Tuning programs

Hi There,

I've been working on a list of tuning programs for a links page on the download site for Fractal Tune Smithy.

Perhaps it may be useful. Just tuning programs, and applets. Also I've not included ones that consist of applying pitch bends in a
sequencer that isn't mainly designed for such work - list would get too long as nearly any sequencer has some kind of pitch bending
capabilities, even if often it may involve tuning every single note. I've listed all the ones that I know current members of these
lists use - and only ones that are currently available.

http://tunesmithy.co.uk

Look under tuning programs

Been working hard on my Virtual Flower program recently. Soon to be released, maybe tomorrow - just taking a short break before the
final stretch :-).

It will have a virtual flower screen saver with FTS midi clips - and you can use any other clips you like with it. Nothing else
particularly microtonal about it, but in future I will probably be adding things of interest to members here. For instance it can
currently be used to make 3D objects and view them from various angles - it mightn't take that much in the way of extra programming
to extend this to four and five space dimensions so that one could look at the dekany and Eikosany in the same way.

3D lattices might also be possible with notes to click at the lattice points - it already can make a two dimensional hexagonal
lattice of trees, flowers or objects. There's an option to sense which point in the VRML model has been clicked, which could perhaps
be used to make sure one plays the correct note for each point in the lattice.

Other ideas too. VRML would probably be the best way of doing the solar system chord - it is pretty easy to do a 3D solar system in
VRML and if nothing else, one could just play the solar system chord as a background clip and synchronise it with the motion of the
planets just by starting it at the right place...

Hope you are all well, and more presently,

:-)

Robert

--- In tuning@y..., "Robert Walker" <robertwalker@n...> wrote:

> 3D lattices might also be possible with notes to click at the lattice points - it already can make a two dimensional hexagonal
> lattice of trees, flowers or objects.

A 2D hexagonal array of chords with a 3-et keyboard can do the
5-limit, and a 3D cubic lattice with a 4-et keyboard the 7-limit; this could be very powerful and interesting in practice.