tuning tables

Jeff Lofflink wrote:

>The other problem is that the Ensoniq pitch table sysex codes were
never fixed through 3 generations of samplers (EPS, EPS-16 Plus and
ASR-10). I'd call that limiting. That means you can't store the tables
in your computer's sequencer file along with your composition or
update them in realtime

This is somewhat misleading. It is possible to store the Ensoniq
tuning tables in your computer. I know since I wrote a program
several years ago to do just this. (Unfortunately, it was on an Atari
computer, so it will be of limited usefullness to most). Thus - the
problem is not with the "Ensoniq pitch table sysex codes", but rather
that the authors of the software did not bother to implement the
Ensoniq pitch tables. As far as I know, though, you cannot update
them except by sending a whole pitch table, that is, you cnnot retune
"one note" at a time.

Since most of my pieces are in non-12 based tunings, I have found
the Korg and Roland synths almost useless. The Yamaha's (like the
TX81Z), the Emu's (like the Proteus modules) and the Ensoniq
samplers are all roughly equally capable.

Bill Sethares