[sdiy] VCO tuning philosophy re-visited

[Harry Bissell]

Bars are even worse than strings for inharmonicity. Piano strings are stiff
enough to be considered somewhere between string and bar anyway...

H^) harry

----- Original Message -----
From: luther rochester <luther.rochester at gmail.com>
To: Harry Bissell <harrybissell at wowway.com>
Cc: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
Sent: Mon, 07 Feb 2011 12:06:06 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: [sdiy] VCO tuning philosophy re-visited

On 2/7/11 10:41 AM, Harry Bissell wrote:
> Stretch tuning sound more musical for a piano. whose partials (harmonics) are sharp because of (very significant)
> string stiffness. Playing octaves on a piano sounds 'closer' to being in tune as the beats are more regular, even though the
> actual frequencies are less accurate.
>
> Of course any sampled synth would sound better with stretch tuning as well (or FM where the harmonics could be 'non-harmonic'
>
> I don't know about stretch tuning for other sounds...


I know stretch tuning is also commonplace in mallet instruments 
(vibraphones, marimbas, etc.). I don't know if it's a result of the 
harmonic structure of the bars similar to a piano's strings.

-- 
./luther

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