Custom Scale Editor 2.2.0 and Tonal Plexus Editor 1.2.0 are released today. These updates feature .tun import and export support, along with many bug fixes,...
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Nathaniel Braddock
nbraddo
Jan 4, 2009 12:46 am
this is a video by a friend who designed a tunable sanza/likembe/kalimba/mbira/thumb piano. thought some of the practitioners on this list would enjoy the...
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Prent Rodgers
prentrodgers
Jan 5, 2009 3:56 pm
This year's RPM challenge has been announced. More information is here: http://www.rpmchallenge.com/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/ The idea is...
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Carl Lumma
clumma
Jan 6, 2009 9:02 am
... Was this meant to be the same video as above? Anyway, sounds like that guy who won that MacArthur grant. You know him? -Carl...
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Jacob
piccolosandc...
Jan 7, 2009 3:58 am
This is superb! For some time I have wanted live-retunable s/l/k/tp's, instead of having to take a screwdriver to it all the time. The foot pedal mechanism...
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Kraig Grady
banaphshu
Jan 7, 2009 6:51 am
Da Vinci had a design for woodwind to be as easily fingered as a violin. There is allot to be said for variable pitch instruments and the orchestra has plenty...
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twnorman.rm
Jan 8, 2009 9:55 pm
I am looking for a reasonably priced keyboard. I would like one that plays standard notation and has a good grand piano emulation so that I can play standard...
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Carl Lumma
clumma
Jan 8, 2009 10:36 pm
These days, the most popular choice is to get a MIDI controller keyboard (with no synth inside) and then use it with software synthesizers on your computer. ...
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Kraig Grady
banaphshu
Jan 8, 2009 11:00 pm
is the Kurzweil beyond the 768(?) pitches per octave yet capability? /^_,',',',_ //^ /Kraig Grady_ ^_,',',',_ Mesotonal Music from: _'''''''_ ^North/Western...
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Chris Vaisvil
vaisvil
Jan 8, 2009 11:03 pm
one may want to consider that m-audio is having a significant problems with writing drivers for Vista, especially 64-bit Vista. The user forum had unhappy...
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Carl Lumma
clumma
Jan 8, 2009 11:20 pm
... I'm not aware that they ever had such a limitation. Are you thinking of ancient Yamaha gear or something? -Carl...
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Carl Lumma
clumma
Jan 8, 2009 11:22 pm
... Funny you should say that. I just got 64-bit Vista and a Fast Track Ultra, and it don't work none 'tall. I just tried it last weekend, and haven't had...
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Kraig Grady
banaphshu
Jan 8, 2009 11:47 pm
I am not sure of the model, but at one point (20 years ago) that was all i could get (actually this is what i recorded the first version of my Lullaby piece...
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Carl Lumma
clumma
Jan 8, 2009 11:49 pm
... In software synths, the sky's the limit. In hardware synths I'm sure it varies, but I think the Kurzweil's have always had 1-cent resolution. Don't quote...
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Chris Vaisvil
vaisvil
Jan 9, 2009 12:08 am
I got a midi-man 4x4 original midi => usb They may never write a driver for it because they have the "anniversary" edition to sell. I know it is cynical... I...
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Kraig Grady
banaphshu
Jan 9, 2009 12:17 am
This is what i had thought, but i later found out that , at least the older one, would round it off to the nearest 768 pitch. /^_,',',',_ //^ /Kraig Grady_...
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John Loffink
microtonalsy...
Jan 9, 2009 12:35 am
That would be the Kurzweil K1000 and 1000 series 2U rack modules, circa late 1980s, that had rounding to 3-4 cents. Everything from the Kurzweil K2000 and...
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John Loffink
microtonalsy...
Jan 9, 2009 12:47 am
As far as I can tell from the manual, the Kurzweil PC3X intonation tables are not user programmable. I agree that a keyboard or other controller and softsynth...
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Chris Vaisvil
vaisvil
Jan 9, 2009 12:50 am
A guy on traxinspace just told me about a soft hack that allows him to use a Wii controller as a fake theremin. The computer sees it as a midi controller. No...
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Kraig Grady
banaphshu
Jan 9, 2009 1:11 am
Thanks John! /^_,',',',_ //^ /Kraig Grady_ ^_,',',',_ Mesotonal Music from: _'''''''_ ^North/Western Hemisphere: North American Embassy of Anaphoria Island...
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Derek Hatley
djhatley
Jan 9, 2009 7:48 pm
Thought some of you might be interested in this story on NPR this morning. A question I have is: Do tethered mosquitoes behave the same as untethered ones? ...
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Kraig Grady
banaphshu
Jan 9, 2009 8:12 pm
Pythagorean Mosquitoes! Hear that and then they start looking for blood. /^_,',',',_ //^ /Kraig Grady_ ^_,',',',_ Mesotonal Music from: _'''''''_...
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aum
aumidi
Jan 11, 2009 6:26 pm
Dear friends, second volume of my book on electromechanical and electronic instruments history is finished. You can find some sample pages at...
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Dave Seidel
davidseidel
Jan 12, 2009 12:00 am
Hi all, I have a new piece (my first one using Supercollider) called "Nur", available for download from http://mysterybear.net/article/32/nur. I hope you...
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Kraig Grady
banaphshu
Jan 12, 2009 5:33 am
fun it is and with a quite suspenseful ending. /^_,',',',_ //^ /Kraig Grady_ ^_,',',',_ Mesotonal Music from: _'''''''_ ^North/Western Hemisphere: North...
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Carl Lumma
clumma
Jan 12, 2009 9:51 am
Dang, Dave. I love the 'resolution' starting around 6:50. -Carl...
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Chris Vaisvil
vaisvil
Jan 12, 2009 10:57 am
This is a great piece! It is so subtle and it works so well! Chris ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Rick McGowan
rick_at_unicode
Jan 12, 2009 6:09 pm
... Congratulations! It looks like a marvelous book... I only wish I could read it. I hope that someday it is translated into English. If an English ...
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Dave Seidel
davidseidel
Jan 12, 2009 11:57 pm
Thanks to Kraig, Carl and Chris for the nice words! - Dave ... -- ~DaveSeidel = [ http://mysterybear.net, http://daveseidel.tumblr.com, ...
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Aaron Johnson
akjmicro
Jan 13, 2009 8:12 pm
Hey Micro-ers, I'm in the market for a new laptop, but I wanted to do lots of research first. I'm thinking something light, but I prefer at least a 14" screen....
