What is Logistic Synth?

Logistic Synth

chaotic oscillators project #2
programmed by Jae Ho Chang
documentation for version 0.2 (released : 11-November-1996)

* This program is freeware. It can be freely distributed as long as it is not modified and there’s no charge for it, but it may not be included in any commercial package without the written consent of the author.

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• What is Logistic Synth?

  Logistic Synth is a chaotic sound generator which uses one of well known chaotic maps called ‘Logistic Map’. This version features only realtime synthesis with only one method.

• What is the logistic map?

  The logistic map simulates population growth of a living thing. The function is :
  N = r * Np (1-Np)
where N is the population level of the new generation, r is reproductive constant, and Np is the population level of the previous generation.
  N should range from 0 to 1, r should range from 0 to 4.

  As r is various, the result of the map shows sudden transitions to different behaviors:
  For 0 < r ≤ 1: the population level goes to extinction.
  For 1 < r ≤ 3: the population level settles down to a single value.
  For 3 < r ≤ 3.57: the population level follows a periodic series of values.
  For 3.57 < r < 4: the population level begins to show chaotic behavior.

  We usually concentrate on the last range of r.

• Common parameters in windows

  Xi
  The initial N value of the function. Changing this value does not affect to the sound very much.

  R
  The r vlaue of the function. 0 to 3 will not produce any sound. 3 to 3.57 will produce just a periodic sound, and 3.57 to 4 will produce chaotic sound.

• How does it generate sound?

  In this version, there’s only one method.

  1. Direct Method
  Each value from the function is used just as a sample value. Of course, the function values are adjusted to fit to the range of sample values.
  - Parameters
    Carrier frequency: This determines the number of samples which are generated by one value from the function.
    Transition: This determines the shape of a sample group (in other words, the shape of transition from the first sample of a group to the first sample of the next group). No transition produces sqaure-wave-like sound, linear transition produces triangle-wave-like sound, and sinusoidal transition produces sine-wave-like sound.

 

Download Logistic Synth for Mac

Architecture

IBM PowerPC

System Requirements

From Mac OS 7.1 up to Mac OS 9.2

Compatibility notes

Emulating this? It could probably run under: Basilisk II