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I wrote this article, Kite asked me to archive it on this wiki. Might be a while to add all 41 images, and fix all the formatting from HTML, so please be patient. Thank you. | I wrote this 9000-word article, Kite asked me to archive it on this wiki. Might be a while to add all 41 images, and fix all the formatting from HTML, so please be patient. Thank you. | ||
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I <em>love</em> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpmC8c2GhbQ">this genre-busting analog video</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Reinhard">Johnny Reinhard</a> conducting a chamber choir of conch-shell players blowing some microtonal music....In a church, no less. | I <em>love</em> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpmC8c2GhbQ">this genre-busting analog video</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Reinhard">Johnny Reinhard</a> conducting a chamber choir of conch-shell players blowing some microtonal music....In a church, no less. | ||
One of my favorite microtonal musicians is Brendan Byrnes, who makes <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PYbIPaW_eg&start_radio=1&list=RDEMvvb7l1kaqsxxH2-j56DEug">music that’s almost prog rock</a>, but <em>without</em> “too many notes for the royal ear.” | One of my favorite microtonal musicians is Brendan Byrnes, who makes <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PYbIPaW_eg&amp;start_radio=1&amp;list=RDEMvvb7l1kaqsxxH2-j56DEug">music that’s almost prog rock</a>, but <em>without</em> “too many notes for the royal ear.” | ||
The microtonal music I make with <a href="https://biptunia.com/?s=microtonal">BipTunia</a> is some sort of synth pop….with Phil Wormuth, an excellent poet (yes, there is such a thing) talking on many songs. It’s hard to nail down, and is almost a different genre on every song. Plus a lot of it is a different microtonal tuning, or several microtonal tunings, in each song. It certainly doesn’t sound like other music. No one I named here does. | The microtonal music I make with <a href="https://biptunia.com/?s=microtonal">BipTunia</a> is some sort of synth pop….with Phil Wormuth, an excellent poet (yes, there is such a thing) talking on many songs. It’s hard to nail down, and is almost a different genre on every song. Plus a lot of it is a different microtonal tuning, or several microtonal tunings, in each song. It certainly doesn’t sound like other music. No one I named here does. | ||
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<em>(^ If the preset window on the right isn’t wide enough to see all the preset names, you can grab either side of it with your mouse, hold down the left mouse button, and drag the window wider. This is at 2:20 in my <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt-LGslXAF0&t">second run-through video</a>.) </em> | <em>(^ If the preset window on the right isn’t wide enough to see all the preset names, you can grab either side of it with your mouse, hold down the left mouse button, and drag the window wider. This is at 2:20 in my <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt-LGslXAF0&amp;t">second run-through video</a>.) </em> | ||
If you can’t even see the main colorful window with the kitties, click the button on the VST picker that says “Show UI” (user interface): | If you can’t even see the main colorful window with the kitties, click the button on the VST picker that says “Show UI” (user interface): | ||
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Text and pix tutorial by Sevish: How to create a .tun file in Scala (<a href="http://sevish.com/2014/how-to-create-a-tun-file-in-scala/">also has info on exporting to other scale formats</a>.) | Text and pix tutorial by Sevish: How to create a .tun file in Scala (<a href="http://sevish.com/2014/how-to-create-a-tun-file-in-scala/">also has info on exporting to other scale formats</a>.) | ||
Video tutorial by Sevish: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QNnVndGLmw&t=4s">How to make and export microtonal tuning files using Scala</a> | Video tutorial by Sevish: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QNnVndGLmw&amp;t=4s">How to make and export microtonal tuning files using Scala</a> | ||
<a href="https://en.xen.wiki/w/SoftwareOddsAndSods">Scala Tutorial on bulk conversions in from .scl to .MTS (or .scl to .tun, etc.)</a> This is something I wrote after having to figure out how to do that for making the .MTS files for my VST synths. | <a href="https://en.xen.wiki/w/SoftwareOddsAndSods">Scala Tutorial on bulk conversions in from .scl to .MTS (or .scl to .tun, etc.)</a> This is something I wrote after having to figure out how to do that for making the .MTS files for my VST synths. | ||
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Scale is JI-epimorphic in non-monotonic order: <13 20 25| | Scale is JI-epimorphic in non-monotonic order: <13 20 25| | ||
Scale is JI-epimorphic in non-monotonic order: <13 21 22| | Scale is JI-epimorphic in non-monotonic order: <13 21 22| | ||
Scale is JI-epimorphic in non-monotonic order: <13 21 23|</blockquote> | Scale is JI-epimorphic in non-monotonic order: <13 21 23|</blockquote> | ||
<p style="text-align: left;">(END SCARY MATHS.)</p> | <p style="text-align: left;">(END SCARY MATHS.)</p> | ||