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79723
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,...
Aaron Andrew Hunt
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Jan 2, 2009
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79724
I used to use JICalc in OS9 on my old mac. What is the closest to that available now for modern systems? Is there a free, simple program with tone generation...
Aaron Wolf
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Jan 2, 2009
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79725
C. di Veroli: UNEQUAL TEMPERAMENTS: THEORY, HISTORY AND PRACTICE (2008) http://www.lulu.com/content/5179073 - the author, I'm sure, would be happy to have your...
Tom Dent
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Jan 3, 2009
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79726
... The idea dates back to Galileo, who first proposed the n*d consonance ranking (maybe it was Galileo Sr., I forget). Rameau championed related ideas...
Carl Lumma
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Jan 3, 2009
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79727
... Mac users can load the Basic Waveforms soundfont in the CSE and TPXE synthesizer. Get the soundfont and software here: ...
Aaron Andrew Hunt
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Jan 4, 2009
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79728
Here are two pieces of freeware which are useful: Audacity has a tone generator. Tatsuaki Koroda's The Auto Tuner, originally designed for tuning Shakuhachi,...
Daniel Wolf
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Jan 4, 2009
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79729
... You'll have to excuse my ignorance, but I can't find any reference to 'n*d consonance ranking' either - who invented the terminology? Is it in tonalsoft...
Tom Dent
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Jan 4, 2009
7:42 pm
79730
... That's not terminology! It's called Tenney Height around here, though I see it's not in the tonalsoft encyclopedia. But you can google it (in quotes) and...
Carl Lumma
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Jan 5, 2009
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79731
... I've long suspected that the contrast is due to the coincidence (in otonal chords) vs. non-coincidence (in utonal chords) of combinational tones,...
George D. Secor
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Jan 5, 2009
6:22 pm
79732
... If that's true, the effect ought to go away when chords are played with pure tones at low volume... -Carl...
Carl Lumma
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Jan 5, 2009
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79733
... Also, the contrast should be easily observed with pure tones at normal volume. --George...
George D. Secor
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Jan 5, 2009
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79734
... Combination tones are basically never strong enough to account for the effect (maybe in heavy metal guitar work) and I don't hear it going away with sine...
Carl Lumma
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Jan 6, 2009
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79735
Carl, What is the lumma_22.scl file? It says "intervals of attraction by trial and error 1999." Could you tell me what intervals of attraction are in lay mans...
vaisvil
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Jan 6, 2009
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79736
... I dumped a ton of rational intervals on my keyboard and tried to hear which ones stood out from the rest. -Carl...
Carl Lumma
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Jan 6, 2009
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79737
This is what i have also been saying for quite some time I've long suspected that the contrast is due to the coincidence (in otonal chords) vs. non-coincidence...
Kraig Grady
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Jan 6, 2009
8:21 am
79738
as has been pointed out in Roderer's book difference tones are supplied by the brain even if tones are sepArated in different ears. In which Case volume would...
Kraig Grady
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Jan 6, 2009
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79739
Sorry, can you explain "intervals of attraction" ? I tried searching the net and xenharmonic wiki to no avail. Thanks, Chris...
Chris Vaisvil
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Jan 6, 2009
12:58 pm
79740
... I ought to, but the authorization system throws a loop. Or perhaps I will only get free access if it's over a year old. Anyway from what we can read...
Tom Dent
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Jan 6, 2009
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79741
... It's not a term. It's just how I tried to explain it in one sentence. -Carl...
Carl Lumma
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Jan 6, 2009
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79742
Hi Tom, ... In-vivo single-cell recordings in mammals reveal that the auditory midbrain contains "combination sensitive" neurons with best frequencies (usually...
Carl Lumma
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Jan 6, 2009
11:12 pm
79743
Hey it sounds like a cool term :-) So then - where was the tonic (if you remember) that you started from? I presume this is not a one step size tuning, but...
Chris Vaisvil
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Jan 7, 2009
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79744
... I think C 262, but I don't really remember. ... It was just a big scale of rational numbers, so right, all different kinds of step sizes. -Carl...
Carl Lumma
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Jan 7, 2009
2:39 am
79745
I would be curious to see if the tetrads come out in the same order as that found here in this list. http://anaphoria.com/lullaby.html which is based on taking...
Kraig Grady
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Jan 7, 2009
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79746
An interesting thing to think about - we keep talking about having 9/7 be in such a range that its VF is audible. How about normal major triads in first...
Mike Battaglia
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Jan 7, 2009
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79747
... Personally, I find such chords perfectly convincing with common fundamentals up to (or actually "down to") about 16Hz. If you use 5-limit JI and you have...
Petr ParĂ­zek
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Jan 7, 2009
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79748
... I can't substitute for Carl in answering this, but I think the point is to compare chords with different numbers of notes. So the square *root* of n*d for...
Tom Dent
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Jan 7, 2009
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79749
... We keep talking about it, and it's interesting, but it's not yet clear if it's significant. ... How are you calculating the VF? -Carl...
Carl Lumma
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Jan 7, 2009
6:39 pm
79750
... That's right. Also, I would answer that n*d and sqrt(n*d) both produce the same ranking of dyads. These rules of thumb may be right quantitatively, but...
Carl Lumma
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Jan 7, 2009
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79751
I am a new member of this very long-lasting discussion group, so: my greetings to all members, and apologies in case my contribution (s) were something...
massimilianolabardi
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Jan 7, 2009
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79752
... that penomenon consists in: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otoacoustic_emissions http://www.aro.org/archives/1996/99.html ...
Andreas Sparschuh
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