Doepfer

Hey sfrules 

Thanks for the support :-)

> Now I find I must absorb Sethares' book!

Be sure to get the second edition from 2005, it's improved.
 
> Knowing you may also have trod in these other footsteps as well, may  
> I recommend
> Wendy Carlos' CD's, BEAUTY IN THE BEAST   and   TALES OF HEAVEN & HELL.
> She uses microtonal to advantage.

Thanks, I will keep those in mind. She is also quoted by Sethares.

> I suppose it's obvious to you and everyone else that merely  
> attenuating keyboard voltage will give you octaves of any number of  
> steps you wish.  

True, but this method is not allways what you want, especially the 
user-friendliness, but also the possibilities. As far as I know it's 
impossible e.g. to use the a-156 quantiser (12-tet) to divide an 
octave in 5 equal steps. It seems you can only shrink the intervals, 
but not increase them. But perhaps I'm missing a clever trick here? 

Also the future Doepfer cv-keyboard might be handy.

I recall reading somewhere that there are two other  
> mathematical divisions of an octave that create consonance -  
> something like 29 and 36 steps.  Do you know what those actual  
> divisions may be?   Thanking in advance.

I wouldn't know what you mean, as consonance is not just a matter 
of division of the octave. But my guess is that you mean 19 instead 
of 29. 

> If you've been around a while - and I think you have - you may recall  
> my supplication for a selective quantizer.  Without going into  
> detail, I'll just attach the jpg in the middle of this post.

oops, it's gone I think?

Greetings

Anton