TUNING digest 896

> 3. He's very insightful despite the fact that his words read kind of like a
> TV image with the color-intensity knob turned up to about thirteen times
> as high as you would see with your eyes! MOST of the time, although
> certainly FAR from invariably, his colorful language is INTENDED to amuse
> rather than torment. Once I look beyond his prose lit up like
flourescent
> colors under a blacklight, he often has a lot of very valuable insights.
>

do any of you remember brian's post regarding the FFT, back in tuning digest
544? it was one of the high points of his brilliance. whenever he gets a
little too wild for my taste, i go back to reread that article. it makes up
for his current topics.

i'd like to ask brian, "brian, can you tell me if you'll ever focus your mental
powers on a relevant xenharmonic/audio/mathematical topic as brilliantly as you
did in tuning digest 544? because when you do, your words bring my mind up a
level". too bad he doesn't have an email address.

marcus

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A simple way to check the step size of pitch bend is to select
a steady organ sound (long) in two channels, then apply pitch
bend only to one in small steps. I did it directly from my
sequencer program, Cubase. As soon as one step is taken, you will
hear the beating and be able to count it.

All the systems (PCs, Macs & some synths) I checked had a step
size between 1 & 2 cents - pretty large for a just intonation
purist.
Nothing like a real honest experiment to be sure what you
really have, as opposed to what the designer thought he did
or the saleman thinks he's selling!

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