COMMAND

vox -- determine number of simultaneously active pitches in a Humdrum input


SYNOPSIS

vox [inputfile ...] [ > outputfile.vox]


DESCRIPTION

The vox command calculates the number of tones sounding together at successive moments in time. It outputs a single Humdrum spine (**vox#) where successive integers indicate the total number of concurrently sounding pitches for each data record. Multiple-stops are properly supported.

The vox command accepts as input any pitch-encoded Humdrum representations listed below. For descriptions of the various input representations refer to Section 2 (Representation Reference) of this reference manual.

It is recommended that output files produced using the vox command should be given names with the distinguishing `.vox' extension.

**cbrcritical band rate (in equivalent rectangular bandwidths)
**centshundredths of a semitone with respect to middle C=0 (e.g. 1200 equals C5)
**cochocochlear coordinates (in millimeters)
**degkey-related relative scale degree
**degreekey-related absolute scale degree
**freqfundamental frequency (in hertz)
**kerncore pitch/duration representation
**pcpitch class representation
**pitchAmerican National Standards Institute pitch notation (e.g. "A#4")
**semitsequal-tempered semitones with respect to middle C=0
**solfatonic solfa syllables
**solfgFrench solfège system (fixed `doh')
**specCspectral centroid (in hertz)
**TonhGerman pitch system
Input representations processed by vox.


OPTIONS

The vox command provides only a help option:
-hdisplays a help screen summarizing the command syntax
Options are specified in the command line.


PORTABILITY

DOS 2.0 and up, with the MKS Toolkit. OS/2 with the MKS Toolkit. UNIX systems supporting the Korn shell or Bourne shell command interpreters, and revised awk (1985).


SEE ALSO

vox# (2)