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| <div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html">**What was your path to discovering alternate tunings?**
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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 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. | | 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]]).
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| **What instruments or means have you had/do you have now/do you want for the making of microtonal music?**
| | 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]). |
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| During the researches for my dissertation I stumbled upon a great piece of software: LMSO by X.J. Scott | | During the researches for my dissertation I stumbled upon a great piece of software: LMSO by X.J. Scott |
| 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).
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| 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.</pre></div>
| | 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). |
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| | 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. |
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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 />
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| 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 (you can find it <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.seraph.it/blog_files/e5d36b2e021967c47d0e5a25155bb4be-125.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>).<br />
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| During the researches for my dissertation I stumbled upon a great piece of software: LMSO by X.J. Scott<br />
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| 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: &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 (music, articles and everything else).<br /> | |
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| My microtonal studies can be heard <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.seraph.it/Detwelvulation.html" rel="nofollow"> here</a>. Read my <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.seraph.it/blog.html" rel="nofollow">blog</a> for more informations.</body></html></pre></div> | |
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 here).
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
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 here. Read my blog for more informations.