[sdiy] VCO tuning philosophy re-visited

[lanterma at ece.gatech.edu]

On Feb 7, 2011, at 5:25 PM, Ian Fritz wrote:

> Sure, but don't forget that acoustic instrumentalists often deviate from tempered tuning to improve consonance.  The best example is string quartets.  They have intricate rules about who tunes to whom while playing.

Ah, indeed, yes - that's something facilitated by fretless instruments, and certainly a capella choirs, although they have to get away from the piano in rehearsal. ;)

I suppose a live-performing synthesis with a killer ear (i.e. not me!) could do similar tricks with a continuous controller, if the max pitch bend was set to be pretty tight... 

I've noticed some guitar players doing that kind of thing a bit too, when they tune using specific chords for a particular song.

- Aaron