[sdiy] Black Magic oscillator cans

[Magnus Danielson]

From: harrybissell <harrybissell at prodigy.net>
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Black Magic oscillator cans
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 22:57:22 -0400

> Well ... if Magnus' $12.00 were cents, what would
> $.02 be ???
> 
> (hej Magnus :^)

Hej Harry!

> Answer... just perceptible to most musically trained ears. The average person can
> discern about 5 cents (100th of a half step - 1200 to the octave)
> 
> This is for tones that are heard sequentially, alone.  There is no reference and
> no beating
> can be heard.
> 
> So the dead-on accuracy of the TOG (where we started from, remember?)
> is probably just fine for almost all musical uses... but in context of other
> (perfectly tuned)
> instruments, the beating might make the imperfections noticible.

Indeed.

We must recall that Phytagorian tuning really makes sense in that it is really
the overtone beatings which will be of interest in "harmony" of cords and
ensembles of instruments. Bach rationalized the whole thing with his well-
tempered scale which makes all keys sound equally bad. So, you could ask
yourself the question on the value of actually acheive a perfect well-tempered
scale. Well-enought may be just as usefull in some cases.

> I might argue its probably better than almost ALL of our classic analog synths
> (except those that ARE 'TOG' based  ;^)

Supposed to be you mean... ;O)

... or are you organ-based?

Cheers,
Magnus - who´s only TOG is a Solina Strings - which I love!