12 is an mos/constant structure of 19 so one can easily think of itthis way too. i have played around quite a bit with this with 12 stepscales. I will add that...
Hello to all the Linux users out there, I'm sending this message from my new Ubuntu Linux desktop. No, i haven't made the switch from Windows completely ......
... Typing "sudo apt-get install timidity" is a "really big chore"? ... Wait, what do you mean "clicked on the Timidity executable"? Did you go to the /usr/bin...
I tried to upgrade from 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) to 8.04 beta last week, and downloaded and installed the Ubuntu Studio additions. I had all kinds of problems,...
OFF-TOPIC Sorry to hear about sound problems in hardy, I'll definitely wait a good few months after the release to upgrade from gutsy. But you don't have to...
In response to expressed interest in Arabic tunings from many TBX1 customers, a new set of Turkish / Arabic scale files has been uploaded in .scl and .tbx...
Some of the links did not copy correctly from the H-Pi forum posting format to the Yahoo groups posting format. These are corrected below: Yarman Maqamat...
Hi Keenan and Danny, ... Actually, i installed Timidity using the Synaptic Package Manager, which couldn't be easier. But installing the soundfound was a pain,...
... Oops, my bad ... of course, that should say "installing the soundfont was a pain". -monz http://tonalsoft.com Tonescape microtonal music software...
... I think i found my answer, and it's "no": http://www.winehq.org/ "Currently .NET apps do not run in Wine mainly due to the fact that .NET itself (1 or 2)...
One week remains to get the 15% discount on 6 and 8 octave Tonal Plexus keyboards, with or without the internal synthesizer / amplifier option, and the new...
I was wondering if the is any software that can match the timbre of any sampled instrument to 10TET (IE so the overtones ratios = the scale) for the PC. I have...
[sorry for cross-posting] Strasheela is a highly expressive constraint-based music composition system. Users declaratively state a music theory and the...
This is interesting. This algorithmic compositional tool has been updated with support for microtonality. It looks like it takes input and generates MIDI,...
I am eager to find a tuning that has scales under it which meet the following criteria: 1) Are there any tunings with 8+ note micro-tonal scales that support...
Dear Prent Rodgers, ... Strasheela already supported microtonal music before. The software comes with some examples in 72 ET, 31 ET and 22 ET. Some 72 ET chord...
... You may want to look into periodicity blocks. A periodicity block is defined by a set of small intervals called "unison vectors". The 7-note diatonic scale...
What would you consider to be some consonant "tall chords", the kind you'd like to have in your tuning? ... support consonant harmony (IE 4+ note chords) with...
Hi Michael, ... 8+ leaves the door wide open. Just looking at exactly 8, I'll give you four suggestions. I'll be pasting Scala files into this reply. If you...
I've just been playing around with: 1/1 9/8 6/5 5/4 4/3 3/2 5/3 9/5 (just dorian mode plus a flat third). This scale has the interesting feature that if you...
I found a little treasure: http://www.ubu.com/sound/tellus_14.html 1. [listen] Harry Partch 'O Frabjous Day! (The Jobberwack)' (3:08) 2. [listen] Ralph David...
... I implemented the scale, but changed the ratio 5/4 to 1.225 vs. 1.25 (just letting my ear guide me rather than just sticking to 9-limit (is that the...
Messers Oakroot and Sheiman, There are two different (hotly debated) meanings of the term "limit": prime-limit and odd-limit. It is perhaps best to include...
I meant prime limit - which I think I understand and seems useful, rather than odd limit - which I definitely don't understand. ... -- http://DoctorOakroot.com...
Odd limit is supposed to better measure the 'dissonance' of chords. The simplest kind of chords are bare dyads. Are 15/8 and 5/4 equally consonant? They are...
So is the odd limit they largest odd number in the most reduced form of the ratio? And the higher the more dissonant? ... -- http://DoctorOakroot.com -...
Hi everyone. I was contacted by the owner of this site asking permission to use my picture and pictures of the StarrBoard and other instruments. He has a nice...