more re xenharmonic lists and FB

1a. Re: On coming back....
Posted by: "Graham Breed"gbreed@... x31eq
Date: Sun Aug 31, 2014 3:02 am ((PDT))

On 28/08/14 14:49, john ffitchjpff@... [TUNING] wrote:

> I have been away from the Tuning list for a few years, but recently
> rejoined after listening to a collection of tapes I was sent by Brian
> McLaren last century. I remain impressed with his works. Also I
> listened again to a tape on 88CET tuning by Gary Morrison, a tuning I
> used once in 1998.
>
> So are these people still active? What have I missed in the last
> couple of decades? Anyone able to fill me in?

Of recent years, the crowd has moved to Facebook. I can send you an
invitation if you want to follow us.

Brian McLaren has been sighted recently, but has unfortunately grown, at
least online, from an enthusiast of microtonal liberation to an opponent
of any connection between music and mathematics. At the same time, we
have been filling out the theory of regular temperaments, with a
menagerie of different tunings of different consonance sets. There's a
wiki that does its best to explain the theory:

http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/

There's also been a continuing improvement in soft synths with tuning
support, as well as notation programs and other utilities, so that more
people can make differently tuned music. Things have been happening.

Graham