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Re: [Doepfer_a100] Re: suggestion for alternative quantizing module

2005-11-03 by Anton Coops

Hi Ingo,

Out of tune-ness does not only come from the scale you use, but 
also from the timbre that you use in a given scale (and of course the 
combinations of notes you play). It can take some time before you 
find a good combination, but there are some tricks.  

So in the module I suggest, for *each* value of 'n', or for each 
scale, you have *specific* combinations of notes and timbres that 
sound good or don't sound good.

One advantage of the approach I suggested would be that you can 
more easily modulate in equally divided scales than in other unusual 
or experimental scales. It's also basic, a bit like the freqency divider, 
so that should increase the possibilities for mis-use :-)

Anton

On 3 Nov 2005, at 16:11, selfoscillate wrote:

> 
> hello anton,
> 
> i tried this with reaktor a few months/years ago,
> and there is one problem with it.
> the whole show sounds just "out of tune" when
> the octave is divided in a range that doesn't fit
> to the semitone scale. dividing an octave by 7 for
> example will only give you wrong notes, but it won't give
> you new sounds, just old sounds which are out of tune.
> ok, maybe somebody wants that, but i can't imagine why.
> 
> only my 2 cents
> 
> best wishes
> 
> ingo
> 
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> --- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com, "Anton Coops" <dubshot@x...> 
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi list,
> > 
> > Dividing an octave in 12 equal steps is fine, but what I would like 
> > even more is a quantizing module that can divide an octave in 'n' 
> > steps
> > 
> > n = 1: 1 step of 1200 cents
> > n = 2: 2 steps of 600 cents
> > n = 3: 3 x 400 cents etc. etc., maybe up to n = 25
> > 
> > note: a transpose-option (like in the a-156) should transpose in 'n-
> > ed' steps as well. Unusual sounds gauranteed!
> > 
> > Good idea or am I missing something? Has somebody allready built 
> > a module that can do this?
> > 
> > greetings
> > 
> > Anton
> >
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