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*            PHYMOD 2.0                      *    
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*            bro </stelkens> 1996-1998      *
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*            http://141.84.217.141/phymod/   * 
*            phymod@lrz.uni-muenchen.de      *
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************ PHYMOD 2.0 **********************

A new method used for the creation of innovative electronical sounds is the Physical- 
Modeling-Synthesis which can be used to create virtual resonance bodies.

Phy Mod 2.0 is a Physical-Modeling-Programm which can create virtual resonance bodies, 
i.e. defined by the programm as "sound-sculptures", on the screen. Not just sound-bodies 
can therefore be simulated in an astonishingly visible way but  swinging compositions 
can also be described.

The PhyMod sound sculpture is nothing else than a simulated connection of different 
mechanical elements which can be placed alongside different varying uses (i.e. weight, 
positions etc.). The programme speaks in a visible way of elementary masses, feathers and 
dampers but also of Hammer-Links, Bow Links and Gum Links. As a Windows 
programme PhyMod 2.0 comes with an easy to use editor-surface, where these separate 
basic elements can be connected to form the required sound sculpture by mouseclicks.

Apart from the simple recreation of ordinary instruments PhyMod can also show the limits of 
swinging parameters and therefore create highly interesting soundforms which may not even 
be known to nature. And because of ist sophisticated programming it is also possible to see 
the swinging sculpture in a 3D-Window in real time.

A computer mouse or a microphone can be used to stimulate the designed PhyMod sound 
sculpture in every possible position in stereo to be heard or recorded afterwards. This makes 
PhyMod not just a synthesis programme but also a processor of filters and effects.

Apart from a use in all areas of the new electronic music, PhyMod is particularly suited as 
presentation- and learning programme, e.g. for ,music and physics lessons in schools 
(Newton`s laws) because of its easy and logical usage. The comprehensive help system in 
both English and German allows a quick and creative entry into the world of the fascinating 
Physical-Modeling Synthesis.

PhyMod is so far the only physical modeling programm available for PC usage. It can also be 
used as Interface for the real-time simulation of sound sculptures on the DSP-system 
"Klangwerkstatt", which was presented as hardwareproject in the computer periodical ct in 
the summer of 1996. 

Phy Mod is distributed on the Internet and as CD-Roms in a so called smaller version as 
shareware. The larger version allows the creation of more complex sound sculptures.

************ INSTALLATION OF PHYMOD **********************

System requirements:

	- CPU 486 66 Mhz with coprocessor, preferably Pentium
	- Hard disk with space for Sounds
	- Windows 3.11, Windows 95 or Windows NT
	- 16-bit stereo sound card

Optional:

	- DSP system

Installing PhyMod is childs play, by simply loading the file aaphymod.zip from the Mailbox, CD or from the 
Internet, and unzipping it into a directory of your choice (e.g. c:\phymod). It should be ensured that the help 
files phymod.hlp (english version) and phymodd.hlp (german version) and the DSP program phymod.lod 
are located in the PHYMOD directory.

After this, the program phymod.exe can be entered in the Program Manager or directly under Windows (or 
Windows95 or WindowsNT) and started, after which, if the user is not registered (see phymod.hlp), the program asks for a 
serial number. If this is entered, the program can be used without restriction, otherwise only a limited number 
of masses are available for simulation.

If you have a DSP system (see phymod.hlp), then after PHYMOD has been started, and the DSP system connected and 
powered up, a faint "ping" noise will be heard, as will also be the case if phymod.lod is loaded directly from 
the Romeo operating system. This indicates that the simulation of a mass and an ground, connected by a 
link., is functioning. With Julia switched off, the program also reports "Values not fetched", because the DSP 
is awaiting scanning values and only checks the other flags thereafter.

Loading and simulation should be according to the *.phy sample sculptures, and you should also read the 
Introduction (see phymod.hlp).

************ UPLOAD AND CDROM **********************

Please feel free to upload the software to your ftp-server after informing us. If you inform us this
program may be included on Internet archive sites and on CD-ROM collections. Any such distribution 
must contain the complete data, including all *.exe, *.hlp, *.wav, *.lod, *.txt and *.phy files.

Mutch fun with phymod !

bro 
</stelkens> 
 
