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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 are) 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.
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.  
After much thinking I came up with this title “//Technology and Temperament: Hardware, Software and Online Resources for Microtonal Music//” and started gathering informations.  


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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 &amp;quot;&lt;em&gt;Beauty in the Beast&lt;/em&gt;&amp;quot; I was (and still are) very impressed by that album. I bought &amp;quot;&lt;em&gt;Tuning In: Microtonality in Electronic Music: A Basic Guide to Using Alternate Scales. Temperaments and Microtuning using Synthesizers&lt;/em&gt;&amp;quot; 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.&lt;br /&gt;
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 &amp;quot;&lt;em&gt;Beauty in the Beast&lt;/em&gt;&amp;quot; I was (and still am) very impressed by that album. I bought &amp;quot;&lt;em&gt;Tuning In: Microtonality in Electronic Music: A Basic Guide to Using Alternate Scales. Temperaments and Microtuning using Synthesizers&lt;/em&gt;&amp;quot; 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.&lt;br /&gt;
After much thinking I came up with this title “&lt;em&gt;Technology and Temperament: Hardware, Software and Online Resources for Microtonal Music&lt;/em&gt;” and started gathering informations. &lt;br /&gt;
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 **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. 

**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 X.J. Scott http://www.nonoctave.com/tuning/LilMissScaleOven/
I bought it and with 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 have read and studied 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.

My microtonal studies can be heard here: http://www.seraph.it/Detwelvulation.html

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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 &quot;<em>Beauty in the Beast</em>&quot; I was (and still am) very impressed by that album. I bought &quot;<em>Tuning In: Microtonality in Electronic Music: A Basic Guide to Using Alternate Scales. Temperaments and Microtuning using Synthesizers</em>&quot; 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.<br />
After much thinking I came up with this title “<em>Technology and Temperament: Hardware, Software and Online Resources for Microtonal Music</em>” and started gathering informations. <br />
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<strong>What instruments or means have you had/do you have now/do you want for the making of microtonal music?</strong><br />
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I bought it and with 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 have read and studied many books, among them: &quot;<em>The Just Intonation Primer</em>&quot; by David Doty &quot;<em>On the Sensations of Tone</em>&quot; by Hermann Helmholtz and Alexander Ellis and &quot;<em>Genesis of a Music</em>&quot; by Harry Partch and searched everything I could find on the internet.<br />
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