Unicorn family

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The unicorn family tempers out the unicorn comma, 1594323/1562500 = [-2 13 -8. The canonical extension to the 7-limit is by interpreting the generator as a slightly flattened ~28/27 so that a flat ~6/5 is found at 5 generators, corresponding to tempering 126/125, the octaphore and the hemimage comma.

Unicorn

By noticing that the generator is very close to 28/27 we find the extension to the 7-limit by tempering the octaphore (which finds ~9/7 at 7 gens and ~4/3 at 8 gens, hence its name) and 126/125 (finding ~6/5 at 5 gens). From this we can observe that the most natural extension is by equating adjacent superparticular intervals, by tempering the square-particulars between them, leading to its S-expression-based comma list of {S26, S27, S28, S29}, to which experimentation shows we can find a reasonable mapping for prime 43 at -11 gens while all other primes require either quite complex mappings (being significantly positive rather than negative) or require high error or both.

Subgroup: 2.3.5

Comma list: 1594323/1562500

Mapping[1 2 3], 0 -8 -13]]

Optimal tunings:

  • CTE: 2 = 1\1, ~250/243 = 62.441
  • POTE: 2 = 1\1, ~250/243 = 62.458

Optimal ET sequence19, 58, 77, 96, 173, 269

Badness:

  • Smith: 0.150487
  • Dirichlet: 3.530

Septimal unicorn

Subgroup: 2.3.5.7

Comma list: 126/125, 10976/10935

Mapping[1 2 3 4], 0 -8 -13 -23]]

Wedgie⟨⟨ 8 13 23 2 14 17 ]]

Optimal tunings:

  • CTE: 2 = 1\1, ~28/27 = 62.324
  • POTE: 2 = 1\1, ~28/27 = 62.278

Optimal ET sequence19, 39d, 58, 77, 135c, 212c

Badness:

  • Smith: 0.040913
  • Dirichlet: 1.035

2.3.5.7.13 subgroup

Subgroup: 2.3.5.7.13

Comma list: 126/125, 351/350, 676/675

Mapping[1 2 3 4 5], 0 -8 -13 -23 -25]]

Optimal tuning (CTE): 2 = 1\1, ~28/27 = 62.339

Optimal ET sequence19, 39df, 58, 77, 212cf

Badness (Dirichlet): 0.590

2.3.5.7.13.29 subgroup

Subgroup: 2.3.5.7.13.29

Comma list: 126/125, 729/728, 784/783, 841/840

Mapping[1 2 3 4 5 6], 0 -8 -13 -23 -25 -22]]

Optimal tuning (CTE): 2 = 1\1, ~28/27 = 62.334

Optimal ET sequence19, 39dfj, 58, 77, 212cfn

Badness (Dirichlet): 0.487

2.3.5.7.13.29.43 subgroup

A notable tuning of unicorn not appearing in the optimal ET sequence here is 96edo using the 96d val (meaning accepting 16edo's ~7/4 of 975 ¢), which serves as a nice alternative to 77edo that sacrifices the accuracy of prime 7 in favour of more accurate other primes usually not found accurately in good rank 1 unicorn tunings.

Subgroup: 2.3.5.7.13.29.43

Comma list: 126/125, 729/728, 784/783, 841/840, 216/215

Mapping[1 2 3 4 5 6 6], 0 -8 -13 -23 -25 -22 -11]]

Optimal tuning (CTE): 2 = 1\1, ~28/27 = 62.339

Optimal ET sequence19, 39dfj, 58, 77, 135c, 212cfn

Badness (Dirichlet): 0.514

Alicorn

Subgroup: 2.3.5.7.11

Comma list: 126/125, 540/539, 896/891

Mapping: [1 2 3 4 3], 0 -8 -13 -23 9]]

Optimal tuning (POTE): ~2 = 1\1, ~28/27 = 62.101

Optimal ET sequence19, 39d, 58

Badness: 0.039156

13-limit

Subgroup: 2.3.5.7.11.13

Comma list: 126/125, 144/143, 196/195, 676/675

Mapping: [1 2 3 4 3 5], 0 -8 -13 -23 9 -25]]

Optimal tuning (POTE): ~2 = 1\1, ~28/27 = 62.119

Optimal ET sequence19, 39df, 58

Badness: 0.023667

Camahueto

Subgroup: 2.3.5.7.11

Comma list: 126/125, 385/384, 10976/10935

Mapping: [1 2 3 4 2], 0 -8 -13 -23 28]]

Optimal tuning (POTE): ~2 = 1\1, ~28/27 = 62.431

Optimal ET sequence19, 58e, 77, 96d, 173d

Badness: 0.065940

13-limit

Subgroup: 2.3.5.7.11.13

Comma list: 126/125, 196/195, 385/384, 676/675

Mapping: [1 2 3 4 2 5], 0 -8 -13 -23 28 -25]]

Optimal tuning (POTE): ~2 = 1\1, ~28/27 = 62.434

Optimal ET sequence19, 58e, 77, 96d, 173d

Badness: 0.036155

Qilin

Subgroup: 2.3.5.7.11

Comma list: 126/125, 176/175, 10976/10935

Mapping: [1 2 3 4 6], 0 -8 -13 -23 -49]]

Optimal tuning (POTE): ~2 = 1\1, ~28/27 = 62.196

Optimal ET sequence58, 77, 135c, 193c, 328cc

Badness: 0.041426

13-limit

Subgroup: 2.3.5.7.11.13

Comma list: 126/125, 176/175, 196/195, 2200/2197

Mapping: [1 2 3 4 6 5], 0 -8 -13 -23 -49 -25]]

Optimal tuning (POTE): ~2 = 1\1, ~28/27 = 62.197

Optimal ET sequence58, 77, 135c, 193cf, 328ccff

Badness: 0.022842

Monocerus

Subgroup: 2.3.5.7.11

Comma list: 126/125, 243/242, 5488/5445

Mapping: [2 4 6 8 9], 0 -8 -13 -23 -20]]

Optimal tuning (POTE): ~2 = 1\1, ~28/27 = 62.292

Optimal ET sequence58, 96d, 154, 212ce, 366cce

Badness: 0.052757

13-limit

Subgroup: 2.3.5.7.11.13

Comma list: 126/125, 196/195, 364/363, 676/675

Mapping: [2 4 6 8 9 10], 0 -8 -13 -23 -20 -25]]

Optimal tuning (POTE): ~2 = 1\1, ~28/27 = 62.301

Optimal ET sequence58, 96d, 154, 366ccef

Badness: 0.028795

Rhinoceros

Subgroup: 2.3.5.7

Comma list: 49/48, 4375/4374

Mapping[1 2 3 3], 0 -8 -13 -4]]

Wedgie⟨⟨ 8 13 4 2 -16 -27 ]]

Optimal tuning (POTE): ~2 = 1\1, ~21/20 = 62.920

Optimal ET sequence1c, 19

Badness: 0.081864

11-limit

Subgroup: 2.3.5.7.11

Comma list: 49/48, 100/99, 126/121

Mapping: [1 2 3 3 4], 0 -8 -13 -4 -10]]

Optimal tuning (POTE): ~2 = 1\1, ~21/20 = 62.874

Optimal ET sequence1ce, 19

Badness: 0.059319

13-limit

Subgroup: 2.3.5.7.11.13

Comma list: 49/48, 78/77, 100/99, 126/121

Mapping: [1 2 3 3 4 4], 0 -8 -13 -4 -10 -6]]

Optimal tuning (POTE): ~2 = 1\1, ~21/20 = 63.043

Optimal ET sequence1ce, 19

Badness: 0.039343