Re: Digest Number 155

In Digest 155.6 David Finnamore said
<<Really, how does one practically implement any tuning
system with more than 30-some notes per octave? Even a
"full-size" keyboard would only cover less than 2/3 of an
octave in 144t-ET.>>

Starr Labs has a working prototype of an 810 key microtonal
keyboard. Over the next few months Starr Labs and I will be
finalizing the Win 95/98/NT based setup software for it. The
key layout is a descendant of the Bosanquet design adapted
by Erv Wilson. Each key can be assigned a separate note and
channel for output. The unit has two MIDI outs and a MIDI in.
The keys output MIDI velocity information and aftertouch will be
available at a later date. Price is expected to be about
US$7500.
Their web page is
http://www.catalog.com/starrlab/
Just follow the MIDI controllers link. For questions about the
setup software specifically email me privately.

--Fred

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Fred Kohler, 206 Raynor Ave, Victoria, BC, Canada V9A 3A2
phone:(250)388-7918 email:fred_kohler@bc.sympatico.ca
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[me, monz, TD 155.11:]
> but in 1/4-comma meantone, this 'subsemitone' is exactly
> the same as the 5-limit JI 'Great Diesis': 125:128 = ~ 41.06 ".

That isolated quotation mark at the end is supposed to be
the symbol for 'cents'. The 'great diesis' is ~ 41.06 cents.
Sorry.

Joseph L. Monzo....................monz@juno.com
http://www.ixpres.com/interval/monzo/homepage.html
|"...I had broken thru the lattice barrier..."|
| - Erv Wilson |
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