... Indeed, at least on this level. ... They are if optimized. ... Because the period is not defined abstractly but by a cents-value. It makes no sense to...
... If I take any meantone ... Sorry, but he's right. Successively better approximations will appear, a fact you can relate to continued fractions or the...
[I would also add as a guide for generalized keyboards for scales falling underneath.] Finnamore's intro here on the horograms which are generated by the scale...
About defining edges to temperaments: I think another form of temperament may provide the answers to where one should or shouldn't draw lines for the edges of...
At the risk of eliciting howls of derision, I'm admitting to experimenting with 46EDO with every fourth note removed, starting on 26.08 cents, for a total of...
While it's true the app is only available in English, and the link I posted is probably specific to the US store, it should be available through the iTunes...
The issue is that to download any software or media from iTunes, you need to become a member; and to become a member you need to provide a viable US address...
Ozan>"to become a member you need to provide a viable US address and a US-based bank account or credit card number. Catch-22." Ah yes...Jobs/Apple never...
Blah, scratch that part about app availability...I just read John's note that RatioKey is available in several countries. ________________________________ ...
... I really don't see why we have to bring the tempering of partials into this. I have plenty of issues with Sethares' ideas about matching timbres to...
... What timbre? I see no definition of a timbre in the above. ... For timbres derived from periodic waveforms, this isn't an issue. What has this to do with...
Why? you ask. Because I could, I answer. Li'l Miss Scale Oven is a tremendous improvement over a hand-calculator, and I'm only using one little part--the...
If you examine the 7-limit ranks 3 planar temperaments, the ones which can be obtained by tempering out a single 7-limit comma, a sort of bias in favor of flat...
First of all, thanks everyone for the help with the scale tree. ... Maybe valid wasn't a great word. I'll reword a few paragraphs: ... and ... I should say...
... I can and have produced timbres with partials determined by a tuning, but how do I produce one defined by a temperament? And why is "ceases to function...
... The parameters below define a variable timbre, one that is only given exact value when a generator and period are specified in the syntonic/meantone...
... One defines certain locations in the temperament's coordinates as the partials' pitches, like I posted in the other post where I just responded to your...
Here's the second scale of the day-- Dividing up the 5/2 into 45 parts is very close to 34EDO. I like this a lot. Names for this? If it doesn't have a name,...
... Not all inharmonic timbres are "noise". Gongs, glockenspiels, gamelans, marimbas, vibraphones, and even pianos (to some extent) are not fully harmonic,...
... Hmm, I could have sworn I suggested that as a starting point before... :) ... I would assume that you would treat an LLsLLLs scale with a period of 1199...
... Right, I was thinking 5/1 and it came out "fifth" for some reason. With 1200-cent octaves it's the same as looking for the best 5/4, but I was looking at...
... Actually it looks like it's more related to diaschismic, with a generator of 4/46 and a half-octave period. Basically in the first 1/2-octave you've got up...
Okay Mike, let me stop picking nits. I think it would be a worthwhile endeavor to index the TOP generators for the multitudes of temperaments out there...
On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 12:31 AM, cityoftheasleep ... Damn those nits. But I think we're mostly in agreement now. I'm only going to respond to the few parts of...
