[sdiy] decaves?

[Stephen Begin]

that's a great idea!
Thanks

----- Original Message -----
From: "J. Larry Hendry" <jlarryh at iquest.net>
To: "Stephen Begin" <trypannon at hotmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 9:10 PM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] decaves?


> Since the "normal scale is 12 evenly spaced semitones in an octave,
getting
> any number of evenly spaced semitones in an octave is easy. The key is
> "evenly spaced."  Most alternate scales are not.
>
> However, if you want to experiment, you can simply use a voltage amplifier
> with attenuator, or mixer input that has more than 1x gain.  Run your
> keyboard CV through your amp/attenuator before going to your VCO.  You
> simply add gain to decrease the number of steps in an octave, and
attenuate
> CV to increase the number of steps in an octave.
>
> Larry Hendry
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Stephen Begin <trypannon at hotmail.com>
> To: synth <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 7:37 AM
> Subject: [sdiy] decaves?
>
>
> I was just curious as to whether or not anybody had ever heard (or heard
of)
> dividing octaves into 10 semitones (evenly spaced).
> I'm guessing it wouldn't sound very musical most of the time, but I'm
still
> curious.
>
> I guess if i wanted to try it (assuming I was smart, and had access to the
> kind of gear you need to erase and write to eproms) would it be possible
to
> get a paia midi2cv working in "decaves" (and just ignore 2 notes per
octave
> from the controller)?
>
> humor me, if you have the time :)
> Steve B
>