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		<title>KeyNote &#8211; Musical Typing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 10:05:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was thinking how each key we type produces a slightly different sound/pitch. It would be interesting to see how each key&#8217;s pitch differs from other keys. And then when we type different words &#8211; does it produce a certain kind of music?
And can this music be used to understand words/language differently? A different version of spoken/auditory english maybe?
I began by typing! a  a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a . A whole bunch of a&#8217;s. Recorded the sound on Soundbooth. ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was thinking how each key we type produces a slightly different sound/pitch. It would be interesting to see how each key&#8217;s pitch differs from other keys. And then when we type different words &#8211; does it produce a certain kind of music?</p>
<p>And can this music be used to understand words/language differently? A different version of spoken/auditory english maybe?</p>
<p>I began by typing! a  a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a . A whole bunch of a&#8217;s. Recorded the sound on Soundbooth. Then I raised the pitch 3 octaves up (36 half-tones). So that the sound would be clearer.<br />
However, there was a lot of ambient noise which also became audible (and sounded very creepy). Hear Audio.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-161" title="a a a a a a a a a a " src="http://ivnat.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/soundbooth_pitch_up36_a_zoom-1024x640.png" alt="a a a a a a a a a a " width="580" height="370" /></p>
<p>Nontheless, I mapped out the pitches of the sound using a very cool voice-training program called <a href="http://justwivit.com/passaggio.html">Passaggio</a>. Passaggio outputs a real time pitch map. The pitch of each sound appears a small green or red dot on the note it hits.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-164" title="a_soundbooth_pitch_plotted" src="http://ivnat.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/a_soundbooth_pitch_plotted-1024x640.png" alt="a_soundbooth_pitch_plotted" width="580" height="370" /></p>
<p>Because of all the ambient noise, my pitch map wasn&#8217;t very accurate. However, there was  a clear pattern. Clusters of dots appeared along certain notes. Using lines, I tried to map out the exact notes which appeared more frequently.</p>
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<p>The outcome was ironical. I pressed the a-key some 19 times. Out of this, the note &#8216;A&#8217; was the most common pitch. Actually it was halfway between G# and A. Some strange semi-tone. This note appeared in all 3 octaves mapped (in different intensities). A bass D note also appeared in less intensity.</p>
<p>Next step is to record and plot &#8216;Hello World&#8217; and see what sounds appear.</p>
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