Announcing Xenharmony.org

This is the official announcement that my web site

http://www.xenharmony.org

is open for business. There is some theory discussion there, and will
be more, but it is also a large and growing collection of retuned
classical repertoire, as ogg files. If you, like me, have been having
trouble dealing with 12-et music because it sounds too far out of
tune, this might be just what you need. I think the best way to
listen to these files is to download them, convert them to wav
files, and burn a CD.

So far we have:

Grail:

Mahler Symphony #1
Schubert Symphony #8

(These both seriously rock)

Copland Symphony #3, first movement

Eight Minutes of Mystery Music

Beethoven piano sonatas 27,29,30,31,32
(These are good!)

Bifrost:

Joe Monzo's Mahler #7, first movement

Tännhäuser Overture

Meantone:

Mozart Piano Sonata K. 331

Sullivan "Song to Sing"

Handel "Raging Flames"

Schumann "Foreign Lands and People"

Couperin "Le Tic-Toc Choc"
(people love this one)

Cauldron:

Brahms Symphony #2

Ratwolf:

Beethoven Symphony #1

Stars and Stripes Forever

Wilwolf:

Midsummer Night's Dream Overture

Coming soon are Bruckner, Symphony #7, Mozart, Piano concertos 15 and
22, Bach, Mass in b minor

>This is the official announcement that my web site
>
>http://www.xenharmony.org
>
>is open for business. There is some theory discussion there, and will
>be more, but it is also a large and growing collection of retuned
>classical repertoire, as ogg files. If you, like me, have been having
>trouble dealing with 12-et music because it sounds too far out of
>tune, this might be just what you need. I think the best way to
>listen to these files is to download them, convert them to wav
>files, and burn a CD.

Christ Gene, what good are formats like ogg if they don't spare
us from bothersome CDs!?

-Carl

--- In tuning-math@yahoogroups.com, Carl Lumma <ekin@l...> wrote:

> Christ Gene, what good are formats like ogg if they don't spare
> us from bothersome CDs!?

I think CDs are nifty, but I suggested this since it seems to me the
sound quality is better than you get by using the player on a
computer (the same being true of mp3.)

>> Christ Gene, what good are formats like ogg if they don't spare
>> us from bothersome CDs!?
>
>I think CDs are nifty,

Bluea. Do you, by any chance, like florescent lights?

Seriously, I'd do anything to avoid bringing another cd into the
world.

-Carl

--- In tuning-math@yahoogroups.com, Carl Lumma <ekin@l...> wrote:
> >> Christ Gene, what good are formats like ogg if they don't spare
> >> us from bothersome CDs!?
> >
> >I think CDs are nifty,
>
> Bluea. Do you, by any chance, like florescent lights?

Have 'em all over the place in here.

> Seriously, I'd do anything to avoid bringing another cd into the
> world.

What's your favorite listening method?

>> Bluea. Do you, by any chance, like florescent lights?
>
>Have 'em all over the place in here.

Aaah- florescent lights and the number of the beast! :)

"They hum like angels..."

>> Seriously, I'd do anything to avoid bringing another cd into the
>> world.
>
>What's your favorite listening method?

Right now, a limited selection of mp3s that I've ripped. I'm hoping
that FLAC and $200 of hard drive get there soon, so I can rip my
entire cd collection and (literally) burn it. I pay, even with the
most compact type of sleeve available, almost $200 per year just for
the floor space to store it.

-Carl

--- In tuning-math@yahoogroups.com, Carl Lumma <ekin@l...> wrote:
> >> Bluea. Do you, by any chance, like florescent lights?
> >
> >Have 'em all over the place in here.
>
> Aaah- florescent lights and the number of the beast! :)
>
> "They hum like angels..."

Mine are florescent lightbulbs. They don't hum and the light isn't
blue.

> Right now, a limited selection of mp3s that I've ripped. I'm hoping
> that FLAC and $200 of hard drive get there soon, so I can rip my
> entire cd collection and (literally) burn it. I pay, even with the
> most compact type of sleeve available, almost $200 per year just for
> the floor space to store it.

A Fellowes sleeve holds two CDs in a very small space, and you can
put hundreds of them in a box.

Why mp3s?

>Mine are florescent lightbulbs. They don't hum and the light isn't
>blue.

Actually, I have one of those in my room and another on the porch,
come to think of it. But I don't often use them. They have come
a long way, though.

>A Fellowes sleeve holds two CDs in a very small space, and you can
>put hundreds of them in a box.

I fit over 1000 in 6 sq. ft. of floor space, using univenture
sleeves and cases, which are the best. At $1050/mo. for 400 sq.
ft., do the math. Not to mention constant worry about fire,
having to keep them in order so you can find one when you want
it, and actually getting them to where you want to listen to
them. Plus every scratch degrades them. 20 years old. Talk
about obsolete.

>Why mp3s?

Because they're portable, well-studied and going to be around for
a while, and suited to the data storage/transmission tech currently
available to me.

-Carl