On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 06:43:54PM +0100, Hartmut Noack wrote: > > The second is why one would reduce the natural > > rythm of any piece of music to a regular beat. > > 1.: every music has a rhythmic structure, though many great pieces do > not work with a straight 4/4 beat. So, if a detection tool is able to > analyze the rhythmic essence of say: Wagners overture for the Rheingold, > it could help to produce a very interesting musical comment to this > piece of music without destroying its initial qualities. Heiaha weia! Woglinde, Wellgunde and Flosshilde will deal with such a person, who will disappear into the Rhine, never to be seen again ! It would a be difficult one for any beat detector I'd say, and any beats would totally destroy it. There's enough life in it with just the three Rheintöchter. Ciao, -- FA Laboratorio di Acustica ed Elettroacustica Parma, Italia O tu, che porte, correndo si ? E guerra e morte ! _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user