > patterns. I'm still digging. Maybe I'll find
> > > > something. But I was
> > > > thinking
> > > > maybe it would be cool if one could do it in the
> > > > analogue domain. It
> > > > sure
> > > > seems possible with te right kind of modules
> > > > patched.
> > > >
> > > > Just a quick explanation to anyone who has no clue
> > > > what I'm talking
> > > > about
> > > > (keeping in mind that /I/ don't know what I'm
> > > > talking about.) It's the
> > > > sounds generated by certain repetitive patterns.
> > > > This is a gross
> > > > oversimplification. Anothier thing is illusory
> > > > sounds kind of like
> > > > Shephard
> > > > tones.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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