{"id":771,"date":"2017-05-08T22:40:27","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T05:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.timsummers.org\/?page_id=771"},"modified":"2020-06-03T08:18:43","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T15:18:43","slug":"partito","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.timsummers.org\/?page_id=771","title":{"rendered":"Partito Harmony Engine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Partito has migrated to Python and is now an open source GitHub repository!<\/a>Partito is a system for bit-level encoding of harmonic combinations, implementing polyphony as a kind of ternary computing. It is  an intuitively navigable and computationally efficient representation of 12-note harmony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Partito models  a neural-network-like system at byte scale, making predictive computing possible through byte partitions. The minimization of activation-entropy in the network itself makes harmony clear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Operating at transistor level, the system should be a useful core element both in dynamic music creation and in the categorization and analysis of audio and notated music through digital media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An assortment of automatically generated examples can be found here on SoundCloud<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paritito uses bit permutations to define harmonic paths and possibilities at the very core of the computer: complete chordal and modal analysis can be reduced to 32 bits\/slice, and decompressed without loss. The system builds a geometrically complete bit-space in which a user can move without limit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The navigable harmonic space of Partito, showing an analysis of Bach Chorale #1 ‘Aus meines Herzens Gr\u00fcnde’<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

To the right and below are images of the engine at work in 1) Unity<\/strong> (showing the geometry of the space) and 2a) and 2b) Pure Data<\/strong>, with descriptions of inputs and outputs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Partita is currently operable in C and will be exported to Python for use with Google Magenta and other sound\/music analysis platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Please send inquiries via the contact form<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Partito has migrated to Python and is now an open source GitHub repository!Partito is a system for bit-level encoding of harmonic combinations, implementing polyphony as a kind of ternary computing. It is  an intuitively navigable and computationally efficient representation of 12-note harmony. Partito models  a neural-network-like system at byte scale, making predictive computing possible through byte partitions. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t