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- From: romain@salt.eng.pyramid.com (Romain Kang)
- Newsgroups: rec.audio
- Subject: Re: Math problem - pitch control
- Date: 1 Sep 1992 17:24:58 GMT
- Organization: Pyramid Technology Corp, San Jose, CA
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- References: <1992Aug20.124103.2066@seada.com> <27110032@hpspkla.spk.hp.com>
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- Most followups on this topic assume an X percentage pitch change either
- upward or downward is the same musical interval. I would agree that
- for our purposes this is close enough, since the 10% change is only an
- approximation to begin with. However, before the topic is completely
- dead, bear with my pedantry.
-
- If we suppose an exact 50% change in pitch, is the musical interval
- the same upwards or downwards? If we start with 440 Hz = A, then a
- 50% increase brings us to 660 Hz = E, one fifth upward, while a 50%
- decrease brings us to 220 Hz = A, one octave down.
-
- Clearly, this asymmetry is relevant to few rec.audio readers.
- However, in some instances, the difference is more than theoretical.
-
- Romain
- (sometime computer music lab UNIX hacker)
-