2008/5/22 Martin Ahnelöv <<a href="mailto:operagasten@gmail.com">operagasten@gmail.com</a>>:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I'm not 100% sure I understand the concept of<br>
granular synthesis, and I can't afford a book right now, so I'm asking<br>
if you guys got an example/demo of the technique which I could study<br>
(preferably in ChucK)?<br>
<br>
</blockquote><div><br>Well, the basic idea is to take some signal in a buffer and play back bits (grains) of it, especially small bits, typically around 50::ms (give or take a few octaves). The 50::ms comes from that being the threshold where human hearing will still detect pitch (20Hz) You can play back just a few grains every once in a while, resulting in a rhythmical pattern or lots&lots of them for noisy textures. A simple intro is found here as well; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granular_synthesis">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granular_synthesis</a><br>
There are some examples in the LiSa examples ( /examples/special/ ), but those might not be general enough for you.<br></div></div><br>I'll cook up a example for you tonight or tomorrow or so, could be fun. :¬)<br><br>
Kas.<br>