Combination tones

I have been using Addsyn32, an additive synthesis waveform generator, to
play JI chords, and it's been very useful except for one thing: combination
tones. For otonalities it's not that bad,it even reinforces the fundamental
and gives it a richer sound, but for utonalities they are very dissonant and
unwanted. I've tried turning some pitches out of phase and detuning them
slightly and even turning off one speaker but nothing seems to work. Has
anyone else had this same problem or does anyone else know of a soulution?

Stay Tuned,
Keenan P

If with a waveform generator your favorite tuning suffers dissonant
combination tones (difference tones?), then isn't it likely to suffer them
also to some extent through many microphone/PA combinations? Or even
acoustically? With my instrument (diatonic harmonica), entire tuning
schemes are devoted to the achievement of consonant, supportive difference
tones.

John Thaden

At 09:15 PM 4/24/2000 -0400, Keenan P wrote:
>I have been using Addsyn32, an additive synthesis waveform generator, to
>play JI chords, and it's been very useful except for one thing: combination
>tones. For otonalities it's not that bad,it even reinforces the fundamental
>and gives it a richer sound, but for utonalities they are very dissonant and
>unwanted.

John Thaden
Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
http://www.flash.net/~jjthaden