TUNING digest 1014

> Before you get too caught up exploring the mystical significance of
> ultra-high harmonics of the period of the moon, though, I'd point out
> Carl Sagan's refutation of astrology: the gravitational force of the
> obstetrician is greater than that of a moon or planet, at the moment of
> your birth. 8-)>

hello,

can i jump in a second? i'm no representative of astrology (or physics),
but my impression of the field is that there are forces much larger/deeper
that act on all things, including the stars and planets used by astrologers.
not that the weak forces exerted by same stars and planets are the sole
governors of our fates.

marcus

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On Mon, 17 Mar 1997 15:23:39 -0800 Marcus Hobbs said:
>i hooked a fader to frequency in kyma (the world's most expensive tone
>generator?) and played around with the limits of my hearing. i'm 27, in good

Expensive -- well, only relatively. It's a bargain for the computing
power it delivers!


>physical shape, and have no hearing conditions that i'm aware of, although i
>get hayfever, which tends to congest the whole ears/nose/throat system. my
>hearing seemed to fade out around high 16- to low-17 khz. the transition from

I'm 42, a bassist (with past rock & roll loud performing), but still in
reasonably good shape, etc., and my hearing discrimination also fades out
arount 16 kHz. Either I'm holding on OK or Marcus is aged before his time!

At 14 kHz and above, the frequencies really become "high sparkle" to me,
and so I use them in my composing rather freely in that way. I carefully
control lower frequencies (using Kyma) for ultra-precise melodic/harmonic
relationships, but up high I let them float around freely for color and
texture. I can't hear them with more specification, so I assume that no
one else can either.
-- Brian B.

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