matlab and mircrosound

[brett lockspeiser <blocks@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

on the topic of environments for making sound -

has anyone out there ever used matlab for processing, synthesis,
performance, etc?

i was working over the summer making algorithms for sounds analysis in
matlab (used in neurobiology experiments with songbirds, speaking of
animal abuse. . . ) - and it seems like a really ideal enviornment - as
powerful as max/msp, but working in a totally different paradigm. since
digital audio _is_ an array of numbers, the fact that matlab treats all
data as a matrix can be very helpful... and there's a signal processing
toolkit and great GUIs . .. the works.

anyone ever put it to use for artistic purposes?

i would love to, but unfortunately since i left san francisco i don't have
access to it anymore...

brett.

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