Re: [tuning] re: A Broad Question

Carl Lumma wrote:

> One of my favorite synths right now is the Korg Triton w/MOSS card. It
> happens to be microtunable, according to the Microtonal Synthesis index...
>
> http://home.att.net/~microtonal/
>
> ...specifically, it lets you set up 16 different twelve-note scales, and
> assign each patch to one of them. The old key-change trick: fill 12 of
> the tuning banks with the transpositions of a single 12-note scale, make
> 12 copies of the same patch and assign each copy to a different tuning,
> then change patches to change keys. This eats up a lot of patch memory,
> unfortunately, and multi-timbral performance is sketchy.

You can also do this with the Korg MS200 (the Triton
is a more powerful machine).

> The Korg also allows you to set up one 128-note tuning that affects every
> patch. Useful for stretched-octave tunings, or mapping, say, 19-tet to
> the keyboard.

Can't do that with the MS2000.

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