Microtonal Synthesis Web Page update

The Microtonal Synthesis Web Page has been updated. It is now located at
the much shorter URL:

http://freeweb.pdq.net/jloffink

The site lists over 200 electronic instruments, from theremins to CSOUND,
capable of performing microtonal scales. There is also a new page on
accomplishing non-12 equal tempered scales on the Kurzweil K2000 and K2500
family, direct links to manufacturers, an explanation of terms used in the
charts, and many updates.

John Loffink


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Neil Haverstick writes:

> ... music possesses a "magic," a quality that transcends logic and
> intellect. Whether or not impure tunings twist or distort this magic, or
> whether it works regardless of tuning systems, is an area that I'd like
> to see more discussion on.

For an thorough discussion of that very thing, get Mathieu's new book
"Harmonic Experience". It is the most amazing description of how music works
of anything I've ever seen. It delves deeply into the way that 12-tET is
used to both approximate and ignore 5-limit JI. Perhaps "ignore" is not
quite the right word; he explains the uses of 12-tET that cannot be
interpreted in terms of JI, as well as those that can be. He also provides a
method for internalizing all that stuff, so that you can both feel and
analyze what's going on in a piece of music. While it considers only JI and
12-tET, the principles transfer easily to any other tuning.

IMHO, it should become the de facto music theory text throughout the Western
world. It really does seem that good to me.


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