Talk:AFDO

Missing files

Does anyone have the missing files this page claims to have available for download?

Thanks for adding those! ~Cmloegcmluin

ADO vs Overtone scale

I think a lot of work being done here and on related pages is trying to "reinvent the wheel", considering we already have Overtone scale and possibly other related pages which might cover the same topic as well. I do think it is important to have this type of scales clearly presented on the wiki, but I don't think "ADO" is how most people would refer to that concept. There are definitely many alternative names out there: harmonic series segment, mode of the harmonic series, lineal segment, etc. If each person tries to push forward their favourite terminology (in terms of how to structure the wiki), I'm afraid it will just create more confusion than necessary, even though I believe that alternative terms for a single concept isn't in itself a problem. --Fredg999 (talk) 03:33, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

I mostly agree with you. I didn't know of the overtone scale article's existence before you posted this, but reading it now it appears to describe the same concept as this article. The "Mode n" is the same as what this article refers to as n-ADO. So I believe a merging of these articles would be beneficial, although I'm not sure in which direction (absorb "Overtone scale" into "ADO" or other way around?). I also want to clarify I didn't create this article, although I did clean up this article and create the articles for 2ado-7ado and Arithmetic temperament. --CompactStar (talk) 03:48, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

I am aware that you did not create this article (and therefore that the terminology has precedent). I just wouldn't want you to spend a lot of time on something that has already been done (in the context of building the wiki), and I think it is worth taking the time to consider the existing terminology before setting on a way to present it on the wiki that makes sense for most readers. While original work is encouraged on the Xen Wiki, topics like this one should be familiar to anyone who has a good comprehension of the harmonic series, and therefore it makes sense to try to use the terminology that people already use. --Fredg999 (talk) 04:06, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

I have written a draft for a merged version of the "Overtone scale" and "ADO" pages in userspace at User:CompactStar/Overtone_scale. It includes content from both pages, although I have excluded the content about specific scales on Overtone scale since I plan to put those in the articles for those respective scales rather than the main article. I use the name "Overtone scale" rather than "ADO" primarily because as you mentioned it is more common. Let me know your opinion of it. CompactStar (talk) 04:45, 2 March 2023 (UTC)