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Meta-Meta-Meta
Somehow, over the course of the past year or so, playing, writing and publishing music seems to have turned into a real thing in my world. It is now my ‘main gig’. Which means that my programming, graphics and other related activities usually have to wait until I’m done practicing. Working on my computer skills…
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Building of Fringelab
It all started with Dave Weber’s drill press. After last Winter (2016), I thought I should build a little rack to stack the firewood in our crowded basement. This was from a neat plan in Popular Mechanics magazine. Among other things it required some easy metal working. When I asked my friend Dave what drill…
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3d Turn-O-Trope
0. Introduction1. Basic Operation2. The Conversion Overview3. The Conversion Details4. Main Components5. Schematics6. Arduino Code 0. Introduction A project to convert an old record player into a controllable turntable for physical 3D animations. What’s a zoetrope? After typing “what is a zoetrope” into Google the first result is this: zo·e·trope a 19th-century optical toy consisting…
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A02. Minimal Information Content
There is not a whole lot to say about this chromatic scale. – There are 12 steps (of theoretically, but not practically, equal distance) – After 12 steps the scale repeats, with every step doubling in frequency (this is called an octave) Alternatively, this could also just be expressed as a string of consecutive numbers: …
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A01. The Chromatic Substrate
We are using the 12 note chromatic scale as the basic substrate for our exploration of music theory and its possible parallels with the fabric of reality. Above the twelve steps with sound frequencies above each step (or “station”). The Chromatic Scale normally used in modern Western music has a pretty clear definition. “Our” chromatic…
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A. Only A Music Theory
When I started playing guitar at age 14 or so, I was concentrating on the sheer awkwardness of getting to make my fingers hold down the right string in the right position. Only after the physical aspect got a little easier and more second nature, did music theory come in the mix. At first it…
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Rounding Errors
For as long as I can remember one of my most favorite pastimes has been thinking about god, the universe and everything. Half of the books I read deal with this subject one way or another (the other half is Science Fiction, which often deals with the very same topics). In the past few years…
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Semantics and the lowest common denominator
This is how huge pyramids of fringe theories are built on hot air.