Instrument

Shepard tone - v1.0

Download .binstr
Submitted by
@markvp
Category
Algorithmics
Created at
Mar 30, 2008, 1:14 PM
Type
blue.orchestra.BlueSynthBuilder

Description

This instrument creates a Shepard tone. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepard_tone for more info on what a Shepard tone is. p-fields: p4 is the pitch or frequency p5 is the amplitude BSB widgets: speed is how fast each component varies envelope shape determines when the amplitude of a component is the highest, more to the beginning or to the end; use 0.5 for regular Shepard tone pulse width is used for the vco2 opcode if the waveform is square or triangle, values are limited to the stable range speed, envelope shape, pulse width and panning have an extra text field which in the code is appended to the value of the knob; use e.g. *p6 to change the value from the score For a regular Shepard tone, use a sine wave. The other waveforms have strange artefacts, which can be nice.
You can either download the .binstr file above and import it in Blue, or open Tools → BlueShare in Blue (under Instruments / Algorithmics) for direct import of Shepard tone - v1.0 into your project.