4 Nov
2004
4 Nov
'04
11:01 a.m.
Can you create a file that is the 3rd, 4th, or 5th
harmony to another file using Sox or ecasound?
I've got a nice riff in the file riff.wav and I'd like
to create some files that are in harmony to that file.
So I'd have a file called riff_3.wav that would be
in 3rd harmony to the riff.wav, and one called
riff_4.wav that would be in 4th harmony, riff_5.wav,
etc. Then I'd like to combine these files in various
ways to create an output.wav. just to experiment and
see what happens. Can you do this using Sox or
ecasound? Could anyone tell me how, or where
I could get some examples or more information on
how to do this?
4 Nov
4 Nov
1:13 p.m.
On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 09:02:15AM -0600, ed orphan wrote:
Can you create a file that is the 3rd, 4th, or 5th
harmony to another file using Sox
seriously doubt it.
or ecasound?
Maybe, by using some ladspa pitch shifter plugin.
However, you may not get what you want.
Traditional harmonies are rarely a single parallel
interval; the interval shifts depending on the root.
I don't know of any software for linux that does this.
-PW
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Paul Winkler
http://www.slinkp.com
3:21 p.m.
On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 12:13:16PM -0500, Paul Winkler wrote:
On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 09:02:15AM -0600, ed orphan
wrote:
While Paul's harmonic advice is sound, you can accomplish the experiment
you're interested in doing with sound stretch, I think:
http://sky.prohosting.com/oparviai/soundtouch/soundstretch.html
"The sound Pitch (key) adjustable in range -60 .. +60 semitones (+- 5
octaves)."
A third would be 3 or 4 semitones, a fourth is 5 semitones and a 5th is
7 semitones.
-Eric Rz.
Can you create a file that is the 3rd, 4th, or
5th
harmony to another file using Sox
seriously doubt it.
or ecasound?
Maybe, by using some ladspa
pitch shifter plugin.
However, you may not get what you want.
Traditional harmonies are rarely a single parallel
interval; the interval shifts depending on the root.
I don't know of any software for linux that does this. 
4:15 p.m.
I never had any musical formation classes whatsoever, but I believe that
using a pitch stretch technique it would give you notes 'offscale'. for
instance, you have the C major scale; if you want the 3rd of C, it would be
exactly 4 semitones above (E) but the 3rd of D it would be 3 semitones above
(F) for the 3rds to be in scale...
I know guitar pedals have somehing called 'harmonizer' where you can define
in which scale you are playing, and it gives you the 3rd, 4th, whatsoever on
that scale...
Hope that helped...
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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] creating harmony files ( 3rd, 4th, 5th)
On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 12:13:16PM -0500, Paul Winkler
wrote:
octaves)."
On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 09:02:15AM -0600, ed
orphan wrote:
While Paul's harmonic advice is sound, you can accomplish the experiment
you're interested in doing with sound stretch, I think:
http://sky.prohosting.com/oparviai/soundtouch/soundstretch.html
"The sound Pitch (key) adjustable in range -60 .. +60 semitones (+- 5
Can you create a file that is the 3rd, 4th, or
5th
harmony to another file using Sox
seriously doubt it.
or ecasound?
Maybe, by using some ladspa
pitch shifter plugin.
However, you may not get what you want.
Traditional harmonies are rarely a single parallel
interval; the interval shifts depending on the root.
I don't know of any software for linux that does this.
A third would be 3 or 4 semitones, a fourth is 5 semitones and a 5th is
7 semitones.
-Eric Rz.
6:07 p.m.
On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 08:17:40PM -0000, Miguel wrote:
I never had any musical formation classes whatsoever,
but I believe that
using a pitch stretch technique it would give you notes 'offscale'. for
instance, you have the C major scale; if you want the 3rd of C, it would be
exactly 4 semitones above (E) but the 3rd of D it would be 3 semitones above
(F) for the 3rds to be in scale...
I know guitar pedals have somehing called 'harmonizer' where you can define
in which scale you are playing, and it gives you the 3rd, 4th, whatsoever on
that scale...
Hope that helped...
Sure. I think this is similar to what Paul was saying. But, nonetheless,
if the original poster is interested in experimenting with fixed
intervals over his riff without them staying in the key he can do that
with soundstretch. There is a lot of music out there that doesn't
necessarily follow the rules. I often play parallel chords that don't
necessarily change chord quality according to a given key. It can be fun
to move the same chord shape up and down the guitar neck.
In harmony and voice leading class in music school parallel 5th's were
strictly forbidden. But, we wouldn't have the Sex Pistols without them.
:-D
-Eric Rz.
On Thu, Nov
04, 2004 at 12:13:16PM -0500, Paul Winkler wrote:
octaves)."
>
> A third would be 3 or 4 semitones, a fourth is 5 semitones and a 5th is
> 7 semitones.
>
> -Eric Rz.
> On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 09:02:15AM -0600, ed
orphan wrote:
While Paul's harmonic advice is sound, you can accomplish the experiment
you're interested in doing with sound stretch, I think:
http://sky.prohosting.com/oparviai/soundtouch/soundstretch.html
"The sound Pitch (key) adjustable in range -60 .. +60 semitones (+- 5 Can you create a file that is the 3rd, 4th, or
5th
harmony to another file using Sox
seriously doubt it.
or ecasound?
Maybe, by using some ladspa
pitch shifter plugin.
However, you may not get what you want.
Traditional harmonies are rarely a single parallel
interval; the interval shifts depending on the root.
I don't know of any software for linux that does this.
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