Babylon Synth by W.A Production
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jacqueslacouth jacqueslacouth https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=48379
- KVRian
- 1149 posts since 18 Nov, 2004
I have come to the conclusion that I am nowhere near smart enough to appreciate/understand what all this microtonal stuff is all about (a bit like jazz and opera for me). At the end of the day to my unsophisticated and primitive ears it just sounds like shite music being played on out of tune instruments.
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- KVRist
- 218 posts since 9 Jun, 2019 from Brisbane Australia
- GRRRRRRR!
- 15939 posts since 14 Jun, 2001 from Somewhere else, on principle
Except that it sounds out of tune half the time, based on my skipping thorough it.
Exactly!jacqueslacouth wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2019 8:13 pm I have come to the conclusion that I am nowhere near smart enough to appreciate/understand what all this microtonal stuff is all about (a bit like jazz and opera for me). At the end of the day to my unsophisticated and primitive ears it just sounds like shite music being played on out of tune instruments.
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- KVRian
- 851 posts since 26 Jan, 2014 from United States of America
Thank you for your reply. I been looking for it- I don't see anything Sync in there. Where do you see it? Thank you.
- GRRRRRRR!
- 15939 posts since 14 Jun, 2001 from Somewhere else, on principle
It's in the LFOs, where the keyboard is by default. In the bottom-left corner are the buttons to bring it up. Press the MODULATORS button and you can see the LFO parameters.
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- KVRAF
- 8826 posts since 6 Jan, 2017 from Outer Space
Just intonation is in tune! We are so used to out of tune equal temperament, that we think its out of tune. And on top, if your tuning incorporates higher rational divisions you get many more in tune intervals than you could create with only 12 pitch classes.
Once you overcome equal temperament and learn to listen to pure ratios, a whole new universe opens up...
- GRRRRRRR!
- 15939 posts since 14 Jun, 2001 from Somewhere else, on principle
Music is all about what sounds right. We aren't simply "used to" equal temperament, we like equal temperament because it sounds right to our ears. You can come up with whatever esoteric justification you like but the fact is that if something sounds out of tune, it sounds horrible. It's why my father wasn't allowed to sing in the shower - he could find 50 notes in an octave.
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jacqueslacouth jacqueslacouth https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=48379
- KVRian
- 1149 posts since 18 Nov, 2004
Your father may have been regarded a virtuoso in these more enlightened times by those who have overcome equal temperament and learnt to listen to pure ratios. A genius before his time, unrecognised and unappreciated.BONES wrote: ↑Thu Nov 07, 2019 6:20 am Music is all about what sounds right. We aren't simply "used to" equal temperament, we like equal temperament because it sounds right to our ears. You can come up with whatever esoteric justification you like but the fact is that if something sounds out of tune, it sounds horrible. It's why my father wasn't allowed to sing in the shower - he could find 50 notes in an octave.
- KVRAF
- 8826 posts since 6 Jan, 2017 from Outer Space
Why has Wendy Carlos named her iconic masterpiece a „beauty in the beast“? She never looked back and never did equal temperament again, because that would be out of tune...
But anybody has the right to stay in the self selected cage, opening doors is not enough to gain freedom as it seems...
But anybody has the right to stay in the self selected cage, opening doors is not enough to gain freedom as it seems...
- KVRian
- 962 posts since 20 Oct, 2018
I did not find the music out of tune.
I think of it as relaxing and that i could make the same sounds with lot of reverb and delay.
So...it seems i have a lack of "equal temperament".
If i were tonedeaf it would have come up in the comments in OSC. Even if they tried to be polite someone of those that voted it as shit should have told the truth.
I think of it as relaxing and that i could make the same sounds with lot of reverb and delay.
So...it seems i have a lack of "equal temperament".
If i were tonedeaf it would have come up in the comments in OSC. Even if they tried to be polite someone of those that voted it as shit should have told the truth.
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- 15939 posts since 14 Jun, 2001 from Somewhere else, on principle
Umm, because she used to be a bloke. Beauty in the beast - a woman trapped inside a man's body. Blindingly obvious, I'd have thought. In any event, I'd suggest that if she has an "iconic masterpiece", most people would think it was Switched on Bach, although I doubt most people even know who did that record.Tj Shredder wrote: ↑Thu Nov 07, 2019 7:43 amWhy has Wendy Carlos named her iconic masterpiece a „beauty in the beast“?
She looked back plenty, most notably with Switched on Bach 2000.She never looked back
Except for Switched on Bach 2000 and Peter & the Wolf. Take those out and she's only made two other albums in 30 years.... never did equal temperament again
Wendy Carlos is a perfect example of someone who is more into the process than the result so I doubt she'd even care if the music was listenable or not. The whole purpose of Beauty in the Beast is to use that shit, not to make good music. It's a completely arse-backwards approach.
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- KVRAF
- 8826 posts since 6 Jan, 2017 from Outer Space
Your ignorance just lets you miss the beauty... You know everything in your genre and your little cage, but please do not assume you know anything outside of that cage. Your judgement will just fall back on yourself and will not convince anybody who can judge about music outside of your small world...BONES wrote: ↑Thu Nov 07, 2019 12:02 pmUmm, because she used to be a bloke. Beauty in the beast - a woman trapped inside a man's body. Blindingly obvious, I'd have thought. In any event, I'd suggest that if she has an "iconic masterpiece", most people would think it was Switched on Bach, although I doubt most people even know who did that record.Tj Shredder wrote: ↑Thu Nov 07, 2019 7:43 amWhy has Wendy Carlos named her iconic masterpiece a „beauty in the beast“?She looked back plenty, most notably with Switched on Bach 2000.She never looked backExcept for Switched on Bach 2000 and Peter & the Wolf. Take those out and she's only made two other albums in 30 years.... never did equal temperament again
Wendy Carlos is a perfect example of someone who is more into the process than the result so I doubt she'd even care if the music was listenable or not. The whole purpose of Beauty in the Beast is to use that shit, not to make good music. It's a completely arse-backwards approach.
Btw. I would not want to miss your world and your music, but there is much much more out there as valuable...
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- 15939 posts since 14 Jun, 2001 from Somewhere else, on principle
I know what sounds good and can appreciate many things on their merits. What I cannot do is appreciate anything that doesn't sound good, nor can I have any respect of self-indulgent wankery that has no point. I quite like Babylon, though, it's a nice sounding synth that's really easy to work with. I think it might be a bit over-priced at full retail but it holds its own against most synths around the $50 mark. (Jus tin case anyone wants to know about the thing we are supposed to be discussing.)
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- KVRAF
- 1567 posts since 14 Jul, 2018
here's something i found that maybe might help getting into microtonality a little bit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHC2XNGerW4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHC2XNGerW4