AW: [sdiy] scales for a pitch voltage quantizer

[harry bissell]

I would not include modes in a scale
lookup table... because they are just
permutations of the diatonic scale
anyway...

So to get dorian, just add 1/6V to the
input, etc.

Here's what I have in my Wiard Mini-Wave
(now I must kill you all... please send
your locations so I can make an appointment
;^)

Wave:
0  Chromatic 12 notes per octave (4 steps per note)
1  Diatonic Major (C-D-E-F-G-A-B) Eight per octave (6
steps per note)
2  Diatonic Natural Minor (C-D-Eb-F-G-Ab-Bb) Eight per
octave (6 steps per note)
3  Diatonic Harmonic Minor (C-D-Eb-F-G-Ab-B) Eight per
octave (6 steps per note)
4  Diatonic Blues Scale (C-Eb-F-Gb-G-Bb) Six per
octave (8 steps per note)
5  Pentatonic (C-D-E-G-A) Five per octave (8 steps per
note)
6  Kumoi (C-D-Eb-G-A) Five per octave (8 steps per
note)
7  Japanese (C-Db-F-G-Ab) Five per octave (8 steps per
note)
8  Egyptian (C-Db-E-F-G-Ab-Bb) 5 notes per octave (10
steps per note)
9  Major (2 oct) / Minor (4 oct)
10 Minor (2 oct) / Major (4 oct)
11 Major scale / Fifths
12 C major (C-E-G) Arpeggio 4 octave (16 steps per
note)
13 C minor (C-Eb-G) Arpeggio 4 octave (16 steps per
note)
14 Diatonic Major octaves (C-D-E-F-G-A-B) (4 steps per
note)
15 Diatonic Major / stretch tuning

Ignore the stretch tuning... its special to
compensate for the nonlinear response of a 
theremin.

H^) harry






--- Czech Martin <Martin.Czech at Micronas.com> wrote:
> I don't understand exactly what you need, but what
> about modes?
> 
> ionian, dorian, lydian, phrygian, mixolydian, 
> aeolian, locrian etc.
> (sp??)
> 
> Of course, ionian and aeolian is uncool.
> 
> Also the enigmatic scale (Joe Satriani, track "The
> Enigmatic" 
> can yield good results.
> 
> The motto is : 7 monotoic rising tones out of 12.
> experiment. very soon you
> will
> come up with exotic scales...
> 
> I mean I'm really dumb as guitar player. But you can
> beef up
> by just avoiding the most common three scales...
> 
> 
> OTOH: this can be done using existing midi
> technology.
> There are so many possibilities...
> 
> in order to have working modes you must emphasize
> the fundamental,
> otherwise the western trained ear will snap to the 
> related ionic scale with some other fundamental
> and the thrill is gone...
> 
> m.c.
> 
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: Wilfried Dietrich
> [mailto:wilfried.dietrich at sse-erfurt.de]
> > Gesendet: Dienstag, 13. November 2001 15:50
> > An: 'synth-diy'
> > Betreff: [sdiy] scales for a pitch voltage
> quantizer
> > 
> > 
> > Hello all,
> > 
> > I'm new to this list so I like to introduce myself
> > in short before asking my first question.
> > 
> > I'm from germany and I have (re)started synth diy
> a year 
> > ago on the basis of the renewed Formant Pro
> project.
> > I say restarted because I had already an modular
> project 
> > running during the early 80s. Due to several
> reasons its
> > progression slowed down more and more and then at
> one point in
> > history anything of interest had to be digital. So
> I forgot
> > the whole story and putted the rests into the
> waste basket :(
> > I was always faszinated by electronic sounds and
> instruments 
> > but I never had a musical education, so (beside
> the above short
> > story) my interest in sythesizers remained
> "platonic" for 
> > years. But when my daugther was old enough to take
> piano
> > lessons I thought "why not - now or never" and
> since then we are 
> > sharing the same piano teacher. You see at this
> point it couldn't 
> > last very long until I had bought my first synth
> ;) 
> > Now while owning a number of beautiful digital
> synths (K5000,
> > Nord Modular) I found myself still wishing to have
> a real analog
> > modular, with real knobs and real patches and a
> real wood case.
> > I just had started to search for an appropriate
> project when the
> > Formant Pro book was issued, so this was the way
> to go for me.
> > 
> > Now to my question. Because the Formant system is
> lacking
> > a pitch voltage quantizer I designed one based on
> an Atmel
> > ATtiny15 controller. The module is already
> working. The required code 
> > is very small so I have room for up to 12
> different output scales.
> > But which ones are the most useful ? At the moment
> I plan to 
> > implement the following scales:
> > 
> > chromatic
> > major
> > major chord
> > major chord + 6th
> > major chord + 7th
> > minor
> > minor chord
> > minor chord + 6th
> > minor chord + 7th
> > pentatonic
> > 
> > There are two options left (at the moment called
> Exotic I and II). 
> > Any suggestions ? 
> > Or is someone voting for a completely other
> selection ?
> > 
> > Thanks in advance
> > Wilfried
> > 
> 
> 


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