RE: [tuning] Digest Number 3439

Carl,

I've just written my birthday wish list. :-)

Yahya

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Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 09:13:13 -0800
From: Carl Lumma <ekin@lumma.org>
Subject: is this what I have been waiting for?

http://www.ergodex.com

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Monz,

Just read that page - seems pretty thorough! - and saved
a copy.

Nitpicking FYI:

I noticed that the default file name, from the HTML title,
includes a copyright date. Since you updated it in 2004,
according to the foot of the page, shouldn't the copyright
in the title mention that too?

Regards,
Yahya

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Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 12:48:08 -0000
From: "monz" <monz@tonalsoft.com>
Subject: Re: Idris Raghib Bey's tuning

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i also measured the thousandths for the ratios on my
Arab Lute page, and none of them match either.

http://sonic-arts.org/monzo/arablute/arablute.htm

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Yahya,

I've asked them the following questions.
() Do they use native HID drivers, or do they have their
own drivers?
() Can 4-5 of them be plugged in at once (for multiple octaves)?

And according to their web site, they have an OEM program!
So I asked them about that.

Note that from the Tom's review (which I see I was defective
in posting), it has a 'polyphony' of 6...

http://www20.tomshardware.com/game/20050308/ergodex-03.html

...however, that's possibly 6 per slab (octave), which would
be fine.

-Carl

>Carl,
>
>I've just written my birthday wish list. :-)
>
>Yahya
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>________________________________________________________________________
> Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 09:13:13 -0800
> From: Carl Lumma <ekin@lumma.org>
>Subject: is this what I have been waiting for?
>
>http://www.ergodex.com
>
>...
>________________________________________________________________________

hi Yahya,

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "Yahya Abdal-Aziz" <yahya@m...> wrote:

re:
http://sonic-arts.org/monzo/arablute/arablute.htm

> Monz,
>
> Just read that page - seems pretty thorough! - and saved
> a copy.
>
> Nitpicking FYI:
>
> I noticed that the default file name, from the HTML title,
> includes a copyright date. Since you updated it in 2004,
> according to the foot of the page, shouldn't the copyright
> in the title mention that too?

yes, thanks for that ... right now the Encyclopedia is
a complete mess. we have totally redesigned it so that
we will be able to use software to maintain the links.
i'm in the process of converting it, and have only just
gotten to the "E"'s.

right now i'm only doing the "regular" Encyclopedia entries.
some stuff is residing on the Tonalsoft site, and some
is being pointed to the Sonic Arts site, until i get it done.

my longer essays (such as the Arab Lute page) will be
re-introduced one at a time after the regular Encyclopedia
is finished.

i will also be doing a weekly blog called "inTune", and
one feature of it will be the announcement of each of my
longer essays as they are completed and uploaded.

BTW, we have 2 other blogs already up and running: Tonalsoft
co-founder Chris is writing a tech blog called "The Pitch Bend",
and Jonathan Glasier is writing a news/events/gossip column
for the microtonal community called "MicroBeat". you can
find both from our homepage.

http://tonalsoft.com

-monz