Hi Marysol,

It was good to speak with you today after such a long
while!

Welcome to the real world of vanishing high-quality
hi-tech--I mean here that AKG D550 mic which is no
longer made, hard to find remaining units, and is the
only item that will be adequate for your purpose. In
my own search for replacement equipment to do
astrosonics over several years I have found what I
needed no longer made, and replacements are in
museums. The only remaining alternative new all
digital methods have some serious downsides not
recognized much yet, much less adequately fixed.

I'm writing here mainly about the basal harmonic
signature you have found, which based on my work with
Laurel Keyes' Toning as related to astrosonics I can
see will very likely be composed of the main
astrosonic frequencies from the most emphasized
aspects of a person's chart, and am wondering how this
can be compared with the similarly fixed and
characteristic microrhythm signature that Dr. Manfred
Clynes has found very significant composers all have,
an essentic signature as he calls it described at
microsoundmusic.com. I rate his discovery highly as
the most significant advance so far to understanding
why some performances of a given composer are more
realistically and authentically recognizable as a
those of that given significant composer.
We are here comparing a set of frequencies as
Marysol's signature with a set of timing modulation
envelopes in Clyne's essentic signature--which is an
indicator of the composer's characteristic emotional
set on 4 stacked levels that uniquely characterize the
composer and when imposed on a performance of that
composer, render it authentic. I think there is an
equivalence worth much study here because a rhythm
speeded up becomes a timbre, a fundamental frequency
and upper partial non-integer harmonic set. This means
an essentic signature should be convertible to a
timbre which could be compared to Marysol's signatures
converted into a timbre by taking the lowest
componenet frequency and additively synthesizing a
fourier sum of the remaining frequencies as upper
partials each taken with an amplitude relative to that
found for the frequency in the signature.

The comparison of the two types of signature would
provide a key to the generators emotional dynamics.

I am suggesting checking this as a future project when
there may be sufficient time and interest after your
first netclass for the new software.

Michael

--- Marysol Gonzalez Sterling <biosonica@...>
wrote:

> Hello everyone again,
> I have talked to you about microphones and have
> talked about AKG D550 which is the one I use for the
> FFT. ANd also I have tried measurements condenser
> mic Behringer ecm8000. Well, not only we need a
> Phantom Power 48v to function with our computers
> with condenser mics, but it will not show the
> Harmonic Signature.... Of course I am talking about
> software for voice analysis that reaches de 11khz
> range, if not many mics would work ok. What we are
> looking is at high frequencies and the Mics
> response. Behringer ECM8000 even if is an excelent
> mic for measurement with a flat frequency response
> will not work for our purpose. It falls away in the
> region of the Harmonic SIgnature. I still have not
> found a good substitute for the AKG D550 bass drum
> mic that has a 10db increase from 3 to 8khz at
> least. This mic has been discontinued manufacturing,
> even though maybe we have found enough to supply the
> students for the internet course.
> I have tested more than 10 special mics, condenser
> mics and dynamic mics. None do what the AKG D550
> does.
> If any of you want to enter the research with me,,
> write to me and I will send you the frequency
> specifications. Or if any of you would know of a
> similar mic please let me know and send me the
> specificationa and Graph of Frequency response. And
> I will send you to your email the specs of this one.
>
> I still have to try some other drums, flat response
> except an increase of 8% in that frequency range.
> I still hope there should be another brand that
> would serve our purpose.
>
> Why look at the Harmonic Signature?????
> Because is the most stable frequency peaks and
> stringers we can find in the voice,, probably is a
> karmic condition and a chronic situation. It
> appears one and again, even if the musical notes,
> stressed or low are different., high excited voice
> or low depressed voice.. This is the enveloping
> enclosure of the harmonics stemming from our
> resonant box of mouth, teeth and tongue. Voice
> recognition specialists know about it, but their
> actual job is more that our voice and commands are
> understood by computer technology. The only other
> interested in the Harmonic Signature are the police,
> because even if one muffles and changes the voice,
> the Harmonic SIgnatue will be there. IT IS THE
> WAVEFORM BELONGING TO THE ENERGY AND PECULIARITY OF
> A PERSON.
> Anyway, I hope this is of interest for all of you,,,
> I cannot say much more because that will only given
> out to my students.
> I am anyway opened to any discussion or questiona
> about this subject.
> Till soon,
> Love,
> Marysol
>
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