ForthNet@willett.UUCP (ForthNet articles from GEnie) (08/07/90)
Category 6, Topic 5 Message 9 Sun Aug 05, 1990 R.GONSALVES at 20:34 PDT There is also FORMULA (Forth Music Language) designed by David P. Anderson @ Computer Science Division, UC Berkeley. Sits on top of Bradley's Forth for Mac or Atari ST. Can't tell you much more, I haven't had time to play with either this or HMSL yet. ----- This message came from GEnie via willett through a semi-automated process. Report problems to: uunet!willett!dwp or willett!dwp@hobbes.cert.sei.cmu.edu
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Category 6, Topic 5
Message 10 Sat Aug 11, 1990
B.SUTTON1 [Brian] at 23:57 EDT
For anyone that has a TI-99/4a, I have a routine that I came up with to write
music for it's 3 tone generators. You can program each one independantly
(tone, length, volume) with a little working knowledge of how to read a music
staff.
I have used it compile songs directly from the sheet music. Once started, the
music runs by itself & you can use your program to do anything else while the
music is playing (unlike BASIC). It plays 3-part harmony (as smoothly as you
like -- without the stilted sound you get from BASIC) and you can change the
tempo, etc. You can also use the noise generator to create special effects.
I have used it to create cassette tapes for choir members, playing their
particular part louder than the others; seems to help them quite a bit (our
choir is a little slow).
It is written in the FIG adaptation by WYCOVE, inc., but I imagine it could be
fairly readily transported to TI-FORTH.
If you'd like a sample of the music, I have a Christmas program (with music &
graphics) that has been in circulation for a few years now; give me a holler.
-- Brian
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Category 6, Topic 5 Message 13 Sat Mar 23, 1991 ELLIOTT.C at 16:29 EST re Glen B. Haydon's article "Ear Training" in 4D XII 5: this is said partially with a singer's prejudice, but an advanced test of a good ear is for someone to play or sing a note and require the other person to sing a note at a given interval above or below. I suspect i it would not be particularly difficult for a person of his expertise to extend the program and put together an a/d interface to do it. ----- This message came from GEnie via willett. You *cannot* reply to the author using e-mail. Please post a follow-up article, or use any instructions the author may have included (USMail addresses, telephone #, etc.). Report problems to: dwp@willett.pgh.pa.us _or_ uunet!willett!dwp