Yahoo Tuning Groups Ultimate Backup tuning Tonescape demo now available

The first public demo Tonescape download is now available!
(the "Den Haag" version), for Windows only:

http://tonalsoft.com/downloads/redist/Tonescape_Studio_Den_Haag.exe

I'll warn everyone here that this version has some new bugs
that the previous version didn't have ... and Tonescape
has grown beyond our capabilities to fix them right now.
If there are any experienced C# programmers out there who
would like to participate, please contact us!

There are currently no versions of Tonescape for Mac or Linux.

The installer will check your system for minimum requirements,
and will abort installation if those are not met. Please see:

http://tonalsoft.com/support/tonescape/knowledge.aspx

Also, please be warned that our webpages concerning
Tonescape installation are out of date: this demo version
will install simply and automatically.

Also be warned that there are NO HELP PAGES included
with this version of Tonescape. Some of them are available
here:

http://tonalsoft.com/support/tonescape/help/contents.aspx

but they are in the process of being created right now,
so in some cases the links in the Table of Contents don't
lead to anything.

These complete tutorials should prove helpful:

http://tonalsoft.com/support/tonescape/tutorials.aspx

I strongly recommend that anyone interested become a member
of the newly-created public Yahoo tonescape_denhaag group:

/tonescape_denhaag/

Enjoy!

-monz
http://tonalsoft.com
Tonescape microtonal music software

🔗Gene Ward Smith <genewardsmith@coolgoose.com>

🔗monz <monz@tonalsoft.com>

Hi Gene,

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "Gene Ward Smith" <genewardsmith@...>
wrote:

> --- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "monz" <monz@> wrote:
>
> > I'll warn everyone here that this version has some new bugs
> > that the previous version didn't have ... and Tonescape
> > has grown beyond our capabilities to fix them right now.

Actually, i've been using the new Den Haag version of
Tonescape on a different computer from the one which has
the Mustang version, and i know for sure that there are
some bug issues with this computer.

So i was hasty to write that there are "new bugs" in
Den Haag, because now my copy of Tonescape Den Haag seems
to be working fine.

> Is it possible to have both versions installed?

No ... if you want the new version, you have to go to
Control Panel | Add/Remove Programs and remove the old
version of Tonescape first, then install the new version.
So i would say go ahead, get rid of whichever old version
you have, and try Den Haag.

-monz
http://tonalsoft.com
Tonescape microtonal music software

🔗monz <monz@tonalsoft.com>

--- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, "monz" <monz@...> wrote:
>
> --- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, "monz" <monz@> wrote:
>
> > The first public demo Tonescape download is now available!
> > (the "Den Haag" version), for Windows only:

http://tonalsoft.com/downloads/redist/Tonescape_Studio_Den_Haag.exe

When Tonescape is installed, it creates a "My Tonescape"
folder with 4 subfolders:

. Pieces
. Samples
. Tonespaces
. Tunings

the Samples folder itself has 3 subfolders (Pieces,
Tonespaces, and Tunings), each with several samples
of each the respective type of file.

I encourage everyone to open the files in the Pieces
folder and play them in Tonescape.

The two largest, which are also the two on which i've
done the most work, are:

. the Haba 2nd Quartet/1st movement, in 24-edo,
latticed in 3-11-prime-space; and

. the Beethoven "Cavatina" from his Bb quartet op.130,
in a 15-tone 1/6-comma meantone, latticed in 3-5-prime-space.

The Beethoven Lattice can be shown to great effect in
"Closed Curved" geometry, by right-clicking on the blue
Lattice background and selecting Geometry from the pop-up
menu. The result is the 4-strand meantone helix.

Primes 3 and 11 were chosen for the Haba prime-space
simply because 24-edo is excellent at approximating
ratios containing those two prime-factors. For the
Haba piece, i actually find viewing the Pitch-Height
notation more illuminating -- click the "Zoom Out"
button until the score is at maximum zoom-out, and
the vertical size of the notation window will just
barely encompass the entire range of pitches for all
four instruments.

My own "Invisible Haircut" gives an example of
a multi-dimensional extended-JI tuning,
in 3-5-7-11-13-19 prime-space.

To zoom in and out on the Lattice, use the "Page Up"
and "Page Down" keyboard keys, or the mouse roller
if your mouse has one. To rotate the Lattice, hold
down the "Ctrl" key and click anywhere on the blue
Lattice background, then as you move the mouse the
Lattice will rotate in 3 dimensions. You can do this
while a piece is playing too.

-monz
http://tonalsoft.com
Tonescape microtonal music software

🔗Ozan Yarman <ozanyarman@ozanyarman.com>

I received the following error after runnï¿½ng the self-extracting executable:

The PSAPI.DLL file is linked to missing expord NTDLL.DLL:
NtAllocateVirtualMemory.

I use Windows ME. What do I do now?

Oz.

----- Original Message -----
From: "monz" <monz@tonalsoft.com>
To: <tuning@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: 28 Ocak 2007 Pazar 19:21
Subject: [tuning] Tonescape demo now available

The first public demo Tonescapeï¿½ download is now available!
(the "Den Haag" version), for Windows only:

http://tonalsoft.com/downloads/redist/Tonescape_Studio_Den_Haag.exe

SNIP

🔗monz <monz@tonalsoft.com>

Hi Ozan,

Sorry, Windows ME is not supported.

Apparently this Den Haag version has difficulty
even with Windows 2000 ... it's designed for XP.

Now that Windows Vista is out, it's not likely that
we'll fix things so that it will work with Win2000 either.
But that's the operating system on my own main PC,
so there's still some hope for that.

The good news behind this is that, now that Vista is
out, it will become much cheaper to upgrade to XP.
I hope you will, because you are one person whom i'd
really like to have using Tonescape.

-monz
http://tonalsoft.com
Tonescape microtonal music software

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "Ozan Yarman" <ozanyarman@...> wrote:
>
> I received the following error after runnýng the self-extracting
executable:
>
> The PSAPI.DLL file is linked to missing expord NTDLL.DLL:
> NtAllocateVirtualMemory.
>
> I use Windows ME. What do I do now?
>
> Oz.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "monz" <monz@...>
> To: <tuning@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: 28 Ocak 2007 Pazar 19:21
> Subject: [tuning] Tonescape demo now available
>
>
> The first public demo Tonescape download is now available!
> (the "Den Haag" version), for Windows only:
>
> http://tonalsoft.com/downloads/redist/Tonescape_Studio_Den_Haag.exe
>
>
> SNIP
>

🔗Carl Lumma <clumma@yahoo.com>

🔗Ozan Yarman <ozanyarman@ozanyarman.com>

I am inclined to get a macbook pro in the near future. How can we make it
work then?

Oz.

----- Original Message -----
From: "monz" <monz@tonalsoft.com>
To: <tuning@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: 03 ï¿½ubat 2007 Cumartesi 1:49
Subject: [tuning] Re: Tonescape demo now available

Hi Ozan,

Sorry, Windows ME is not supported.

Apparently this Den Haag version has difficulty
even with Windows 2000 ... it's designed for XP.

Now that Windows Vista is out, it's not likely that
we'll fix things so that it will work with Win2000 either.
But that's the operating system on my own main PC,
so there's still some hope for that.

The good news behind this is that, now that Vista is
out, it will become much cheaper to upgrade to XP.
I hope you will, because you are one person whom i'd
really like to have using Tonescape.

-monz
http://tonalsoft.com
Tonescape microtonal music software

🔗Ozan Yarman <ozanyarman@ozanyarman.com>

I can't! Hardware incompatibilities, missing drivers, importing previous
settings... Neither the spirit nor the flesh is willing. Why go to all that
trouble?

A new laptop, on the other hand, will settle matters swiftly. So, how about
making a list of the hardware and software necessary for a portable
microtonal music studio setup?

Remember, I want a touch-screen type velocity sensitive keyboard too!

Oz.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl Lumma" <clumma@yahoo.com>
To: <tuning@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: 03 ï¿½ubat 2007 Cumartesi 1:58
Subject: [tuning] Re: Tonescape demo now available

> I received the following error after runnï¿½ng the self-extracting
> executable:
>
> The PSAPI.DLL file is linked to missing expord NTDLL.DLL:
> NtAllocateVirtualMemory.
>
> I use Windows ME. What do I do now?
>
> Oz.

Upgrade your OS!

-Carl

🔗monz <monz@tonalsoft.com>

Hi Oz,

None of us at Tonalsoft use Mac, so even tho i know
the new Mac runs Windows, i can't guarantee that it
will work on a Mac. Tonescape relies heavily on
Microsoft's .net and DirectX technologies, so it's
essential that you have the latest versions of those.
If you get an XP system, Tonescape should work fine.

Here are the hardware requirements for Tonescape:

http://tonalsoft.com/support/tonescape/knowledge.aspx

-monz
http://tonalsoft.com
Tonescape microtonal music software

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "Ozan Yarman" <ozanyarman@...> wrote:
>
> I can't! Hardware incompatibilities, missing drivers,
> importing previous settings... Neither the spirit nor
> the flesh is willing. Why go to all that trouble?
>
> A new laptop, on the other hand, will settle matters
> swiftly. So, how about making a list of the hardware
> and software necessary for a portable microtonal music
> studio setup?
>
> Remember, I want a touch-screen type velocity sensitive
> keyboard too!
>
> Oz.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Carl Lumma" <clumma@...>
> To: <tuning@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: 03 Þubat 2007 Cumartesi 1:58
> Subject: [tuning] Re: Tonescape demo now available
>
>
> > I received the following error after runnýng the self-extracting
> > executable:
> >
> > The PSAPI.DLL file is linked to missing expord NTDLL.DLL:
> > NtAllocateVirtualMemory.
> >
> > I use Windows ME. What do I do now?
> >
> > Oz.
>
> Upgrade your OS!
>
> -Carl
>

🔗Ozan Yarman <ozanyarman@ozanyarman.com>

With a macbook pro, I can have both the MacOs and Windows XP. It's Pentium
based after all...

Oz.

----- Original Message -----
From: "monz" <monz@tonalsoft.com>
To: <tuning@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: 03 ï¿½ubat 2007 Cumartesi 5:14
Subject: [tuning] Re: Tonescape demo now available

Hi Oz,

Here are the hardware requirements for Tonescape:

http://tonalsoft.com/support/tonescape/knowledge.aspx

-monz
http://tonalsoft.com
Tonescape microtonal music software

🔗Aaron Krister Johnson <aaron@dividebypi.com>

🔗Ozan Yarman <ozanyarman@ozanyarman.com>

Evil is in the "I" of the beholder. It is unfortunate that so little support
is given to Linux by the software megapoly.

I found the cosmic piece to be terrific, what with me being a die-hard
astronomy fan and all... They should use it in a space documentary on
supernovae on the discovery channel.

Oz.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Aaron Krister Johnson" <aaron@dividebypi.com>
To: <tuning@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: 03 ï¿½ubat 2007 Cumartesi 6:40
Subject: [tuning] Re: Tonescape demo now available

> --- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "Ozan Yarman" <ozanyarman@...> wrote:
> >
> > With a macbook pro, I can have both the MacOs and Windows XP. It's
> Pentium
> > based after all...
>
> If I had to choose between Mac and Windows, I'd go Mac.
>
> Fortunately, Linux geeks like me don't have to make such a horrible,
> evil choice.
>
>

🔗monz <monz@tonalsoft.com>

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "Aaron Krister Johnson" <aaron@...> wrote:
>
> --- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "Ozan Yarman" <ozanyarman@> wrote:
> >
> > With a macbook pro, I can have both the MacOs and
> > Windows XP. It's Pentium based after all...
>
> If I had to choose between Mac and Windows, I'd go Mac.
>
> Fortunately, Linux geeks like me don't have to make such
> a horrible, evil choice.

But you don't have Tonescape, either. :-P

... just rubbing it in, because i'm having so much fun
creating the .tonescape files of the microtonal examples
from Blackwood's _NEH Research Notes_. It's never been
so easy.

-monz
http://tonalsoft.com
Tonescape microtonal music software