The ultimate microtonal music workstation

What would be the optimum requirements for the ultimate microtonal (portable) music workstation for Mac OS and Windows XP laptops, with samplers, sequencers, digital recording apparatus, surround sound, the works? What is the best pro-audio/midi software collection that goes with it? Also, is there a slim foldaway midi keyboard with 88 touch-sensitive keys anywhere? Lastly, what is the closest alternative to build-your-own-microtonal-keyboard kit?

Cordially,
ozan

Ozan Yarman wrote:
> What would be the optimum requirements for the ultimate microtonal > (portable) music workstation for Mac OS and Windows XP laptops, with > samplers, sequencers, digital recording apparatus, surround sound, the > works? What is the best pro-audio/midi software collection that goes > with it? Also, is there a slim foldaway midi keyboard with 88 > touch-sensitive keys anywhere? Lastly, what is the closest alternative > to build-your-own-microtonal-keyboard kit?
> > Cordially,
> ozan

Also, where can I get a keyboard with more freakin keys on it? I have a keyboard that I can retune but it only has like 61 keys, so in many of the tunings I want to use it's less than two octaves and the pitches are so spread out physically I can't play any good chords. Also the 7-white-5-black pattern is distracting if the tuning doesn't follow that pattern.

What I really want is a cheap midi instrument with a giant 2D array of keys. (Unfortunately I think midi only allows for something like 128 pitches... grrr)

Keenan

Good point Keenan! Maybe the lego toy company can help us build the ultimate
flexible microtonal keyboard:

www.lego.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Keenan Pepper" <keenanpepper@gmail.com>
To: <tuning@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: 14 Aral�k 2005 �ar�amba 22:34
Subject: Re: [tuning] The ultimate microtonal music workstation

> Ozan Yarman wrote:
> > What would be the optimum requirements for the ultimate microtonal
> > (portable) music workstation for Mac OS and Windows XP laptops, with
> > samplers, sequencers, digital recording apparatus, surround sound, the
> > works? What is the best pro-audio/midi software collection that goes
> > with it? Also, is there a slim foldaway midi keyboard with 88
> > touch-sensitive keys anywhere? Lastly, what is the closest alternative
> > to build-your-own-microtonal-keyboard kit?
> >
> > Cordially,
> > ozan
>
> Also, where can I get a keyboard with more freakin keys on it? I have a
keyboard
> that I can retune but it only has like 61 keys, so in many of the tunings
I want
> to use it's less than two octaves and the pitches are so spread out
physically I
> can't play any good chords. Also the 7-white-5-black pattern is
distracting if
> the tuning doesn't follow that pattern.
>
> What I really want is a cheap midi instrument with a giant 2D array of
keys.
> (Unfortunately I think midi only allows for something like 128 pitches...
grrr)
>
> Keenan
>

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, Keenan Pepper <keenanpepper@g...> wrote:

> What I really want is a cheap midi instrument with a giant 2D array
of keys.

What about expensive?

> (Unfortunately I think midi only allows for something like 128
pitches... grrr)

Correctly implemented, it allows for 2^21 = 2097152 pitchs, but the
qualifier is the problem.

Keenan,

I have a Starrlabs keyboard that I'm considering
selling. It has 288 keys (four octaves times six
"keyboards) on a 2-D platform. I use five MIDI
channels for each instrument I want to play in my
53-eq array. However, as great as it is as a composing
tool, it's difficult to make it sound "musical" (touch
sensitivity isn't great).

As you may also know, Johnny Reinhard has someone
working on a generalized keyboard as well.

Chris Mohr

--- Keenan Pepper <keenanpepper@gmail.com> wrote:

> Ozan Yarman wrote:
> > What would be the optimum requirements for the
> ultimate microtonal
> > (portable) music workstation for Mac OS and
> Windows XP laptops, with
> > samplers, sequencers, digital recording apparatus,
> surround sound, the
> > works? What is the best pro-audio/midi software
> collection that goes
> > with it? Also, is there a slim foldaway midi
> keyboard with 88
> > touch-sensitive keys anywhere? Lastly, what is the
> closest alternative
> > to build-your-own-microtonal-keyboard kit?
> >
> > Cordially,
> > ozan
>
> Also, where can I get a keyboard with more freakin
> keys on it? I have a keyboard
> that I can retune but it only has like 61 keys, so
> in many of the tunings I want
> to use it's less than two octaves and the pitches
> are so spread out physically I
> can't play any good chords. Also the 7-white-5-black
> pattern is distracting if
> the tuning doesn't follow that pattern.
>
> What I really want is a cheap midi instrument with a
> giant 2D array of keys.
> (Unfortunately I think midi only allows for
> something like 128 pitches... grrr)
>
> Keenan
>
>
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