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'''~~What was your path to discovering alternate tunings?~~'''

'''Carlo Serafini''' (b. 1957) is an Italian composer of futurist electronic music.

it was in the 80's. I was an international student (from Italy) at Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA studying music synthesis. I heard about Wendy Carlos and her "''Beauty in the Beast''" I was (and still am) very impressed by that album. I bought "''Tuning In: Microtonality in Electronic Music: A Basic Guide to Using Alternate Scales. Temperaments and Microtuning using Synthesizers''" by Scott Wilkinson and tried to apply what I was learning retuning a couple of Yamaha synths I had: TX81Z and TX802 but trying to retune each and every note of the 128 midi pitches by hand was way too much for me and gave up, plus, I wasn't ready and my interest remained dormant for almost 20 years until I started thinking about what could be the subject of a dissertation for my master's degree in music and new technology at the Conservatory of Music in Florence, Italy.

== Progress report ==

; What was your path to discovering alternate tunings?

: It was in the 80's. I was an international student (from Italy) at Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA studying music synthesis. I heard about [[Wendy Carlos]] and her "''Beauty in the Beast''" I was (and still am) very impressed by that album. I bought "''Tuning In: Microtonality in Electronic Music: A Basic Guide to Using Alternate Scales. Temperaments and Microtuning using Synthesizers''" by [[Scott Wilkinson]] and tried to apply what I was learning retuning a couple of Yamaha synths I had: TX81Z and TX802 but trying to retune each and every note of the 128 midi pitches by hand was way too much for me and gave up, plus, I wasn't ready and my interest remained dormant for almost 20 years until I started thinking about what could be the subject of a dissertation for my master's degree in music and new technology at the Conservatory of Music in Florence, Italy.

After much thinking I came up with this title “''Technology and Temperament: Hardware, Software and Online Resources for Microtonal Music''” and started gathering informations (you can find it [http://www.seraph.it/blog_files/e5d36b2e021967c47d0e5a25155bb4be-125.html here]).

: After much thinking I came up with this title “''Technology and Temperament: Hardware, Software and Online Resources for Microtonal Music''” and started gathering informations (you can find it [http://www.seraph.it/blog_files/e5d36b2e021967c47d0e5a25155bb4be-125.html here]).

~~'''~~What instruments or means have you had/do you have now/do you want for the making of microtonal music?~~'''~~

; What instruments or means have you had/do you have now/do you want for the making of microtonal music?

: During the researches for my dissertation I stumbled upon a great piece of software: LMSO by [https://en.xen.wiki/w/X._J._Scott X.J. Scott]

~~During~~ the ~~researches for my dissertation~~ I ~~stumbled upon~~ a ~~great piece of software: LMSO~~ by [~~https://en~~.~~xen.wiki/w/X._J._Scott X.J. Scott]~~

: I bought it and with [[Jeff Scott]]'s help I started experimenting. A new world opened up! [[Interval]]s I had never thought possible unfolded in front of me. All kinds of [[scale]]s, exotic, weird, beautiful, ugly ones appeared. In the meantime I started reading and studying many books, among them: "''The Just Intonation Primer''" by [[David Doty]] "''On the Sensations of Tone''" by [[Hermann Helmholtz]] and [[Alexander Ellis]] and "''Genesis of a Music''" by [[Harry Partch]] and searched everything I could find on the internet (music, articles and everything else).

~~I bought~~ it ~~and with Jeff Scott's help I started experimenting~~. ~~A new world opened up! Intervals I had never thought possible unfolded in front of me~~. ~~All kinds of scales, exotic, weird, beautiful, ugly ones appeared~~. In the meantime I started reading and studying many books, among them: "''The Just Intonation Primer''" by David Doty "''On the Sensations of Tone''" by Hermann Helmholtz and Alexander Ellis and "''Genesis of a Music''" by Harry Partch and searched everything I could find on the internet (music, articles and everything else).

: My microtonal studies can be heard [http://www.seraph.it/Detwelvulation.html here]. Read my [http://www.seraph.it/blog.html blog] for more informations.

~~My microtonal studies can be heard~~ [http://www.seraph.it/~~Detwelvulation.html here]. Read my [http://www.seraph.it/blog.html blog~~] ~~for more informations.~~

== External links ==

* [http://www.seraph.it/ Official website]

[[Category:People]]

[[Category:Composers]]

~~[[Category:people]]~~

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-'''What was your path to discovering alternate tunings?'''
+'''Carlo Serafini''' (b. 1957) is an Italian composer of futurist electronic music.
-it was in the 80's. I was an international student (from Italy) at Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA studying music synthesis. I heard about Wendy Carlos and her "''Beauty in the Beast''" I was (and still am) very impressed by that album. I bought "''Tuning In: Microtonality in Electronic Music: A Basic Guide to Using Alternate Scales. Temperaments and Microtuning using Synthesizers''" by Scott Wilkinson and tried to apply what I was learning retuning a couple of Yamaha synths I had: TX81Z and TX802 but trying to retune each and every note of the 128 midi pitches by hand was way too much for me and gave up, plus, I wasn't ready and my interest remained dormant for almost 20 years until I started thinking about what could be the subject of a dissertation for my master's degree in music and new technology at the Conservatory of Music in Florence, Italy.
+== Progress report ==
+; What was your path to discovering alternate tunings?
+: It was in the 80's. I was an international student (from Italy) at Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA studying music synthesis. I heard about [[Wendy Carlos]] and her "''Beauty in the Beast''" I was (and still am) very impressed by that album. I bought "''Tuning In: Microtonality in Electronic Music: A Basic Guide to Using Alternate Scales. Temperaments and Microtuning using Synthesizers''" by [[Scott Wilkinson]] and tried to apply what I was learning retuning a couple of Yamaha synths I had: TX81Z and TX802 but trying to retune each and every note of the 128 midi pitches by hand was way too much for me and gave up, plus, I wasn't ready and my interest remained dormant for almost 20 years until I started thinking about what could be the subject of a dissertation for my master's degree in music and new technology at the Conservatory of Music in Florence, Italy.
-After much thinking I came up with this title “''Technology and Temperament: Hardware, Software and Online Resources for Microtonal Music''” and started gathering informations (you can find it [http://www.seraph.it/blog_files/e5d36b2e021967c47d0e5a25155bb4be-125.html here]).
+: After much thinking I came up with this title “''Technology and Temperament: Hardware, Software and Online Resources for Microtonal Music''” and started gathering informations (you can find it [http://www.seraph.it/blog_files/e5d36b2e021967c47d0e5a25155bb4be-125.html here]).
-'''What instruments or means have you had/do you have now/do you want for the making of microtonal music?'''
+; What instruments or means have you had/do you have now/do you want for the making of microtonal music?
+: During the researches for my dissertation I stumbled upon a great piece of software: LMSO by [https://en.xen.wiki/w/X._J._Scott X.J. Scott]
-During the researches for my dissertation I stumbled upon a great piece of software: LMSO by [https://en.xen.wiki/w/X._J._Scott X.J. Scott]
+: I bought it and with [[Jeff Scott]]'s help I started experimenting. A new world opened up! [[Interval]]s I had never thought possible unfolded in front of me. All kinds of [[scale]]s, exotic, weird, beautiful, ugly ones appeared. In the meantime I started reading and studying many books, among them: "''The Just Intonation Primer''" by [[David Doty]] "''On the Sensations of Tone''" by [[Hermann Helmholtz]] and [[Alexander Ellis]] and "''Genesis of a Music''" by [[Harry Partch]] and searched everything I could find on the internet (music, articles and everything else).
-I bought it and with Jeff Scott's help I started experimenting. A new world opened up! Intervals I had never thought possible unfolded in front of me. All kinds of scales, exotic, weird, beautiful, ugly ones appeared. In the meantime I started reading and studying many books, among them: "''The Just Intonation Primer''" by David Doty "''On the Sensations of Tone''" by Hermann Helmholtz and Alexander Ellis and "''Genesis of a Music''" by Harry Partch and searched everything I could find on the internet (music, articles and everything else).
+: My microtonal studies can be heard [http://www.seraph.it/Detwelvulation.html here]. Read my [http://www.seraph.it/blog.html blog] for more informations.
-My microtonal studies can be heard [http://www.seraph.it/Detwelvulation.html here]. Read my [http://www.seraph.it/blog.html blog] for more informations.
+== External links ==
+* [http://www.seraph.it/ Official website]
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Serafini, Carlo}}
+[[Category:People]]
 [[Category:Composers]]
-[[Category:people]]