blind tuning taste test: 2nd appeal

Thanks to everyone who has responded to the first blind tuning test.
The sample is still very small, however: did I make it too hard by
supplying only a zip file?

To make it easier, I've now put the bare midi files in the JdL directory
of the files area:

tango_m.mid
tango_x.mid

On many systems, it is possible to play the files directly. But if you
experience any glitching (which could skew the results), please download
the zip file.

Please participate! There's a poll where you can register your
preference, or call the two a toss-up. I'm posting this to more than
one group; if you belong to two or more, please vote only once.

To download the small zip of two General MIDI (GM) tunings, go to the
file area of this group, change into the JdL directory, and download
tango.zip. The file tango.txt explains more, and is included below.

Thanks!!

JdL

[contents of tango.txt:]
This .zip file contains two tunings of Albeniz-Godowsky "Tango",
sequenced by Robert Finley:

tango_m.mid
tango_x.mid

The letter suffixes were chosen randomly, and should not be construed
to have any meaning connected to the tuning used. Nor should the
fact that 'm' comes ahead of 'x' in the alphabet be construed to mean
anything.

The two files may be tuned identically, or may be different from each
other. If they are different, one may be 12-tET, or neither may be
12-tET.

Ideally, the file you first listen to should be chosen randomly.

The piece is 2 min 36 sec long. It is perfectly permissible to listen
only to a fraction of one, then a fraction of the other.

There will be a poll in which you may register your tuning preference:

. I prefer tuning m.
. I prefer tuning x.
. I experienced no significant preference.

A General-MIDI (GM) compliant sound card or module is required to hear
these files correctly. If in doubt, listen; if notes are missing,
there's a problem.

The MIDI bend range should be set to default: +/- 2 semitones. The
file gm_reset.mid should ensure this to be the case.

--- In crazy_music@y..., "John A. deLaubenfels" <jdl@a...> wrote:

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> Thanks to everyone who has responded to the first blind tuning test.
> The sample is still very small, however: did I make it too hard by
> supplying only a zip file?
>
> To make it easier, I've now put the bare midi files in the JdL
directory of the files area:
>
> tango_m.mid
> tango_x.mid
>

Oh... and, by the way, DON'T use a SEQUENCER to listen to these...
If you think about this for a millisecond, you'll realize why... (It
ruined the experiment for me...)

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Joseph Pehrson