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=== 5edo === | === 5edo === | ||
The first usable edo and the first edo to have any semblance of a perfect fifth. It features an extremely simplified ''za'', forming a consistent circle of 8/7 and 3/2. Due to its extremely coarse grain, it is extremely simple to use, as each step is | The first usable edo and the first edo to have any semblance of a perfect fifth. It features an extremely simplified ''za'', forming a consistent circle of 8/7 and 3/2. Due to its extremely coarse grain, it is extremely simple to use, as each step is fine enough that no cluttering will ever occur. It is horrible in all other limits... well... except... ''zathisa'', but who here cares about that? | ||
Also due to its extremely coarse grain, you can play anything, short of bashing keys and sitting on the keyboard, and it will sound good. This is because the edostep is so | Also due to its extremely coarse grain, you can play anything, short of bashing keys and sitting on the keyboard, and it will sound good. This is because the edostep is so fine that it doesn't cause audible cluttering... unless you're playing too low. The sonic profile of this edo is immediately recognizable. | ||
It greatly benefits from non-harmonic timbres, or bell-like sounds, much like that of slendro. Its melodic capabilities are basically the same as that of all pentatonic scales, which is to say: great! It would be wrong to only call 5edo innacurate. A better descriptor would be: coarse. The coarsest, in fact. And due to the fact that it is so coarse, but it is still quite relatively accurate, it is a great edo. Rank: A | It greatly benefits from non-harmonic timbres, or bell-like sounds, much like that of slendro. Its melodic capabilities are basically the same as that of all pentatonic scales, which is to say: great! It would be wrong to only call 5edo innacurate. A better descriptor would be: coarse. The coarsest, in fact. And due to the fact that it is so coarse, but it is still quite relatively accurate, it is a great edo. Rank: A | ||
=== 7edo === | === 7edo === | ||
The second usable edo. Its fifth is a tad flat, but usable, and it is also the first edo to feature a heptatonic scale, obviously... an equalized diatonic. The edostep is now | The second usable edo. Its fifth is a tad flat, but usable, and it is also the first edo to feature a heptatonic scale, obviously... an equalized diatonic. The edostep is now narrow enough so that cluttering ''can'' occur, but still somewhat bashable. The sonic profile is also immediately recognizable. While the ya is not there, the melodic coolness you can pull of with this coarse edo are nothing to scoff at. Rank: C, not for accuracy, but for ''cool''. | ||
=== 12edo === | === 12edo === | ||
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=== 94edo === | === 94edo === | ||
GOAT. The combination of the two | GOAT. The combination of the two coarsest schismic edos, which are both incredibly solid choices. However, 41edo is a tad too tempered and 53edo is a tad too untempered and too close to using pythagorean tuning as if it were yazalatha. However, 94edo is tempered ''just'' enough, into a neatly optimized cassandra package. '''I am heavily''' '''biased''' '''towards this''', as it represents the ultimate cassandra, the simplest extended chain-of-fifths framework which I find extremely easy to work with. | ||
Naturals for prime 3 or 19. ±1 for 17 or 23. ∓2 for 5 or 7. ±4 for 11 or 13. Throughout many different peer-reviewed experiments and in many on my compositions, I've found that this edo is good enough for most xen purposes. Still a tiny smidge innacurate in the ya, but since it is flat and not sharp, I find it much more palatable, as I like slightly wide minor thirds. I really only use it for the yazalathana, but the 23-limit goodness is no joke. Rank: '''Perfect.''' | Naturals for prime 3 or 19. ±1 for 17 or 23. ∓2 for 5 or 7. ±4 for 11 or 13. Throughout many different peer-reviewed experiments and in many on my compositions, I've found that this edo is good enough for most xen purposes. Still a tiny smidge innacurate in the ya, but since it is flat and not sharp, I find it much more palatable, as I like slightly wide minor thirds. I really only use it for the yazalathana, but the 23-limit goodness is no joke. Rank: '''Perfect.''' | ||
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=== 159edo === | === 159edo === | ||
Aura's favorite tuning. He does have a point, it takes an extremely good edo, and tripling it makes it even better! 29-limit goodness! I don't care as much for the insanely accurate ila, as I care for the entire yazalatha, on which it is worse than other alternatives, as primes 7 and 13 are relatively innacurate. I've composed stuff with it, and it isn't as easy to do as in other edos, but the result is still decent. Rank: | Aura's favorite tuning. He does have a point, it takes an extremely good edo, and tripling it makes it even better! 29-limit goodness! I don't care as much for the insanely accurate ila, as I care for the entire yazalatha, on which it is worse than other alternatives, as primes 7 and 13 are relatively innacurate. I've composed stuff with it, and it isn't as easy to do as in other edos, but the result is still decent. Rank: : SS- | ||
=== 171edo === | === 171edo === | ||
Ennealimmal, personified. I haven't composed in it directly, but since I did compose in yaza JI, it'd sound the same. It features a dead-accurate yaza that I cannot distinguish from just. It's that good. The great innacuracy of the prime 11 is a bit sad, though it still has a usable yazatha, which has that going for it. Rank: | Ennealimmal, personified. I haven't composed in it directly, but since I did compose in yaza JI, it'd sound the same. It features a dead-accurate yaza that I cannot distinguish from just. It's that good. The great innacuracy of the prime 11 is a bit sad, though it still has a usable yazatha, which has that going for it. Rank: : A | ||
=== 217edo === | === 217edo === | ||
It's the septuple of 31edo, and that is nothing less than a miracle (though it doesn't support miracle). I've done some tests on it, and it's 31-limit is incredible. It's a simple high-accuracy system with very useful subsets. It introduces the cassaschismic framework in which you have to use 3-5 cent steps apart from the pyth spine, but apart from that, it's still within the realms of manageability. Also, it has an incredible yazatha, which I really respect. Rank: | It's the septuple of 31edo, and that is nothing less than a miracle (though it doesn't support miracle). I've done some tests on it, and it's 31-limit is incredible. It's a simple high-accuracy system with very useful subsets. It introduces the cassaschismic framework in which you have to use 3-5 cent steps apart from the pyth spine, but apart from that, it's still within the realms of manageability. Also, it has an incredible yazatha, which I really respect. Rank: : S+ | ||
=== 224edo === | === 224edo === | ||
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=== 270edo === | === 270edo === | ||
Ultimate low complexity JIoid edo. Though a tad | Ultimate low complexity JIoid edo. Though a tad fine now, consistency and accuracy within its yazalathana is insane. I've done some tests with this and this is straight up unbeatable. For practically all musical purposes, this sounds like JI. There is literally no edo better than this within reason, as its step size is still discernible (by me (in mid frequency range)). Rank: '''Perfect'''. | ||
=== 311edo === | === 311edo === | ||
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=== 26edo === | === 26edo === | ||
The ultimate flattone. I respect that this edo can moderately deal with the yazalatha, as it is the | The ultimate flattone. I respect that this edo can moderately deal with the yazalatha, as it is the coarsest edo that is consistent in such. However, its intonation is too out of wack for my taste. Interesting as it simplifies the yazalatha a lot, potentially useful to those who are interested in meantone, but this is a very extreme meantone. Rank: C- | ||
=== 29edo === | === 29edo === | ||
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=== 282edo === | === 282edo === | ||
It is surprisingly 94*3, taking all the worse mappings of 94edo and improving them to reach 29-limit consistency. However, 311edo which is only a bit | It is surprisingly 94*3, taking all the worse mappings of 94edo and improving them to reach 29-limit consistency. However, 311edo which is only a bit finer is a ''much'' better alternative for high-limit, and 270edo is a ''way'' better choice for yazalatha. There is no reason to use this unless to improve the intonation of a fixed, non-negotiably 94edo piece. Rank: D | ||
=== 190537edo === | === 190537edo === | ||