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Re:If You Drive the Right Speed, This Musical Highway Will P... by djaychela on Thursday March 24, 2016 @03:41PM (#11355795)
I was hoping for something a little more OK Go than this... Pity there's no real substance to the article, it would be interesting to see how speed alters the tune, I'm assuming that changing speed doesn't have a linear relationship, otherwise as said elsewhere, 90mph would mean an octave up and twice the tempo.
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Re:If You Drive the Right Speed, This Musical Highway Will P... by TheOtherHobbes on Thursday March 24, 2016 @06:22PM (#11356956)
Multiply the speed by the 12th root of 2 (1.059...) to transpose up a semitone. Repeat for further semitones.

When you get to the 12/12 root of 2 you get a factor of 2, which gives you 12 semitones up at double the speed.

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Re:If You Drive the Right Speed, This Musical Highway Will P... by sopooneo on Thursday March 24, 2016 @06:25PM (#11356988)
I have a strong suspicion that is exactly what would happen.
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