Hello list~
I'm doing a research project in my senior year of undergraduate mathematics study, and have found a professor in the department willing to proctor it.
It is my intention to use Pd for this project, but I am stumped at how to get the professor (with no computer music experience, although he specializes in harmonic analysis) involved. I've shown him Miller's book, and also The Computer Music Tutorial and Dodge & Jerse.
What I am wondering is if anyone on the list has done something similar, and how they went about it. I am not really keen on doing a very theoretical, all on paper research project, but rather using Pd to explore some established mathematical ideas (Fourier analysis, Bessel functions, linear algebra, etc.) and relating them to sound/video processing.
Can anybody pass along some ideas that might help me to organize the curriculum for my semester? I'd be extremely grateful, because the deciding factor that propelled me into math was the fact that Miller Puckette has a math Phd!
~Kyle
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On Wed, 21 Dec 2005, Kyle Klipowicz wrote:
What I am wondering is if anyone on the list has done something similar, and how they went about it. I am not really keen on doing a very theoretical, all on paper research project, but rather using Pd to explore some established mathematical ideas (Fourier analysis, Bessel functions, linear algebra, etc.) and relating them to sound/video processing.
How do you intend to do a Bessel/Hankel transform in Pd? What would you use it for? Simulating drums?
I'd be extremely grateful, because the deciding factor that propelled me into math was the fact that Miller Puckette has a math Phd!
I just hope that you don't end up doing a math PhD...
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On 12/26/05, Mathieu Bouchard matju@artengine.ca wrote:
On Wed, 21 Dec 2005, Kyle Klipowicz wrote:
How do you intend to do a Bessel/Hankel transform in Pd? What would you use it for? Simulating drums?
This is one of the things that I am asking about on the list. I read in Dodge & Jerse that Bessel functions can describe attributes of frequency modulation, so that may be something I can study further for my project. Although, my advisor did show me a text regarding harmonic analysis of drum tones. I don't know if I will be able to do a Bessel/Hankel transform with Pd, since I'm not familiar with what that is yet!
I just hope that you don't end up doing a math PhD...
Nice comic! I think that a math PhD would require more dedication to the subject than I am willing to provide, but the skills I've learned so far are very helpful with my other (computer art/sound) endeavors. I see that you (Matju) have quite a bit of mathematics experience. Perhaps you could reccommend some areas of mathematics that I could explore using Pd. (Please, keep it as pedantic as possible, I'm not a genius!)
I appreciate the other (off-list) emails I recieved, they are very helpful.
~Kyle
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