[sdiy] Hammond Organ Query

[patchell]

    Not easy to get with flip flops either...

Tim Ressel wrote:

> By gear ratios, I meant the ratios bewteen the gears.
> In just ntonation, the ratioes are like 5/4, 3/2, etc.
> Real simple. In equal temperment, the ratios are
> multiples of 1.0594631...  Not easy to get with gears.
>
> --TR
>
> --- patchell <patchell at silcom.com> wrote:
> >     It would be just like making a top octave
> > generator with digital
> > logic.  You would have a set of magic division
> > ratios that you would use
> > to approximate equal temperment.
> >
> > Tim Ressel wrote:
> >
> > > Mass Brain Query:
> > >
> > > On the Hammond organ the tone generators were
> > > gear-tooth wheels ... so like, does it use
> > > just-intonation? Seems like it would have to so
> > the
> > > ratios come out even. Equal temperment (an ironic
> > term
> > > to use with this crowd :-) generates all these
> > nasty
> > > irrational numbers that would be difficult to make
> > > with gear ratios.
> > >
> > > ?????
> > >
> > > --TR
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