NumPy as Synth Engine
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PyTheory generates realistic musical instruments using pure Python mathematics, with zero audio samples. The Karplus-Strong algorithm creates plucked strings from noise and averaging, while tabla drums combine bandpass-filtered noise, resonance modeling, and pitch sweeps to simulate goatskin membranes. Historical tunings become possible since frequencies are computed parameters, not fixed recordings.
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