“Trece años dedicò a esas heterogéneas fatigas, pero la mano de un forastero lo asesinò y su novela era insensata y nadie encontrò el laberinto.”

J.L. Borges, El jardìn de senderos que se bifurcan.

Glockenspiel

A glockenspiel synthesizer made in Max/MSP. You can download this patch Here .

It is a an example of additive synthesis, with a simple underlying model:

The frequencies of the inharmonic partials are derived from the equation of bending waves in a beam with both ends free.
The weights of the partials are computed by inverting the modeshape base and multiplying it by an initial unit velocity impact at the middle of the beam.
Dampening curves are somewhat arbitrary, but we know that partials are amortized quicker than the fundamental due to the rigging points of the beam.

The patch for one voice looks like this: