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Re: MIDI and microtonality



For info on microtonality, I've found a good source in the Just Intonation
Network.  If you browse around, you'll find a link to a site which 
summarizes the
microtonal features of the various synths.

That link is:
http://www.dnai.com/~jinetwk/

Regards,
Jim Lanpheer


Jim Coker wrote:

> 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