Doepfer

The following Doepfer_a100 poll is now closed.  Here are the 
final results: 


POLL QUESTION: Would you like Doepfer to release a Timbral Quantizer Module?

[If you check out the relation between the harmonic spectrum of a 
certain sound (frequency and level of partials) and the intervals or 
chords made with that sound which are most pleasing or consonant 
sounding, you find that for most 'natural' sounds (like an acoustic 
guitar) the 12 tone temperament is great, because in 12-tet the 
partials don't tend to clash, so to speak. (Generally speaking of 
course, because you *can* come up with awful chords if you really 
want to)

But for e.g. metallic sounds, or indeed for lots of *electronic* 
sounds, this is not the case. This is why it is especially interesting to 
experiment with different scales and tunings if you are into metallic 
sounds (gamelan, metallic xylophones etc.) or if you're into 
electronic music!! 

The beauty is that there is now mathematics available (thank you Mr. 
Sethares) to derive a fitting customized scale, that is optimized for 
consonance, from almost any type sound/timbre. This is usually 
done using Fourier analysis. But I don't want to propose a Fourier 
analysis module, because it is possible to derive the necessary 
information in another way, if you know the 'recipe' or 'settings' of a 
sound/timbre. This method could definitely work for additive 
synthesis and fm (maybe for analog fm).

So I would propose a dedicated fm-operator or sine bank or ring 
modulator that can be 'read' (preferably real time) by a timbral 
quantizer so the quantizer can calculate a scale that 'fits' the current 
sound/timbre best. The number of steps in the scale would be 
optional, and probably voltage controllable.]
 

CHOICES AND RESULTS
- Yes!, 16 votes, 66.67%  
- maybe..., 6 votes, 25.00%  
- no., 2 votes, 8.33%  



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