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From: alves@calvin.usc.edu (William Alves)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Re: Fundamental Frequencies of Musical Notes
Date: 3 Jan 1993 18:21:19 -0800
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: calvin.usc.edu

In article <8515@charon.cwi.nl> dik@cwi.nl (Dik T. Winter) writes:

>The frequency of A' at 440 is currently indeed standard, but for older music
>you would like to have a lower pitch.

It is a myth that absolute pitch has been getting gradually higher since the
baroque. See Arthur Mendel's comprehensive look at absolute pitch in Acta
Musicologica. At least in the baroque pitch references were local at best,
and though there were the different pitches for choir and instruments in
many areas (usually referred to, even by English-speakers, as chorton and
kammerton - there's also so-called tief-kammerton in some areas), there
was no ONE chorton or ONE kammerton. Each varied by as much as a major third
one way or the other from place to place.

>Further, the relative frequencies as given above are first used by Bach in
>his 'Wohltemperiertes Klavier'.

First of all, it is another myth that Bach used equal temperament. While we
don't have any direct evidence exactly what tuning system he used, his son
Emanuel said in a letter to Kirnberger specifically that J.S. Bach did NOT
use equal temperament. It is likely that he preferred one of the many so-
called "good" or "well" temperaments in which all keys are playable, but
the more common keys are somewhat more consonant. After all, it is the
"well" tempered, not "equal" tempered klavier.

Secondly, equal temperament had been recognized long before Bach's day. The
theoretical possibility of it had been alluded to by Aristoxeneus, and
by at least the 17th century, several people had written about it. It isn't
that equal temperament was unknown until the 18th century, just that compo-
sers made a deliberate decision to use something else. In particular, they
don't seem to have liked the relatively out-of-tune thirds (in relation to
pure 5/4 and 6/5 thirds).

> An older list of relative frequencies is:
>	C   D   E   F   G   A   B   C
>	24  27  30  32  36  40  45  48

This is called a "just" tuning system because the frequency ratios are
represented by relatively small numbers. I suppose one could make a case
for it being "older" than equal temperament in the sense that we have
evidence for just tuning systems going back to Sumeria, but many other
tuning systems were more widely used in European music: mean-tone
temperaments, "good" temperaments, "circular" temperaments, and equal
temperament were apparently more popular, though at different times.

This is not to say that I have anything against just intonation, quite
the contrary. I use just intonation in my own composition. Sythesizers
and computers allow one to adopt just intonation without having to build
my own instruments. I'm even a member of the Just Intonation Network (email
me for more information about the JIN).

Bill Alves
From: sphipps@vnet.ibm.com (Simon Phipps)
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 10:43:21 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Re: MOD -> WAV....?
Reply-To: sphipps@vnet.ibm.com
Organization: IBM UK Laboratories Ltd, Hursley Park
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not those of IBM
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aj923@cleveland.Freenet.Edu writes:
>for those of us that use fileservers, so the next question is: Is there
>a .MOD player for Windows, or a .MOD to MIDI converter?

There is indeed a MOD player for Windows - I got my copy from CompuServe
(called WINMOD, unsurprisingly) but it may be available elsewhere.

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Newsgroups: comp.multimedia,comp.sys.mac.wanted,comp.sys.mac.hardware
Distribution: world
From: tom_klein@magicbb.uucp
Organization: MAGIC - Macintosh Awareness Group In Canada
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 07:30:20 EST
Subject: Fwd: wanted: spigot nubus

i'm looking for a used video spigot (nubus), cheap.  anybody have one they want
to sell? (the macrecorder sound option would be nice, too.)

....... tom
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: synchem@sbcs.sunysb.edu (Synchem proj acct)
Subject: mpeg player file format
Organization: State University of New York at Stony Brook
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 08:46:50 GMT


Would anybody in the know provide pointers to descriptions
of the mpeg file format used by the berkeley mpeg player program? 
The format should be the same as that used by the Xing player.
Thanks for any help.

Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: Jonathan Rosenberg <jxr@thumper.bellcore.com>
Subject: Re: Looking for Proceedings...
Organization: Bellcore
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 93 22:27:02 GMT

From: ralanis@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Ramon Alanis)
Subject: Looking for Proceedings...
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 20:11:51 GMT

> I am looking for:

> Network and Operating System Support for Digital Audio and Video
> Third International Workshop Proceedings

> Can somebody give me some information on where and how to get this
> material?

> Any information would be welcome.

The workshop was held 11/12-13 in San Diego & the proceedings will be
published by Springer-Verlag sometime during 1993.

Preliminary copies of the proceedings were handed out during the
workshop.  I don't know whether extras are available (for $$ or
otherwise).  Try sending e-mail to av-workshop@cs.ucsd.edu asking about
copies.

> Please answer by mail...

Oops ...

JR

Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: eric@microware.com (Eric Miller)
Subject: Re: PHILLIPS CDI Information?
Summary: Soon, soon....
Organization: Microware Systems Corp., Des Moines, Iowa
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 15:04:36 GMT

In article <1992Dec22.101147.9560@iscsvax.uni.edu> bartusek@iscsvax.uni.edu writes:
> I am curious about the use of full screen/full motion video on CDI.
> I'd like to know if it is available or when it will be available with
> full motion video?

The Philips CD-I players currently on the market do not have any FS/FM video
capabilities.  They do, however, have a cartridge slot on the back which is
intended for an MPEG-I video extension sometime during 1993.  As always, the
modules will probably be available to developers at a premium price before
a general consumer launch.

> And I'd like some information on the user-friendly ability of the system.

For more general information on CD-I or on authoring systems for CD-I you
can contact OptImage at 1-800-CDI-5484 or your local Philips rep.

Eric Miller
Director, Multimedia
Microware Systems

Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: verghese@boi.hp.com (Phil Verghese)
Subject: Recommendations for PC multimedia system?  
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 23:01:55 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard

Our group is looking into purchasing several multimedia upgrade kits for some
of our 386 and 486 PC's.  We've seen the packages offered by Creative
Labs and MediaVision -- they both look good.  Does anyone have any
advice on which is better?  Do any of the kits support multi-session
Photo CDs?  Are we better off putting together our own sound card and
CD-ROM package?  Any information would be greatly appreciated.

    	    	Thanks in advance,

    	    	    Phil
From: ramesh@zycad.com (Ramesh Narayanaswamy)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Info. Request: How to put together a MM CD ?
Date: 25 Dec 92 21:02:59 GMT
Distribution: comp.multimedia
Organization: Zycad Corporation,  Fremont, CA


I would like to present a story as a multimedia CD usable on
PCs. I would like some recommendations on Books, Articles, and
Tools for novice MM developers. I have been developing software
and software/hardware interfaces for a long time. However i am
an absolute novice at graphics, sound, video etc. So i don't
mind ploughing through technical material, 'slightly' incompatible
systems etc. but i need basic grounding on graphics, sound, video etc.

I realize that similar requests have been made on this newsgroup; i am
adding to the noise since i haven't seen any of the responses to
earlier requests.

Please mail me your responses and i will summarize and post.

thanking you in advance,

ramesh
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: luosu@waves.su.OZ.AU (Luo Su Huai)
Subject: Wanted: head image & speech database 
Reply-To: luosu@waves.su.OZ.AU (Luo Su Huai)
Organization: University of Sydney, Australia
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 00:47:20 GMT


Hi,there,

I am a Doctoral student, doing research on revealing live mouth images 
through speech signal analysis(also called automated lip-sync).
Currently, I need some sample data, of synchronised image and speech. 
This is a broadcast request for data of that kind.

Description:
The data should be 
a. continuous head and shoulder images, synchronised visual and audio; 
b. of read speech,  several minutes long; 
c. both the image and the speech signal should be accessible by computer,
frame by frame( e.g., 20ms/s). The data format is not important.

So, my first question is: can anyone tell me if such a database exists now 
and how can I get access to it?

My second question is about how to catch the data properly.

I've got a full motion digital video adapter DVA-4000/ISA produced by 
Videologic Limited. According to the producer's information, 
DVA-4000/ISA is a multimedia system adapter which can transfer both 
audio and video signals between IBM PC/XT/AT and audio/video sources 
such as video cassette recorder(VCR),and only Sony 9000 series(Umatic) 
VCRs are DVA-4000/ISA supported.
We are considering purchasing a Sony 9000 series VCR called VO9600P
(about A$5534 including a RS232 port) to construct the video and audio 
data acquiring system.
I would be grateful for any ideas and suggestions about the data 
collecting system. 
In particular, I would value information on some questions like: 
Can DVA-4000/ISA really transfer a speech signal from tape to computer
(with what command)?; 
Will the VO9600P do(or is there a better type)?

Thanks a lot.


Suhuai Luo
Speech Technology Research Group
Department of Electrical Engi.
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006
Australia

luosu@brutus.ee.su.oz.au
tel: +61 2 692 4509
fax: +61 2 692 3847
 



Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: cja@castle.ed.ac.uk (C Adie)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Networked Multimedia Survey
Date: 23 Dec 92 12:44:52 GMT
Organization: Edinburgh University


                        Survey of networked multimedia
                        ------------------------------

The survey of distributed multimedia research, standards and products
comissioned by RARE and for which information was solicited recently,
has reached draft status.  By agreement with the chair of the RARE
Multimedia Working Group, the draft survey report is now available by
anonymous ftp for comment.

The draft report contains responses received up to 18 December.  It is
over 100 pages long.  It may be found on:

           ftp.ed.ac.uk:pub/mmsurvey

in files:

           mmsurvey.txt       (Text)
           mmsurvey.ps        (Postscript)

Comments and further information are welcome and should be submitted to
the email address below before 18 January.  It is hoped to release the
final report on 25 January. 

Chris Adie                                   Phone:  +44 31 650 3363
Edinburgh University Computing Service       Fax:    +44 31 662 4809
University Library, George Square            Email:  C.J.Adie@edinburgh.ac.uk
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ, United Kingdom
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: kdlin@advtech.uswest.com (David Lin)
Subject: Internet Multimedia Archive Info Wanted
Organization: U S WEST Advanced Technologies
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 17:33:26 GMT

Happy holidays.

I'm doing a preliminary survey on the archive sites of Internet/USENET. 
I'll really appreciate it if anyone can point me to where those sites
are located. Basically, I'm looking for multimedia resources archives
such as images, quicktime movies, sounds, text, MPEG, JPEG, DVI movies,
etc. Any multimedia related items will work too.

Please send e-mail to me at: kdlin@advtech.uswest.com.

Thanks in advance.

David

-- 
 K. David Lin, Ph.D.              | IEEE Member, NRA Member, HAM Operator
 Communication Services Research  | U S WEST Life Safety Team
 U S WEST Advanced Technologies   | Defend your life in STEREO - Beretta & SIG 
 E-mail: kdlin@advtech.uswest.com | Disclaimer: Only personal opinions
From: ldo@waikato.ac.nz (Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Re: Full motion capture and encodeing in mpeg format
Date: 24 Dec 92 13:18:25 +1300
Organization: University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

In article <1992Dec22.160351.26281@microware.com>, troyf@microware.com (Troy Frericks) writes:
>
> Does anyone have a list of 24 bit color capture boards for
> PC or MAC that capture in real time (ie capture a five second
> movie in five seconds!).  Appears that currently mpeg encoding
> would have to be a seperate process.?

There is more than one for the Mac that will do capture and JPEG compression
to disk in real time. RasterOps have their MoviePak add-in for various of
their video input cards, and SuperMac have their DigitalFilm all-in-one card.
I gather both of those were supposed to have started shipping this month,
but you might try contacting the vendors to find out for sure.

*Nobody* has got MPEG compression going in anything approaching real-time--
certainly not full MPEG compression, with motion detection between frames.

Lawrence D'Oliveiro                       fone: +64-7-856-2889
Computer Services Dept                     fax: +64-7-838-4066
University of Waikato            electric mail: ldo@waikato.ac.nz
Hamilton, New Zealand    37^ 47' 26" S, 175^ 19' 7" E, GMT+13:00
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: trebor@foretune.co.jp (Robert J Woodhead)
Subject: Digidesign phone #
Keywords: need number
Organization: Foretune Co., Ltd.
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 09:13:13 GMT

Would someone be so kind as to email me the phone number
of Digidesign.  It's hard to hunt them down from Japan.

Many thanks.

-- 
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
| Robert J. Woodhead, Biar Games / AnimEigo, Incs.    trebor@forEtune.co.jp |
| AnimEigo US Office Email (for general questions): 72447.37@compuserve.com |
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: lex@optimla.aimla.com (Lex van Sonderen)
Subject: Re: PHILLIPS CDI Information?
Organization: Philips Interactive Media of America
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 00:50:28 GMT

In article <1992Dec24.132337.12978@waikato.ac.nz> ldo@waikato.ac.nz (Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University) writes:
>
>Any comments on subjective quality? Would you compare it to VHS? Broadcast?
>S-VHS?

Subjective video quality: 'better than VHS'.
I have seen more than 6 different samples now:
- James Bond (fair, artifacts in the cargo space of the Landrover)
- the Three Tenors (fair)
- Pink Floyd (good)
- NFL (bad, lot of artifacts)
- CD-I commercials (fair)
- some others I don't recal (fair)
(fair = slightly better than VHS; good is a lot better; bad is yeccchh)

Subjective audio quality: 'a lot better than VHS'.  It is somewhat better
than MiniDisc, about the same as DCC, slighty inferior to CD or DAT.

Quality depends completely on:
- quality of source material: Get first generation copies, it is worth the
  effort.
- carrier of source material: D1 is best, stay away from any composite video;
- specific encoder used: There will be a lot of competition out there. Some
  encoders will do some material better than others. Even when real-time
  encoders are available, the slow, software decoders might remain to be
  used since their quality can be more up-to-date.

Lex van Sonderen
Philips Interactive Media
Manager Knowledge Transfer
lex@aimla.com
CompuServe: 71552,2204
From: rramser@dale.ksc.nasa.gov (Rusty Ramser)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Audio I/O Systems
Date: 23 Dec 92 20:50:56 GMT
Organization: NASA / Kennedy Space Center


(I don't know if this is an appropriate place to post this
 question; it appears to be the most likely newsgroup to me.)

I am looking for computer hardware and/or software to help
a learning handicapped child.  As a result of a stroke he
had as a baby, parts of the child's brain were damaged.  He
is unable to read or write, and the brain damage suffered
makes it extremely unlikely that he can learn these skills.
Despite this, he is still reasonably intelligent and can
communicate effectively through speech.

I know there are hardware/software packages on the market
which allow handicapped people to verbally give their computer
commands, and if anyone has any recommendations on specific
products it would be appreciated.

I don't know if any of the following type of systems exist, but
if so, your input is appreciated:
   +  A verbal dictation system which could allow spoken word
      to be translated/transferred into a word processing
      system.
   +  Audible interaction and feedback to the user.  (As I
      pointed out previously, the child cannot read; even if a
      voice recognition input system could be used, without
      audio feedback to him, it would not be of any use.)

Please e-mail responses to me, or post if more discussion by
others would add to your response.  Thanks in advance for your
assistance.

+---------------------------------+
| Rusty B. Ramser                 |
| DL-DSD-21                       |
| Kennedy Space Center, FL  32899 |
|                                 |
| rusty-ramser@ksc.nasa.gov       |
+---------------------------------+
From: harti@mikro.ee.tu-berlin.de (Stefan Hartmann (Behse))
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Re: Full motion capture and encodeing in mpeg format
Date: 31 Dec 1992 01:59:55 GMT
Organization: ZRZ/TU-Berlin
NNTP-Posting-Host: mikro.ee.tu-berlin.de

In <1992Dec24.131825.12977@waikato.ac.nz> ldo@waikato.ac.nz (Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University) writes:

>In article <1992Dec22.160351.26281@microware.com>, troyf@microware.com (Troy Frericks) writes:
>>
>> Does anyone have a list of 24 bit color capture boards for
>> PC or MAC that capture in real time (ie capture a five second
>> movie in five seconds!).  Appears that currently mpeg encoding
>> would have to be a seperate process.?

>There is more than one for the Mac that will do capture and JPEG compression
>to disk in real time. RasterOps have their MoviePak add-in for various of
>their video input cards, and SuperMac have their DigitalFilm all-in-one card.
>I gather both of those were supposed to have started shipping this month,
>but you might try contacting the vendors to find out for sure.

>*Nobody* has got MPEG compression going in anything approaching real-time--
>certainly not full MPEG compression, with motion detection between frames.


Okay, this is right, but the Xing sofwtware only encoder is running
at 1 frame/sec and this is not too bad I think...

Best regards, Stefan Hartmann,c/o Gatz & Hartmann
email to: leo@zelator.in-berlin.de


>Lawrence D'Oliveiro                       fone: +64-7-856-2889
>Computer Services Dept                     fax: +64-7-838-4066
>University of Waikato            electric mail: ldo@waikato.ac.nz
>Hamilton, New Zealand    37^ 47' 26" S, 175^ 19' 7" E, GMT+13:00
From: ohara@angelo.amd.com (Bob O'Hara)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia,comp.dcom.lans.cell-relay
Subject: Re: Networked videodisks?
Summary: net video done at fall InterOp by Fore Systems
Date: 24 Dec 92 17:57:49 GMT
Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Santa Clara, CA

In article <5149@equinox.unr.edu> malc@equinox.unr.edu (Malcolm Carlock) writes:
>Does anyone know if there are such things as networked videodisks?  I.e.,
>a technology that would allow one multisession videodisk device to live
>on a server, with multiple client workstations able to obtain full-motion
>video, or something like it, via a network.
>

[stuff deleted]

>
>Regards,
>-- 
>
>Malcolm L. Carlock                      Internet:  malc@unr.edu
>                                        UUCP:      unr!malc
>                                        BITNET:    malc@equinox

At the fall InterOp show in San Francisco, Fore Systems demonstrated an
application very much like the one you describe.  They had (at least) one
laser disk player distributing video to DEC, SGI and Sun workstations over
100 Mbps ATM links.  You can contact Dwight Dietrich (director of market 
development).  Their address is:
	
	1000 Gamma Drive
	Suite 504
	Pittsburgh, PA  15238
	Phone: 412 967 4040

Their business is selling ATM, but they may let you know how they set up
their demonstration.

-Bob


Bob O'Hara                          Net:   bob.ohara@amd.com
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.        Phone: +1 408 987 2421
P.O. Box 3453  MS 70                Fax:   +1 408 987 2814
Sunnyvale, Ca. 94088
Disclaimer: Everyone needs a disclaimer and I disclaim this one.
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia,alt.multimedia
From: gcm@world.std.com (Gretchen C Macdowall)
Subject: Re: Where to get photos, etc for MM Development
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 09:07:41 GMT

werner@ncs.com (Paul Werner) writes:

>I would like to do some multimedia development, but don't know where
>to go for source materials (photos, music, etc).  I read a recent article 
   
If you get NewMedia then you probably got the issue listing out all of the
stock photography now out on CD. Another option for both photography and
music is to hire a photography or music student to produce original work
for you. They get some promotion and a nominal fee and you get rights-free
music. If you don't have any "in" you can ask a department head for a
promising student. They are happy to oblige. There ought to be a contract
spelling out each person's future rights to the work.
   Last summer I did a prototype multimedia project on the Boston Freedom
Trail which
included alot of historic photographs and art. The biggest headache was
obtaining the rights to use the materials from various sources. Avoid this
if you can.
   Another great,relatively cheap source for transition and filler music is:
   
    QCCS Productions
    1350 Chambers St.
    Eugene, OR 97402
    (503) 345-0212
  
Their stuff is original and comes on CD or cassette. CD's are $60. The
rights include broadcast, which is unusual. There are about 12 cuts per CD.
From: harti@mikro.ee.tu-berlin.de (Stefan Hartmann (Behse))
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Re: Intel AVSS file standard question
Date: 28 Dec 1992 22:52:26 GMT
Organization: ZRZ/TU-Berlin
NNTP-Posting-Host: mikro.ee.tu-berlin.de

In <1992Dec14.022434.8352@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> fs8j@uvacs.cs.Virginia.EDU (Fraser Street) writes:

>Greetings:

>I am doing some development programming with Fluent Inc. 
>multimedia boards and the associated MS-Windows software 
>called Fluent Streams.  The Fluent Streams software writes
>motion JPEG audio/video streams onto disk in a format based
>on the Intel AVSS standard.  I'm trying to track down the 
>specification for AVSS.  A search of the Internet with 
>ARCHIE turned up nothing.

>If you have any information about the availablilty of the 
>AVSS spec (FTP sites / person-to-person contact with Intel)
>I would like to hear from you.

>Thanks in advance!

>Fraser

>-- 

>Fraser Street
>fraser@Virginia.EDU
>University of Virginia
>Computer Networks Laboratory
Hi,

well please add me to your mailing list.

I would like to know, if there is a AVS to Targa picture converter
and if it is possible to extract the AVS sound and create a WAV-file out
off it.

Best regards, Stefan Hartmann,c/o Gatz & Hartmann
email to: leo@zelator.in-berlin.de


Newsgroups: comp.multimedia