Work-in-progress announcement of the Interpretations project,
an album of compositions written as Python scripts using PyTheory.
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Announces pytheory-opxy project — 69 multisampled instruments and 12 drum kits
for the Teenage Engineering OP-XY, all synthesized from Python using PyTheory.
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69 instruments and 12 drum kits generated from PyTheory's synthesis
engine for the OP-XY and OP-1. Includes step-by-step installation
for non-technical users.
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SoundCloud, YouTube, and Vimeo URLs on their own line in markdown
are automatically replaced with embeds via oEmbed API. Results cached.
Updated NumPy synth essay to use bare SoundCloud URL.
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Tighter, less breathless. Same code and structure, fewer narrator
asides telling you how to feel about it.
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Soundfonts are locked to equal temperament — math-based synthesis
lets you play any instrument in Pythagorean, meantone, or just
intonation because the frequency is just a parameter.
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New essay on physical modeling synthesis in pure Python — Karplus-Strong
strings, tabla strokes, djembe cross-choking, Hammond organ drawbars.
Software pages:
- Responder: mention this site runs on it, link to colophon
- All pages: change pip install to uv add
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Details how tabla strokes are modeled from physical components:
membrane thuds, shell resonance, syahi harmonics, attack transients.
Every sound is math — NumPy and SciPy, nothing else.
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No longer "highly experimental thought exercise" — now shows the full
stack: theory, composition, synthesis, effects, sequencing, export.
Added links to both new essays.
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Same content and code examples, but toned down the selling. Let the
code speak for itself. Honest about not knowing if anyone needs this.
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Live coding walkthrough — drums, bass, pads, effects chains, LFO
automation, arpeggiator, and WAV/MIDI export. All from the REPL.
Also fixes emdash formatting in the PyTheory Is Awesome essay.
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On chord detection from fingerings, world music systems (Arabic maqam,
Indian raga, Japanese pentatonic, gamelan), 25 instrument presets, and
why the quietest library is the one that means the most.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Pattern Recognition, Recognition and Recovery, and Lessons Learned
sections now use proper ul formatting.
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Downloaded 217 images (131 Squarespace, 85 Flickr, 1 AI section)
to /static/images/legacy/ and updated all references across 60 files.
Removed 1 broken Flickr image. Site now serves all images locally.
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Keep the honesty but lead with normalization ("most people have
internal voices"). Remove raw transmissions and all-caps quotes.
Consolidate system details into how-it-works overview. The door
metaphor stays — it's the most important part.
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