[3] He is the first music scholar to be honored as member of the Science Academy of Mexico,[4] and by the Mexican Education Ministry as National Researcher since 1984, and since 1985 at the top level (III).
In the field of the continuum Estrada has developed new methods of multidimensional graphic representation of different components of sound (pitch, dynamics, colour), rhythm (pulse, attack, vibrato) and three-dimensional physical space.
Musica Y Teoria De Grupos Finitos: 3 Variables Booleanas, with an English resumé, Estrada, Julio, Jorge Gil.
(Format: Book (Illustrated), 221 pages, ISBN 968-837-005-3,ISBN 978-968-837-005-6) La música de México, Julio Estrada editor, 10 vols, History, Bibliographcial guide and Music Anthology, UNAM 1984-88 El sonido en Rulfo: el ruido ese, with a CD containing sound examples and "Doloritas", first part of the opera Murmullos del páramo, UNAM, 1st edition 1989, 2nd edition 2006 Canto roto: Silvestre Revueltas, UNAM-FCE 2012 eua'oolin Music system conceived by Estrada was developed by Mario Peña to generate tridimensional trajectories representing 3 different components of sound (pitch, dynamics, colour) to be converted into a musical score with pitch resolutions of 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/6, 1/8 of tone, UNAM 1990-1995.
Músiic-Win The techniques and theories I have developed are based on mathematics and acoustics; the more neutral they remain, the better they serve the description of the imaginary: it is my ear---there everything is allowed---that gives birth to my music, which becomes the accurate, almost phonographic representation, of every detail coming from my inner hearing experiences.