Poll:What would J.S Bach do with a DAW?
- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 5703 posts since 8 Dec, 2004 from The Twin Cities
This brings to mind something that I have often wondered: What is the easiest way to explore alternate tuning systems (e.g. meantone, well tempered, just intonation, etc.) in the digital world?seldom wrote:"what's the best VST to invent the well-tempered scale?"
I remember that Roland had some piece of hardware in the 80s that could switch between tuning systems for historically accurate renderings of older music but I never actually played with it.
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- R.I.P.
- 3833 posts since 8 Sep, 2003 from Santa Clara, CA, USA
another topic, but lots of softsynths these days offer alternate tunings. Most use the TUN/ SCALA file system: Cameleon, Rhino, Albino2 to name a few. Theres a MIDI utility by Toby Bear that doe this for any VST synth as well. ( but you need something like EnergyXT for it to work)herodotus wrote:This brings to mind something that I have often wondered: What is the easiest way to explore alternate tuning systems (e.g. meantone, well tempered, just intonation, etc.) in the digital world?seldom wrote:"what's the best VST to invent the well-tempered scale?"
I remember that Roland had some piece of hardware in the 80s that could switch between tuning systems for historically accurate renderings of older music but I never actually played with it.
TC
- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 5703 posts since 8 Dec, 2004 from The Twin Cities
Please excuse my ignorance, but what is the TUN/SCALA file system?tconrardy wrote:
another topic, but lots of softsynths these days offer alternate tunings. Most use the TUN/ SCALA file system: Cameleon, Rhino, Albino2 to name a few. Theres a MIDI utility by Toby Bear that doe this for any VST synth as well. ( but you need something like EnergyXT for it to work)
TC
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- KVRAF
- 13444 posts since 14 Nov, 2000 from Hannover / Germany
Get involved in sequencer vs. sequencer and Mac vs. PC wars.
There are 3 kinds of people:
Those who can do maths and those who can't.
Those who can do maths and those who can't.
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- TopModernGeezer
- 2679 posts since 14 Mar, 2001 from Stuttgart, Germany
j.s. bach lives 3 blocks from my house, and as far as i know (from my mate tobi) he´s not interested in music at all. so why this thread ?? 
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- KVRist
- 493 posts since 9 Mar, 2003
Without a doubt, Play Half Life 2 
- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 5703 posts since 8 Dec, 2004 from The Twin Cities
This is another J.S. Bach.putte wrote:j.s. bach lives 3 blocks from my house, and as far as i know (from my mate tobi) he´s not interested in music at all. so why this thread ??
He used to be in Style Council but couldn't stand Paul Weller.
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- TopModernGeezer
- 2679 posts since 14 Mar, 2001 from Stuttgart, Germany
herodotus wrote:This is another J.S. Bach.putte wrote:j.s. bach lives 3 blocks from my house, and as far as i know (from my mate tobi) he´s not interested in music at all. so why this thread ??
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- KVRist
- 453 posts since 20 Aug, 2004 from Falls Church, VA
That would be my take. The man was a musical explorer. No way he would be screaming "Satan!" at the technology. He'd be taking it to cool places.tconrardy wrote:I am sure he would be playing with all the technolology. He might get how Frank Zappa got and siad 'screw musicians..they can't play my material" he was always getting frustrated with the avialble musicans of his day for not being able to play his material correctly.
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- TopModernGeezer
- 2679 posts since 14 Mar, 2001 from Stuttgart, Germany
i dont think bach would downgrade like this ..AndrewW wrote:Bach would change his name to Hanz Zimmer and start writing for film
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- KVRist
- 493 posts since 9 Mar, 2003
He'd be Trolling all the dumb f**ks @ K-v-R 

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- KVRAF
- 2830 posts since 2 Mar, 2003 from The only civilized county in Texas
Friends of mine who are in an early music ensemble are about to spend a gawdawful amount of money for an electronic harpsichord that can be retuned at the flick of a switch.herodotus wrote:I remember that Roland had some piece of hardware in the 80s that could switch between tuning systems for historically accurate renderings of older music but I never actually played with it.
Are there any samplers that can pull such tricks? Say, go from Equal Temperament in A=440 to 442, to Werckmeister III in 415?
Retuning is of course trivial for synths that are not sample based, but I have yet to hear the first one of those that can fool a harpsichord player into thinking it's a harpsichord.
V.
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- KVRist
- 42 posts since 2 Apr, 2004 from Melbourne, Aus...