Re: MIDI and microtonality

[Jim Coker <jcoker@magelang.com>]

I haven't specifically done this with guitar (though
I do use an axon regularly), but have with synthesizers.
The main problem I've run into is that there are few
synths that support alternative tunings, and most of those
don't offer terribly accurate or flexible tuning options.
I think most Yamaha FM synths can do ok, and Wendy Carlos 
uses her K2000 for such.  If you can find her web page,
I think some of here tunings were listed there.

Harry Parch came up with a 43-tone-per-octave scale that
had all sorts of funky properties. It is described in his
almost-unreadable book _Genesis Of A Music_.  This is the
sort of scale that requires very high tuning resolution:
0.1 cents. Though it does contain several sub-scales that
could be done on a synth w/ 1 cent tuning resolution.

Kriist@aol.com wrote:
> 
> any loopers out there using midi guitar rigs to get into microtonality
> i was in a guitar store the other day and started fiddling with the vg8
> i could care less about all the amp/guitar/speaker simulations
> i like all of the modeling stuff its capable of doing
> in a matter of minutes i was getting sounds that were out of hand
> and thats not even understanding the os(which seems to be a pain in the 
>arse)
> my guitar teacher is selling me his gk2a for cheap and im thinking of 
>getting
> into midi guitar(i play piano/keyboards so i never went for the 
>guitar/midi
> thing before)
> i just want to know if its possible to get into the tuning tables of the
> guitar/midi gear like in keyboard gear
> anybody doing that kind of thing?
> thoughts? suggestions?
> 
> rodrigo