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ok, thanks for the explanation Nick.

anyway, the a160-2 will be able to offer some prime number divisions.



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--- On Wed, 2/17/10, Nick <nick_blackburn@yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Nick <nick_blackburn@yahoo.com>
Subject: [Doepfer_a100] Re: A160-2 poll
To: Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, February 17, 2010, 11:53 AM







 



  


    
      
      
      --- In Doepfer_a100@ yahoogroups. com, Bakis Sirros <synth_freak_ 2000@...> wrote:

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> prime divisions?

> please, refresh my maths a bit...

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hi Bakis



Sorry to drag the conversation back to this, but you did ask.

The reason this idea came to mind was a recent piece in The Times referring to a lecture by Marcus du Sautoy at the Royal Society available here: http://royalsociety .org/Video- Library/#



Entitled The secret mathematicians, it concerned the use of maths in art and starts with a piece by Messiaen, Quartet for the End of Time. It uses rhythms of 17 and 29 beats - as these are prime numbers, a sequence would not repeat (at least until you get to 17*29).



I think La Monte Young used primes too.



The lecture also refers to the Fibonacci series which I think is mentioned in a later post but I haven't got there yet.



Anyway, as I play with long automated noises, I thought prime-based rhythms would be fun.



A prime number is only divisible by one and itself (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17 etc).



Cheers, Nick





    
     

    
    


 



  






      

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