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Here we also can either use differences √2 − 1 ≈ 0.4 and 2 − √2 ≈ 0.6 right from the start, or we can start adding 2 − √2 and 2√2 − 2 ≈ 0.8 just after reaching 2, effectively skipping half of the harmonics of the first timbre each time we go from an even power of √2 to the next odd power.

== News 2021-10 ==

Finally I’ve written some code to generate all that stuff. Let’s start with (G1), as it’s pretty easy to implement, if I’m not mistaken that it’s specifically (G1) I made. You just take a fibonacci-base system and represent consecutive natural numbers in it: 1, 10, 100, 101, 1000, 1001, 1010, 10000, 10001, 10010, 10100, 10101, 100000, … — and then treat these as if they are base-φ. That does the trick, and rarefied timbres like (G2) might be filtered out by simply banning some digit combinations (that’s not new at this stage: you get these digit strings for (G1) by forbidding consecutive 11 in all possible binary strings).

Well, theory aside I have two recordings for you:

* [https://freesound.org/people/arseniiv/sounds/591466/ A showcase of this timbre] at intervals of several φ down and up. Harmonics are smeared a bit like in Paul Naşca’s PADSynth, and it makes the timbre sound less harsh IMO.

* [https://freesound.org/people/arseniiv/sounds/591467/ Something like a chord] (φ + 2) : 3φ : (φ + 5) : (3φ + 3). I picked these more or less at random, just for the intervals to be not too small nor too wide.

Hopefully I’ll make it somehow more streamlined in the following days.

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 Here we also can either use differences √2 − 1 ≈ 0.4 and 2 − √2 ≈ 0.6 right from the start, or we can start adding 2 − √2 and 2√2 − 2 ≈ 0.8 just after reaching 2, effectively skipping half of the harmonics of the first timbre each time we go from an even power of √2 to the next odd power.
+== News 2021-10 ==
+Finally I’ve written some code to generate all that stuff. Let’s start with (G1), as it’s pretty easy to implement, if I’m not mistaken that it’s specifically (G1) I made. You just take a fibonacci-base system and represent consecutive natural numbers in it: 1, 10, 100, 101, 1000, 1001, 1010, 10000, 10001, 10010, 10100, 10101, 100000, … — and then treat these as if they are base-φ. That does the trick, and rarefied timbres like (G2) might be filtered out by simply banning some digit combinations (that’s not new at this stage: you get these digit strings for (G1) by forbidding consecutive 11 in all possible binary strings).
+Well, theory aside I have two recordings for you:
+* [https://freesound.org/people/arseniiv/sounds/591466/ A showcase of this timbre] at intervals of several φ down and up. Harmonics are smeared a bit like in Paul Naşca’s PADSynth, and it makes the timbre sound less harsh IMO.
+* [https://freesound.org/people/arseniiv/sounds/591467/ Something like a chord] (φ + 2) : 3φ : (φ + 5) : (3φ + 3). I picked these more or less at random, just for the intervals to be not too small nor too wide.
+Hopefully I’ll make it somehow more streamlined in the following days.