microtuning article in wusik mag #10

microtuning article in wusik online magazine #10

http://www.wusik.com/w/wsm.html

Click on 'free demo issue' to see the beginning of it.

--- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, "Joe" <tamahome02000@...> wrote:
>
> microtuning article in wusik online magazine #10
>
> http://www.wusik.com/w/wsm.html
>
> Click on 'free demo issue' to see the beginning of it.

Very cool- it's a huge, controversial subject and judging from the
sample pages, the author does a level-headed intro.

The Wusikstation synth is also very good, judging by the demo.

-Cameron Bobro

Cam,

{you wrote...}
>The Wusikstation synth is also very good, judging by the demo.

I've had it for nearly 2 years, and it really is nice, and easy to work with. The dev was very responsive fixing some issues when he first implemented microtuning. It is also, considering the huge library you get with it, a very reasonable purchase.

Cheers,
Jon

I have Wusik also. I actually got it because (a) it can use ".tun" files
and (b) I was looking for an "acceptable" microtonal piano sound. You can
get piano patches for Wusik, so add a ".tun" file and it works.

I got mine when they were having some kind of fire sale on the 2.x
version. The sound magazine also seems nice, but expensive when I don't
need a "firehose" of new sounds for it every month! :-)

My major complaint about Wusik is that the volume is way too low compared
with other synths (e.g. Rhino), and I can't quite figure out how to get
more volume out of Wusik.

The 2.x version also seems to have a bug where the pop-up panel doesn't
always accurately show you what tuning file is in effect. E.g., you can
load foo.tun, then quit and come back, and it will say it's 12 equal, but
actually still have your foo.tun loaded. I end up explicitly loading the
tuning file each time I use it, just to be sure.

Rick

--- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, Rick McGowan <rick@...> wrote:

> My major complaint about Wusik is that the volume is way too low
compared
> with other synths (e.g. Rhino), and I can't quite figure out how to
get
> more volume out of Wusik.

What do you think are the best microtonality supporting softsynths?

Oh, and by the way, it looks like Wusik is "on sale" until March 31.

http://www.wusik.com/w/wsgb.html

Rick

Hi Gene,

> What do you think are the best microtonality supporting softsynths?

Well... I really like Rhino a lot. It's very flexible. Probably the most
flexible of the soft synths I've tried. The envelopes are superior.

And I like Wusik (2.2.1) as well. And if you need soundfonts, get "Extreme
Sample Converter" and convert your SF2 files to Wusik presets.

Many of the other microtonal synths I've tried are OK as well, but. I'm
usually after things that sound like natural instruments, and I'm not so
much into the way-out electronic sounds and "pads". So I have tried several
other synths that can use ".tun" files, but I always come back to Rhino
and recently Wusik.

One thing I'm always after is a good "legato". For legato playing in
monophonic mode, Wusik can be better than Rhino, because Wusik apparently
is able to chop off the "attack" appropriately to get the smooth transition
between notes played legato.

And of course there's Robert Inventor's "Fractal Tune Smithy 3.0" which
can pretty effectively turn those non-microtonal soft-synths into
microtonal soft synths. :-)

For an example of Rhino and Wusik played together, try:

http://rm-and-jo.laughingsquid.org/temp/04-PhantomVoles.mp3

The wind instrument is done with Wusik; the others are done with Rhino.

Rick

i am to swamped with things to do. feel free to contact me off list if needed

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>
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The rgc synths support scl but not kbm files (z3ta+, rapture, dimension pro). The developer seems to think scl is more accurate than tun files, although lack of key mapping support may be inconvenient. z3ta+ also supports hermode dynamic tuning, and can use custom single cycle waves without aliasing. I think you can get it from cakewalk for 80$ now.

Joe

----- Original Message ----
From: Gene Ward Smith <genewardsmith@...>
To: MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 6:44:17 PM
Subject: [MMM] Re: microtuning article in wusik mag #10

--- In MakeMicroMusic@ yahoogroups. com, Rick McGowan <rick@...> wrote:

> My major complaint about Wusik is that the volume is way too low

compared

> with other synths (e.g. Rhino), and I can't quite figure out how to

get

> more volume out of Wusik.

What do you think are the best microtonality supporting softsynths?

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At 04:42 PM 2/13/2007, you wrote:
>i am to swamped with things to do. feel free to contact me off list if
>needed

Good luck. The volume of messages here has been higher than
the Tuning list lately (or so it seems)!

-Carl