[PD] ANNOUNCE: ANTSynth - Pure Data prototype premiere

[alessandro contini]

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On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 8:38 PM, Tyler Leavitt <thecryoflove at gmail.com>wrote:

> Very nice!
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 10:08 AM, Andrew Faraday <jbturgid at hotmail.com>wrote:
>
>>  Love it!
>>
>> I suggest you look for research funding for that ASAP
>>
>> Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2012 18:59:12 +0200
>> From: lorenzofsutton at gmail.com
>> To: pd-list at iem.at
>> Subject: [PD] ANNOUNCE: ANTSynth - Pure Data prototype premiere
>>
>>
>> Dear Pd community,
>>
>> The international research team of which I am a humble member (PPMR -
>>
>>
>> ParaPonera Music Research) is proud to release today the first working
>> prototype of ANTSynth (see below) developed as Pure Data patch.
>> Attached is a standalone prototype patch which should work directly in
>> Pd (make sure DSP is working and use the main toggle to start).
>>
>>
>>
>> Testing and (constructive) critique are very welcome (please consider
>> this is very preliminary!!)
>>
>> Regards,
>> Lorenzo.
>>
>> A little background on Antsynth (more details and links in the patch and
>>
>>
>> future posts):
>>
>> ANTSynth is a cutting edge, innovative synthesis method. It stands for
>> Ant Stimulation Turmoil Synthesis. Inspired by Natural Science, Biology
>> and pioneering Engineer studies it creates unique additive-aggregate
>>
>>
>> mesh-able (over)tones with complete formations of broad spectra which in
>> turn the modern composer can imply (we think) in any composition.
>> ANT synthesis is inspired by the Natural Sciences as it translates into
>>
>>
>> sound some of the most interesting patterns of ants' complex social
>> behaviour as outlined by Ted R. Schultz in his paper “In search of ant
>> ancestors”. ANTSynth is created by an international team of biologists,
>>
>>
>> engineers, sound designers and programmers (PPMR) and will be released
>> as Open Source in the hope that it will be useful for the future
>> generations of researchers, sound designers, artist, biologists, composers.
>>
>>
>> Many questions and issues about the feasibility and optimisation of
>> ANTSynth remain but preliminary results seem to be promising.
>>
>> Minimal background bibliography:
>>
>> D. Moody , A Field Study of the Ant Trail Phenomenon , Division of
>>
>>
>> Natural Science , The University of Findlay , 2000
>> John M. Chowning, The Synthesis of Complex Audio Spectra by Means of
>> Frequency Modulation, Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, 1973
>> Julius O. Smith III. "Additive Synthesis (Early Sinusoidal Modeling)".
>>
>>
>> Retrieved 2012-01-14. "The term "additive synthesis" refers to sound
>> being formed by adding together many sinusoidal components" -
>> https://ccrma.stanford.edu/~jos/sasp/Additive_Synthesis_Early_Sinusoidal.html
>>
>>
>>
>> Ettershank, G. 1965. A new modular-design artificial ant nest. Turtox
>> News, 43:42–43.
>> Holldobler, B., M. Moglich, and U. Maschwitz. 1974. Communication by
>> tandem running in the  ant Camponotus sericeus. Journal of Comparative
>>
>>
>> Physiology, 90:105–127.
>> Horn, D. J. 1976. Biology of insects. W. B. Saunders, Philadelphia.
>> [Pages 3, 16–31, 207–208,  238–240]
>> Jacobson, M. 1972. Insect sex pheromones. Academic Press, New York.
>> [Pages 1–2, 79–100,  and 101–120]
>>
>>
>> Markin, G. P. 1968. Handling techniques for large quantities of ants.
>> Journal of Economic  Entomology, 61:1744–1745.
>> Moody, D. L. 1981. Ant trails. The American Biology Teacher, 43:452–453.
>> Wilson, E. O. 1963. Pheromones. Scientific American, 208:100–114.
>>
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