RE: [microsound] particle/atom models of sound

[Gareth Metford <gmetford@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> the term 'microsound' was termed by Curtis Roads and has to do with the
> concept of dealing with sound on an 'atomic' (ie: grain-based)
> level...instead of digital audio being dealt with as a continuous stream of
> data it is broken up into small >100mS gaussian enveloped (triangle works
> too) grains...

Hmm...what's a gaussian envelope?

Gareth

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Gareth Metford (Nonlinear / Qubit Records)

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