Home

Revision as of 16:42, 31 March 2006 by Wikispaces>xenjacob (**Imported revision 468836 - Original comment: **)

IMPORTED REVISION FROM WIKISPACES

This is an imported revision from Wikispaces. The revision metadata is included below for reference:

This revision was by author xenjacob and made on 2006-03-31 16:42:51 UTC.
The original revision id was 468836.
The revision comment was:

The revision contents are below, presented both in the original Wikispaces Wikitext format, and in HTML exactly as Wikispaces rendered it.

Original Wikitext content:

==This is a wiki about microtonal (xenharmonic) musics, alternate tunings, and the means of achieving them.==

There has not been a successful tuning wiki...yet. But this shall try to be. Here's what Jacob wrote about the idea a year ago on [[http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MakeMicroMusic/|MMM]]:

//I think that having one is a good idea, for many reasons. Dredging through archives of Yahoo groups is an inefficient way of finding any sort of specific information. Doubtless we can make things easier for first-timers, everyone really, if we can free our collective//
//knowledge (and opinions) from the mandatory chronologically-based system here.//

//Certainly there are many websites by members here and elsewhere full of good information. I already feel that I have enough of my own spin on things that I could have one as well. But I'd much rather have a place where everyone could contribute, a place//
//that would not depend on one person having enough time to maintain it. A wiki could in time accomodate several things that would be good for the community. The ones I think of include://
* "microtonal solutions" as I like to say; not only examples of hardware-software setups as Jon Szanto has repeatedly suggested but also acoustic solutions, experiencial instrument-making info, a list with the location of every known rare microtonal instrument, andperhaps a way for composers to write for such instruments (providing the curators of them want this)
* lists of downloadable microtonal sounds and CD's, and perhaps discussion and criticism.
* a catalogue of scales that people like, or have composed in, or have created. and discussion, sound examples of them.
* one thing a wiki is great for, an FAQ. Everyone posts questions, answers.

//But ultimately the content of a wiki depends on what everyone wants there. I guess there's//
//no need for a grand master plan before starting something so insanely open-ended.//

There's one at [[http://riters.com/microtonal/|riters]], but I think it's ugly. So let's try this one, shall we?

Original HTML content:

<html><head><title>home</title></head><body><!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:0:&lt;h2&gt; --><h2 id="toc0"><a name="x-This is a wiki about microtonal (xenharmonic) musics, alternate tunings, and the means of achieving them."></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:0 -->This is a wiki about microtonal (xenharmonic) musics, alternate tunings, and the means of achieving them.</h2>
<br />
There has not been a successful tuning wiki...yet. But this shall try to be. Here's what Jacob wrote about the idea a year ago on <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MakeMicroMusic/" rel="nofollow">MMM</a>:<br />
<br />
<em>I think that having one is a good idea, for many reasons. Dredging through archives of Yahoo groups is an inefficient way of finding any sort of specific information. Doubtless we can make things easier for first-timers, everyone really, if we can free our collective</em><br />
<em>knowledge (and opinions) from the mandatory chronologically-based system here.</em><br />
<br />
<em>Certainly there are many websites by members here and elsewhere full of good information. I already feel that I have enough of my own spin on things that I could have one as well. But I'd much rather have a place where everyone could contribute, a place</em><br />
<em>that would not depend on one person having enough time to maintain it. A wiki could in time accomodate several things that would be good for the community. The ones I think of include:</em><br />
<ul><li>&quot;microtonal solutions&quot; as I like to say; not only examples of hardware-software setups as Jon Szanto has repeatedly suggested but also acoustic solutions, experiencial instrument-making info, a list with the location of every known rare microtonal instrument, andperhaps a way for composers to write for such instruments (providing the curators of them want this)</li><li>lists of downloadable microtonal sounds and CD's, and perhaps discussion and criticism.</li><li>a catalogue of scales that people like, or have composed in, or have created. and discussion, sound examples of them.</li><li>one thing a wiki is great for, an FAQ. Everyone posts questions, answers.</li></ul><br />
<em>But ultimately the content of a wiki depends on what everyone wants there. I guess there's</em><br />
<em>no need for a grand master plan before starting something so insanely open-ended.</em><br />
<br />
There's one at <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://riters.com/microtonal/" rel="nofollow">riters</a>, but I think it's ugly. So let's try this one, shall we?</body></html>