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Risset, J. (2002). Computing musical sound. Mathematics and Music, 215–231. Added by: alexb44 (23/06/2025, 10:07) Last edited by: alexb44 (23/06/2025, 10:34) |
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| Resource type: Journal Article Published DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-04927-3_13 BibTeX citation key: Risset2002 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Philosophy, Sound Creators: Risset Collection: Mathematics and Music |
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"Philosophy was born in Greece: it raised fundamental questions, some of which were revived since 1957, when it became possible to compute sound and music. All material substances are made of atoms: modularity is at work in chemistry, linguistics, but also in music. Sounds can be synthesized from other sounds, but one cannot exhibit genuine atoms of sound. The question of simple versus multiple is crucial: as Chowning demonstrated, a mix of sound components can be heard as a single sonic entity or as a multiplicity of sounds. Sounds have objective reality, but auditory illusions demonstrate the idiosyncrasies of perception and remind us of Protagoras’ claim that “of all things the measure is man”. Chaos was present in the views of Anaxagoras. Pythagoras – echoed by Leibniz - insisted that numbers rule the world, including musical harmony, whereas Aristoxenus argued that the justification of music is in the ear of the listener rather in a mathematical rationale. Sound and music computation follows Pythagoras, but the importance of aural perception supports the motto of Aristoxenus. Myths like the New Atlantis and the Nietzschean distinction between apollinian and dyonisiac are still with us. Sound and music computing is still an Odyssey."
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Explores the connections between ancient philosophical questions and modern sound technology.
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p. 20
"Sounds can be synthesized from other sounds, but one cannot exhibit genuine atoms of sound."
Discusses the concept of modularity in sound synthesis. While sounds can be broken down and recreated from basic components, like sine waves, there is no single, indivisible "atom" of sound in the way that chemical elements are fundamental to matter.
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p. 25
"The speculative visions of antique Greek philosophers about chaos, atoms, elements, flux, have found amazing confirmations in modern science, as though their brains were tuned to the physical world."
Reflects on the surprising relevance of ancient philosophical ideas to contemporary science. Suggests that early philosophers had an intuitive grasp of the fundamental principles of the physical world, which modern scientific tools are now confirming.
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