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I'm Tristan Bay, an electronic musician in Portland, Oregon ~~who~~ started getting into microtonality seriously in 2021. I'm not really an expert in anything musical, but often know more or less what I'm doing.

I'm Tristan Bay, an electronic musician in Portland, Oregon. I've been writing music for well over a decade now (since I was a kid), but I only started getting into microtonality seriously in 2021. I'm not really an expert in anything musical, but often know more or less what I'm doing.

While I find interest in just intonation, especially ~~things like adaptive JI, I also~~ like the idea of using EDOs in practice. In my opinion, equally dividing the octave by the simplest ratio greater than a unison strikes a nice balance between simplicity and versatility in practice. [[User:Tristanbay/My favorite EDOs|Here are my favorite EDOs above 12 and why I like them in particular.]]

Listen to my music here:<br>

[https://www.youtube.com/@tristanbay On YouTube]<br>

[https://beefef.newgrounds.com/audio On Newgrounds]

While I find interest in just intonation, I especially like the idea of using EDOs in practice. In my opinion, equally dividing the octave by the simplest ratio greater than a unison strikes a nice balance between simplicity and versatility in practice. [[User:Tristanbay/My favorite EDOs|Here are my favorite EDOs above 12 and why I like them in particular.]]

[[File:31edo array kalimba.jpg|thumb|31edo kalimba made by me|alt=]]

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[[File:17edo soprano ukulele with 3D printed fretboard.jpg|thumb|My soprano Harmony ukulele with a 3D printed 17edo fretboard]]

In summer 2023, I made a 31edo kalimba. Around the same time, [[Kite Giedraitis]] and I made an even larger 41edo kalimba with a Kite guitar inspired key layout. Speaking of Kite guitar, I also have one of those. I actually have pretty much no formal guitar training and hadn't gotten into guitar seriously (still kind of haven't since I'm in school and I don't know of anyone teaching Kite guitar professionally) but I do play it and practice sometimes.

[[File:TS41 Microtonal MIDI Keyboard (Prototype).jpg|alt=Prototype TS41 keyboard with 126 small keys of various colors|thumb|My prototype TS41 MIDI keyboard with open source firmware]]

I'~~m also~~ working on ~~an isomorphic~~ MIDI keyboard ~~that~~ uses force-sensitive ~~resistors to detect velocity and aftertouch~~.

I've been working on a couple of MIDI keyboard designs: the TS41 (which I have sold multiple units of and uses 1 tactile switch per key) and a design with force-sensitive keys.

I'm also interested in making microtonal software and other microtonal hardware (I'm majoring in computer science at school so hopefully I'll get good at writing code and building programs sometime in the not-too-distant future).

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It's still a work-in-progress, but my website is [http://tristanbay.com tristanbay.com]. There are links to my other pages/social media at the top of the home page.

~~Here are some of my other creations~~, ~~discoveries~~, ~~and contributions relating to xen:~~

==Stuff I've named==

* ~~Names of things:~~

===Musical Intervals===

** ~~Musical Intervals:~~

* [[Luxma|100663296/100656875, the luxma]]

*** [[4459/4455|4459/4455, the tristanisma]]

* [[Bidic comma|327680/321489, the bidic comma]]

*** [[Heptacot comma|[86 -44 -7⟩, the heptacot comma]]

* [[416/405|416/405, the oceanfront comma]]

*** [[~~4004001/4004000~~|4004001/4004000, the odyssey comma]]

* [[Cheensma|41067/40960, the cheensma]]

*** [[Junebug comma|448630/447051, the junebug comma]]

* [[Sweswetisma|540000/539539, the sweswetisma]]

*** [[~~140625/140608~~|140625/140608, the catasma]]

* [[4459/4455|4459/4455, the tristanisma]]

*** [[Gariatom|~~1126313291381095/1125899906842624~~, the gariatom]]

* [[Heptacot comma|[86 -44 -7⟩, the heptacot comma]]

*** [[Neguschisma|13640319/13631488, the neguschisma]]

* [[Odyssey comma|4004001/4004000, the odyssey comma]]

*** [[Seascape comma|160083/160000, the seascape comma]] ~~(a.k.a. the undecimal hemifourths comma)~~

* [[Junebug comma|448630/447051, the junebug comma]]

*** [[~~2460375/2458624~~|2460375/2458624, the breeze comma]] (a.k.a. the sesquiquartisma)

* [[Catasma|140625/140608, the catasma]]

*** [[5120/5103|5120/5103, the aberschisma]] (a.k.a. the hemifamity comma ~~or 5/7-kleisma~~)

* [[Gariatom|[-169 96 6⟩, the gariatom]]

*** [[784/783|784/783, the spoogalactic comma]] (a.k.a. the biminorisma)

* [[Neguschisma|13640319/13631488, the neguschisma]]

*** [[78005edo|1\78005, the normal atom]]

* [[Seascape comma|160083/160000, the seascape comma]]

** ~~Temperaments:~~

* [[Breeze comma|2460375/2458624, the breeze comma]] (a.k.a. the sesquiquartisma)

*** [[Schismic-Pythagorean equivalence continuum#Heptacot|Heptacot, in the full 5-limit, tempering out the heptacot comma]]

* [[5120/5103|5120/5103, the aberschisma]] (a.k.a. the argent comma or hemifamity comma)

*** [[No-fives subgroup temperaments#Purpleheart|Purpleheart, in the 2.3.7 subgroup, tempering out 2187/2048]]

* [[784/783|784/783, the spoogalactic comma]] (a.k.a. the biminorisma)

* ~~Scales:~~

* [[78005edo|1\78005, the normal atom]]

** [[~~Tricycle~~]]

** [[User:Tristanbay/Septimal well temperament|A 7-limit well temperament I came up with]]

===Temperaments===

** [[User:Tristanbay/41 shruti|A 41-note scale inspired by the classic 22 shrutis in Hindi music theory]]

* [[4459/4455#Tristanic|Tristanic, in the no-2s 13-limit]]

* Concepts:

* [[4459/4455#Tristanismic|Tristanismic, in the full 13-limit]]

**[[User:Tristanbay/~~Ultra-CPS~~|~~Ultra Combination Product Sets~~]]

* [[16th-octave temperaments#Hilarity|Hilarity, in the full 5-, 7-, 11-, and 13-limits]]

** [[Odd Prime Sum Limit|Odd Prime Sum Limits (OPSLs)]]

* [[5th-octave temperaments#Obscenity|Obscenity, in the 2.3.7 subgroup]]

* Other stuff:

* [[7th-octave temperaments#Profanity|Profanity, in the 2.3.11 subgroup]]

**[https://tristanbay.com/articles/dodecanominal-note-naming/ A note name system that uses 12 nominals (letters) instead of 7]

* [[Landscape microtemperaments#Poe|Poe, in the full 7-limit]]

** [https://github.com/tristanbay/myritone Myritone, a tuning file format designed to be a successor to the Scala format]

* [[Pentacircle clan#Permafrost|Permafrost, a 13-limit extension of Pentafrost]]

** [https://github.com/tristanbay/microtuning-scripts Some short microtonal-related scripts written in C]

* [[Pentacircle clan#Pentafrost|Pentafrost, in the full 11- and 13-limit]]

* [[Schismic-Pythagorean equivalence continuum#Heptacot|Heptacot, in the full 5-limit, tempering out the heptacot comma]]

* [[No-fives subgroup temperaments#Purpleheart|Purpleheart, in the 2.3.7 subgroup, tempering out 2187/2048]]

==Scales I've found==

* [[Aberrismic Neopersian]] (17-tone 2.3.7.13 subgroup JI)

* [[Zolugothic]] (17-tone 2.3.7.11 subgroup JI)

* [[Zothogothic]] (17-tone 2.3.7.13 subgroup JI)

* [[Walkie]] (17-tone 2.3.5.13 subgroup JI)

* [[Compdye]] (5L7m12s ternary aberrismic scale pattern)

* [[Cuttlefish]] (24-tone 13-limit JI)

* [[Boston]] (72-tone 11-limit JI with minimal step variety)

* [[Platonic]] (2L8m7s ternary aberrismic scale pattern)

* [[Blackdyasem]] (19-tone 7-limit JI)

* [[Monorail]] (29-tone 7-limit JI)

* [[Beach cruiser]] (17-tone 13-limit superset of [[Bicycle]])

* [[User:Tristanbay/Septimal well temperament|A 7-limit well temperament I came up with]]

* [[User:Tristanbay/41 shruti|A 41-note scale inspired by the classic 22 shrutis in Hindi music theory]]

* [[User:Tristanbay/Margo Scale|The just intonation scale I used in my track ''Junp'']]

==Concepts I've thought of==

* [[Odd Prime Sum Limit|Odd Prime Sum Limits (OPSLs)]]

~~{{DEFAULTSORT:Tristan Bay}}~~

==Other stuff of mine==

[~~[Category~~:~~People]~~]

* [https://tristanbay.com/articles/dodecanominal-note-naming/ A note name system that uses 12 nominals (letters) instead of 7]

[~~[Category~~:~~Instrument makers]~~]

* [https://github.com/tristanbay/myritone Myritone, a tuning file format designed to be a successor to the Scala format]

[~~[Category~~:~~Musicians]]~~

* [https://github.com/tristanbay/microtuning-scripts Some short microtonal-related scripts written in C]

~~[[Category:Theorists]]~~

~~[[Category:Wiki editors]~~]

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-I'm Tristan Bay, an electronic musician in Portland, Oregon who started getting into microtonality seriously in 2021. I'm not really an expert in anything musical, but often know more or less what I'm doing.
+I'm Tristan Bay, an electronic musician in Portland, Oregon. I've been writing music for well over a decade now (since I was a kid), but I only started getting into microtonality seriously in 2021. I'm not really an expert in anything musical, but often know more or less what I'm doing.
-While I find interest in just intonation, especially things like adaptive JI, I also like the idea of using EDOs in practice. In my opinion, equally dividing the octave by the simplest ratio greater than a unison strikes a nice balance between simplicity and versatility in practice. [[User:Tristanbay/My favorite EDOs|Here are my favorite EDOs above 12 and why I like them in particular.]]
+Listen to my music here:<br>
+[https://www.youtube.com/@tristanbay On YouTube]<br>
+[https://beefef.newgrounds.com/audio On Newgrounds]
+While I find interest in just intonation, I especially like the idea of using EDOs in practice. In my opinion, equally dividing the octave by the simplest ratio greater than a unison strikes a nice balance between simplicity and versatility in practice. [[User:Tristanbay/My favorite EDOs|Here are my favorite EDOs above 12 and why I like them in particular.]]
 [[File:31edo array kalimba.jpg|thumb|31edo kalimba made by me|alt=]]
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 [[File:17edo soprano ukulele with 3D printed fretboard.jpg|thumb|My soprano Harmony ukulele with a 3D printed 17edo fretboard]]
 In summer 2023, I made a 31edo kalimba. Around the same time, [[Kite Giedraitis]] and I made an even larger 41edo kalimba with a Kite guitar inspired key layout. Speaking of Kite guitar, I also have one of those. I actually have pretty much no formal guitar training and hadn't gotten into guitar seriously (still kind of haven't since I'm in school and I don't know of anyone teaching Kite guitar professionally) but I do play it and practice sometimes.
+[[File:TS41 Microtonal MIDI Keyboard (Prototype).jpg|alt=Prototype TS41 keyboard with 126 small keys of various colors|thumb|My prototype TS41 MIDI keyboard with open source firmware]]
-I'm also working on an isomorphic MIDI keyboard that uses force-sensitive resistors to detect velocity and aftertouch.
+I've been working on a couple of MIDI keyboard designs: the TS41 (which I have sold multiple units of and uses 1 tactile switch per key) and a design with force-sensitive keys.
 I'm also interested in making microtonal software and other microtonal hardware (I'm majoring in computer science at school so hopefully I'll get good at writing code and building programs sometime in the not-too-distant future).
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 It's still a work-in-progress, but my website is [http://tristanbay.com tristanbay.com]. There are links to my other pages/social media at the top of the home page.
-Here are some of my other creations, discoveries, and contributions relating to xen:
+==Stuff I've named==
-* Names of things:
+===Musical Intervals===
-** Musical Intervals:
+* [[Luxma|100663296/100656875, the luxma]]
-*** [[4459/4455|4459/4455, the tristanisma]]
+* [[Bidic comma|327680/321489, the bidic comma]]
-*** [[Heptacot comma|[86 -44 -7⟩, the heptacot comma]]
+* [[416/405|416/405, the oceanfront comma]]
-*** [[4004001/4004000|4004001/4004000, the odyssey comma]]
+* [[Cheensma|41067/40960, the cheensma]]
-*** [[Junebug comma|448630/447051, the junebug comma]]
+* [[Sweswetisma|540000/539539, the sweswetisma]]
-*** [[140625/140608|140625/140608, the catasma]]
+* [[4459/4455|4459/4455, the tristanisma]]
-*** [[Gariatom|1126313291381095/1125899906842624, the gariatom]]
+* [[Heptacot comma|[86 -44 -7⟩, the heptacot comma]]
-*** [[Neguschisma|13640319/13631488, the neguschisma]]
+* [[Odyssey comma|4004001/4004000, the odyssey comma]]
-*** [[Seascape comma|160083/160000, the seascape comma]] (a.k.a. the undecimal hemifourths comma)
+* [[Junebug comma|448630/447051, the junebug comma]]
-*** [[2460375/2458624|2460375/2458624, the breeze comma]] (a.k.a. the sesquiquartisma)
+* [[Catasma|140625/140608, the catasma]]
-*** [[5120/5103|5120/5103, the aberschisma]] (a.k.a. the hemifamity comma or 5/7-kleisma)
+* [[Gariatom|[-169 96 6⟩, the gariatom]]
-*** [[784/783|784/783, the spoogalactic comma]] (a.k.a. the biminorisma)
+* [[Neguschisma|13640319/13631488, the neguschisma]]
-*** [[78005edo|1\78005, the normal atom]]
+* [[Seascape comma|160083/160000, the seascape comma]]
-** Temperaments:
+* [[Breeze comma|2460375/2458624, the breeze comma]] (a.k.a. the sesquiquartisma)
-*** [[Schismic-Pythagorean equivalence continuum#Heptacot|Heptacot, in the full 5-limit, tempering out the heptacot comma]]
+* [[5120/5103|5120/5103, the aberschisma]] (a.k.a. the argent comma or hemifamity comma)
-*** [[No-fives subgroup temperaments#Purpleheart|Purpleheart, in the 2.3.7 subgroup, tempering out 2187/2048]]
+* [[784/783|784/783, the spoogalactic comma]] (a.k.a. the biminorisma)
-* Scales:
+* [[78005edo|1\78005, the normal atom]]
-** [[Tricycle]]
-** [[User:Tristanbay/Septimal well temperament|A 7-limit well temperament I came up with]]
+===Temperaments===
-** [[User:Tristanbay/41 shruti|A 41-note scale inspired by the classic 22 shrutis in Hindi music theory]]
+* [[4459/4455#Tristanic|Tristanic, in the no-2s 13-limit]]
-* Concepts:
+* [[4459/4455#Tristanismic|Tristanismic, in the full 13-limit]]
-**[[User:Tristanbay/Ultra-CPS|Ultra Combination Product Sets]]
+* [[16th-octave temperaments#Hilarity|Hilarity, in the full 5-, 7-, 11-, and 13-limits]]
-** [[Odd Prime Sum Limit|Odd Prime Sum Limits (OPSLs)]]
+* [[5th-octave temperaments#Obscenity|Obscenity, in the 2.3.7 subgroup]]
-* Other stuff:
+* [[7th-octave temperaments#Profanity|Profanity, in the 2.3.11 subgroup]]
-**[https://tristanbay.com/articles/dodecanominal-note-naming/ A note name system that uses 12 nominals (letters) instead of 7]
+* [[Landscape microtemperaments#Poe|Poe, in the full 7-limit]]
-** [https://github.com/tristanbay/myritone Myritone, a tuning file format designed to be a successor to the Scala format]
+* [[Pentacircle clan#Permafrost|Permafrost, a 13-limit extension of Pentafrost]]
-** [https://github.com/tristanbay/microtuning-scripts Some short microtonal-related scripts written in C]
+* [[Pentacircle clan#Pentafrost|Pentafrost, in the full 11- and 13-limit]]
+* [[Schismic-Pythagorean equivalence continuum#Heptacot|Heptacot, in the full 5-limit, tempering out the heptacot comma]]
+* [[No-fives subgroup temperaments#Purpleheart|Purpleheart, in the 2.3.7 subgroup, tempering out 2187/2048]]
+==Scales I've found==
+* [[Aberrismic Neopersian]] (17-tone 2.3.7.13 subgroup JI)
+* [[Zolugothic]] (17-tone 2.3.7.11 subgroup JI)
+* [[Zothogothic]] (17-tone 2.3.7.13 subgroup JI)
+* [[Walkie]] (17-tone 2.3.5.13 subgroup JI)
+* [[Compdye]] (5L7m12s ternary aberrismic scale pattern)
+* [[Cuttlefish]] (24-tone 13-limit JI)
+* [[Boston]] (72-tone 11-limit JI with minimal step variety)
+* [[Platonic]] (2L8m7s ternary aberrismic scale pattern)
+* [[Blackdyasem]] (19-tone 7-limit JI)
+* [[Monorail]] (29-tone 7-limit JI)
+* [[Beach cruiser]] (17-tone 13-limit superset of [[Bicycle]])
+* [[User:Tristanbay/Septimal well temperament|A 7-limit well temperament I came up with]]
+* [[User:Tristanbay/41 shruti|A 41-note scale inspired by the classic 22 shrutis in Hindi music theory]]
+* [[User:Tristanbay/Margo Scale|The just intonation scale I used in my track ''Junp'']]
+==Concepts I've thought of==
+* [[Odd Prime Sum Limit|Odd Prime Sum Limits (OPSLs)]]
-{{DEFAULTSORT:Tristan Bay}}
+==Other stuff of mine==
-[[Category:People]]
+* [https://tristanbay.com/articles/dodecanominal-note-naming/ A note name system that uses 12 nominals (letters) instead of 7]
-[[Category:Instrument makers]]
+* [https://github.com/tristanbay/myritone Myritone, a tuning file format designed to be a successor to the Scala format]
-[[Category:Musicians]]
+* [https://github.com/tristanbay/microtuning-scripts Some short microtonal-related scripts written in C]
-[[Category:Theorists]]
-[[Category:Wiki editors]]