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> A keyboard where every note is generated using only combinations of Cs, but with the weightings chosen so that its average pitch is the one that that key usua
by jancsika 7y ago
> A keyboard where every note is generated using only combinations of Cs, but with the weightings chosen so that its average pitch is the one that that key usually has.
Sounds like you're describing a vocoder or auto-harmonizer but I can't be sure.
Suppose I play an F-sharp above middle C on your "averager" keyboard. What is heard? Is it only various C pitches? C pitches and a single F-sharp? Something else?
Do the C pitches have harmonics or is it only the fundamental?
- OscarCunningham 7y agoOnly various C pitches, and only the fundamental. I believe that this is also how most Shepard tones are made, except that when you play a different Shepard tone you vary the note (i.e. A, B, C, etc.) but keep the average pitch the same, whereas I want the opposite, where you keep the note the same but vary the average pitch.
- jancsika 7y agoI get the concept, but the aural result is going to be quite boring because the timbral content is so limited. It can be achieved through simple additive synthesis with a handful of sine waves.