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== Choice of EDO for Microtonal Systems ==
== Choice of EDO for Microtonal Systems ==


While Hunt's microtonal system is based on [[205edo]], my microtonal system is built on [[150edo]].  Why this difference?  Well, first of all, the step size of 205edo is too small, as half of the distance between individual steps- that is, the distance between the center of a given step and the edge of that same step- is less than 3.5 cents, which is less than the average peak [http://musictheory.zentral.zone/huntsystem2.html#2 JND] of human pitch perception.  This results in individual steps blending into one another.
While Hunt's microtonal system is based on [[205edo]], my microtonal system is built on [[159edo]].  Why this difference?  Well, first of all, the step size of 205edo is too small, as half of the distance between individual steps- that is, the distance between the center of a given step and the edge of that same step- is less than 3.5 cents, which is less than the average peak [http://musictheory.zentral.zone/huntsystem2.html#2 JND] of human pitch perception.  This results in individual steps blending into one another.