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From: simpliflying@gmail.com To: loopers-delight@loopers-delight.com Subject: RE: A = 440 Hz OR 432 Hz? Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2012 14:34:50 +0100
I love when you write, Per. Can you please write more? I don't care what, just write, please. :D > Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2012 11:21:27 +0100 > Subject: Re: A = 440 Hz OR 432 Hz? > From: perboysen@gmail.com > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com > > Yes, pretty interesting! All those links target videos and if you want > to take in information faster, here's a text page for a good > introduction: > http://the-universal-mind.blogspot.se/2008/11/back-to-432-hz.html > > This, as most players in the 432 Hz debate, seems to refer to The > committee 'Back to 432 Hz', created by Dutch journalist Richard > Huisken in 2008: > http://www.terugnaar432hz.org > > I haven't done much so far at 432 - not that I've been aware of - > except for a choir music remix when the vocal recording files sent to > me turned out to be at 432 Hz. I tuned down my studio to match that > but noticed no other effect than my alto flute becoming a bitch to > play that low (built for 440). > > One aspect of producing recordings with Apple Logic, that I'm fond of, > is that as long as you stick with Logic's own virtual instruments (and > there are more than in any other DAW package) you have instant access > to global tuning options. These options not only let you tune down to > 432 (or any other pitch you might fancy) but also chose between a > couple of hundred micro tonal tunings, called "fixed tunings" in Logic > because they needs you to define a tonal center. > > I'm not always fond of having a tonal center and then my personal > favorite for sequencing virtual instruments in Logic is to use Hermode > Tuning of the kind that constantly analyzes the arrangement and > matches both thirds and fifths for the purest harmony in any musical > situation. This means the thirds are not always the same - as in > Pythagorian tuning, referred to in those linked videos - but changes > depending to what other notes happend to be sounding at any particular > moment. This is how often a choir or a string ensemble learn to adapt > micro tuning within the performance of a musical piece. > > I plan try out making an all electronic album project some day in > Hermode (3+5 optimization) with the middle A at 432. It must be big > chunk of music because if presented on air or any other public media > stream it will sound strange as all other music around are at 440 and > we tend to remember pitch for several minutes after having heard > music. So the playback setting must ensure that the listener is given > the time needed to adjust. > > Greetings from Sweden > > Per Boysen > www.perboysen.com > http://www.youtube.com/perboysen > > > On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 5:55 AM, Jack Cattedra > <the_beat_conductor@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Stumbled upon this topic recently and I find it very interesting. From my > > personal experience and experimentation, I've found that I naturally tune my > > instruments to this frequency or a harmonic of it. Not to mention, > > songwriting just seems to flow so much easier this way, who knows. I don't > > like to intellectualize these types of things too much, but I figured I'd > > share these links anyway. :) > > > > > > The Cosmic 432 - Part 1 > > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVATlX4XKMk > > > > The Cosmic 432 - Part 2 > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUuyeor8f6Q > > > > > > Fred Cusinato: 432 Hertz Healing - Truth Connections Radio - 15th May 2012 > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJTydBYVF4E > > > |