Tuning challenge results: Smith, Smith and Lucy rule!

About a week ago, I submitted a 12-ET MIDI for a short piece called "Sunday Morning" and solicited participants who were willing to retune it in something other than 12-ET and render a sound file.

I'm happy to say that I had three takers: Jon Lyle Smith, Gene Ward Smith, and Charles Lucy, who respectively produced JI, 31-ET, and LucyTuned versions of my piece. The results are published here:

http://mysterybear.net/article/20/sunday-afternoon

I hope to have a version at some point from Yahya Abdal-Aziz, and if anyone else wants to play, I will keep adding versions to this page as I get them.

Thanks, guys!

- Dave

>About a week ago, I submitted a 12-ET MIDI for a short piece called
>"Sunday Morning" and solicited participants who were willing to retune
>it in something other than 12-ET and render a sound file.
>
>I'm happy to say that I had three takers: Jon Lyle Smith, Gene Ward
>Smith, and Charles Lucy, who respectively produced JI, 31-ET, and
>LucyTuned versions of my piece. The results are published here:
>
>http://mysterybear.net/article/20/sunday-afternoon
>
>I hope to have a version at some point from Yahya Abdal-Aziz, and if
>anyone else wants to play, I will keep adding versions to this page as I
>get them.
>
>Thanks, guys!

Wow, I love it!! What a great project. Thanks to all involved.
I'd love to see more collaboration like this. Great piece, too.

Funny, it sounds like Charles' version is at a faster tempo.

Also, did Gene render his version, or did you? For once, the
reverb there is reverb I like.

Based on the first 30 seconds, I like JL Smith's version the
best.

More later... finishing up the MMM Day compilation.....

-Carl

Glad you like it. See, Carl, I do more than drones. :-)

Yes, Charles did increase the tempo, I think I mentioned that. In his mail to me he said "I have increased the tempo slightly to bring it to 103.13 b.p.m. (A=440Hz converted to tempo)."

Gene did his own rendering, as did all the participants.

- Dave

Carl Lumma wrote:
> Wow, I love it!! What a great project. Thanks to all involved.
> I'd love to see more collaboration like this. Great piece, too.
> > Funny, it sounds like Charles' version is at a faster tempo.
> > Also, did Gene render his version, or did you? For once, the
> reverb there is reverb I like.
> > Based on the first 30 seconds, I like JL Smith's version the
> best.
> > More later... finishing up the MMM Day compilation.....
> > -Carl

Dave,

{you wrote...}
>Glad you like it. See, Carl, I do more than drones. :-)

You sure do! I'd love to hear more music from your 'past' as well, even if not microtonal. I enjoyed JLS' version, it seemed the most integrated between ensemble and temperment.

Cheers,
Jon

At 10:38 AM 4/9/2006, you wrote:
>Glad you like it. See, Carl, I do more than drones. :-)
>
>Yes, Charles did increase the tempo, I think I mentioned that. In his
>mail to me he said "I have increased the tempo slightly to bring it to
>103.13 b.p.m. (A=440Hz converted to tempo)."
>
>Gene did his own rendering, as did all the participants.

Tx.

By the way, I noticed these files aren't at the same loudness,
making them harder to compare.

A great way to losslessly (yes) fix this is mp3gain!

http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/

Everyone should use this on their mp3s!

-Carl

Thanks for the tip! I will get that right now.

- Dave

Carl Lumma wrote:
> At 10:38 AM 4/9/2006, you wrote:
>> Glad you like it. See, Carl, I do more than drones. :-)
>>
>> Yes, Charles did increase the tempo, I think I mentioned that. In his >> mail to me he said "I have increased the tempo slightly to bring it to >> 103.13 b.p.m. (A=440Hz converted to tempo)."
>>
>> Gene did his own rendering, as did all the participants.
> > Tx.
> > By the way, I noticed these files aren't at the same loudness,
> making them harder to compare.
> > A great way to losslessly (yes) fix this is mp3gain!
> > http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/
> > Everyone should use this on their mp3s!
> > -Carl
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