GWBrown

I have a background in computer programming which has allowed me to explore a few projects that have interested me. Listed below are some of my projects that are music related.

• virtual harp pedals

  A former professor of mine recently asked me to do the harp pedalings for his opera. I realized early on that the endeavor would be a heck of a lot easier with a representation of the harp pedals to help keep track of their current positions.

• siren for Ionisation

  I was asked to design a laptop version of the siren for a performance of Varèse's Ionisation while at Georgia.

• MyTempoWatch

  A Mac OSX program which allows you to determine the tempo of a piece through mouse of keyboard clicks. This is adaptable to iPhone, but I haven't gotten around to it yet :-)

• chord tester

  A simple chord tester that I built for my theory students to help them quickly identify chords and qualities. Later updates to PHP have broken the display features. I am working on a way to both fix and vastly improve this.

• serial matrix generator/manipulator

  An interface that I designed to help me with my graduate theory courses. Though designed for 12-tone analysis, it can be used for a variety of things. It can also quickly generate the prime form and Forte number for any set. Like the project above, it was affected by updates to PHP and has some less-than-aesthetically-pleasing display behaviors. It is currently functional enough to meet my needs, and has also been back burnered until I (or someone else) request/require more functionality.