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99664 Mike Battaglia
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Jun 1, 2011
7:57 am
Another recording in 13-equal, this time a free improv around various "modes" http://soundcloud.com/mikebattagliamusic/modal-improvisation-in-13 Quality is...
99665 Steve Parker
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Jun 1, 2011
9:33 am
If you record to 24 bits you can peak at -20 and normalise without fear of loss. Not needing to be hot is a good reason for 24bits. Steve P....
99666 Aaron Krister Johnson
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Jun 1, 2011
1:34 pm
The standard floats version of Csound renders 32-bit audio internally before conversion to standard 16-bit wag audio, and the doubles version does the same...
99667 Jake Freivald
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Jun 1, 2011
1:58 pm
Aaron, I just got around to listening to this, and I want you to know I really like it. It really works as a "Desert Prayer" for me. Now back to your regularly...
99668 Aaron Krister Johnson
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Jun 1, 2011
2:01 pm
Neat. It suggests many possibilities to me. I found it most effective towards the end where you just simplified the texture to single melody plus drone...I...
99669 Aaron Krister Johnson
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Jun 1, 2011
2:47 pm
Thanks, Jake, I appreciate the comment! BTW, I mentioned that article on the audibility of Csound floats vs. doubles in ABX listening: ...
99670 christopherv
vaisvil Send Email
Jun 1, 2011
2:48 pm
This is a prelude for solo piano tuned in Kraig Grady's Centaur tuning – the Just Intonation ratios are given in the score. The computer rendition from...
99671 Steve Parker
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Jun 1, 2011
3:12 pm
... One should normalize at the point of truncation. There is absolutely no need for a hot signal if storing with 24 bits or more. The audio isn't smoother,...
99672 cityoftheasleep Send Email Jun 1, 2011
3:35 pm
... Weren't we calling that Uncle temperament, or Step-Father or something? 8-EDO is Father, and the 5-note MOS might be Father, but that 8-note MOS has a...
99673 Aaron Krister Johnson
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Jun 1, 2011
4:05 pm
I don't know why people bother with all these nomenclatures like "Father" at all--if it's 8edo, why not just say 8edo? Done. AKJ You want a toe? I can get you...
99674 lobawad Send Email Jun 1, 2011
6:30 pm
... Because temperament and tuning don't equate- they're not the same thing. A primary conceptual accomplishment of this list is steadfastly distinguishing...
99675 Carl Lumma
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Jun 1, 2011
6:44 pm
... It's audible if you do it a few times. I dunno about "much". Regardless, it still makes sense for all audio sources to tell us how loud they are. -Carl...
99676 lobawad Send Email Jun 1, 2011
6:45 pm
For some reason I got a feeling similar to when I'm playing with 11 equal....
99677 Carl Lumma
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Jun 1, 2011
6:46 pm
... It's available in all DAWs I know of. I've been doing it since the '90s. -C....
99678 Aaron Krister Johnson
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Jun 1, 2011
7:25 pm
... Right, but I thought 'tuning&#39; as used on this list was reserved for JI...and temperament was any 'tuning&#39; that used impure intervals My point being that...
99679 Aaron Krister Johnson
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Jun 1, 2011
7:29 pm
You're right about 24bits (having no need to record hot)....specifically, I was referring to the fact that Csound *internally* calculates in 32- or 64-bit...
99680 Graham Breed
x31eq Send Email
Jun 1, 2011
7:31 pm
... I believe Csound also uses floating point internally, so the level's completely irrelevant until you render. Graham...
99681 Kalle Aho
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Jun 1, 2011
8:04 pm
... But floating point numbers are still represented in bits so why should level be irrelevant? Kalle...
99682 lobawad Send Email Jun 1, 2011
8:07 pm
... I think funky names are unnecessary, but the temperament schemes I use can be descibed in straightforward ways. "1/8 Wuerschmidt&#39;s comma" is only a few...
99683 Graham Breed
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Jun 1, 2011
9:04 pm
... Because you can change the level by changing the exponent, and leaving the mantissa untouched. IEEE 32-bit floating point gives you a range of 2^-126 with...
99684 Petr Pařízek
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Jun 1, 2011
9:12 pm
Hi tuners. By Friday, If everything goes well, I hope to finish another update of my article about triadic comma pumps in 2D temperaments (this time, it'll be...
99685 jlmoriart Send Email Jun 2, 2011
3:16 am
I'd be interested in seeing when it's ready it if you'd send it my way, thanks Petr. -John...
99686 cityoftheasleep Send Email Jun 2, 2011
6:40 am
... A tuning is a specific instance of any general tuning system. "Meantone"; is a temperament but not a tuning; 1/3-comma meantone is a temperament and a...
99687 Mike Battaglia
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Jun 2, 2011
6:41 am
On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 10:01 AM, Aaron Krister Johnson ... Probably awesome. There are lots of ways to clean up what I did though, it was a bit messy. -Mike...
99688 Mike Battaglia
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Jun 2, 2011
7:06 am
On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 11:35 AM, cityoftheasleep ... It technically fits the Uncle mapping, but everyone just keeps calling it Father[8], where "everyone"; is...
99689 Mike Battaglia
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Jun 2, 2011
7:28 am
... It sucks as far as concordant harmonies are concerned, but there's something about the scalar structure that makes it really comprehensible for me. Seems...
99690 Mike Battaglia
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Jun 2, 2011
7:28 am
On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 12:05 PM, Aaron Krister Johnson ... This isn't 8EDO, this is the 5L3s scale from 13-equal, generator is a sharp perfect fifth. -Mike...
99691 Kalle Aho
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Jun 2, 2011
7:53 am
... Ah, OK. So why do they recommend rendering finished Csound pieces in double precision? What effect does it have on the sound? Kalle...
99692 bobvalentine1 Send Email Jun 2, 2011
8:05 am
... When I see something like this, I think of whether it maps to my 31EDO guitar, and in this case, it does (5 5 2 5 2 5 5 2). So, whatever Father[8] is, is...
99693 Mike Battaglia
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Jun 2, 2011
8:52 am
... Sure, if you use the sharp mapping for 3/2. ... I screwed up the second one - I meant 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 3, which puts you at 22-equal. All of these scales...
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