the audio playback "PITCH GLITCH!" Bug or FEATURE? ;-)

FranzKeller

i discovered last night that playing a sound above a certain very high pitch (perhaps over 2?)
not only speeds it up and raises the pitch,
but also causes weird fragmenting and gapping within the sound -

(almost as if it's attempting to keep the original length, while changing the pitch?)

Of course, I happen to LIKE experimental "glitch music" ;-)
(you know, Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, Boards of Canada in a more relaxing way?)
So I consider this a "feature" rather than a bug!
(if you don't want said distortion, don't turn your "pitch" value up too high!)

I didn't realize this before (because the sounds are already so strange!) but this does show up at some places in my radarhead video...

scorelessmusic

Interesting! And I'm sure you know of people who glitch chipsets on purpose just to get... glitchy music.

FranzKeller

scorelessmusic said:
Interesting! And I'm sure you know of people who glitch chipsets on purpose just to get... glitchy music.

Those who do it with hardware -
these people are the "Circuitbenders" ;-) (sounds like a movie intro, doesn't it?)

Here is such a musician, Igor Amokian, with my projections.
(Using a variety of gadgets, vinyl records, etc.)

quantumsheep

When is Radarhead due out, FK? Looking forward to it

FranzKeller

quantumsheep said:
When is Radarhead due out, FK? Looking forward to it

Thanks for interest! ;-) and GS advice on the board

Well, (after initial confusion) I got it uploaded to Apple 5 days ago,
so I guess I have 1-5 more days?
based on what I've been reading here is the average

I'm very pleased with the idea, have been promoting with stickers of the characters etc. ;-)

(There is more musical weirdness on the design table here too! of course)

quantumsheep

FranzKeller said:
(There is more musical weirdness on the design table here too! of course)

I'd expect nothing less!