[sdiy] The ideal quantizer, was: Music

[David G. Dixon]

> >> The goal is, finding nice scales without having to know a lot about
> >> music theory. Any ideas?
> >
> > Yeah: learn the theory!  As I said, there aren't really that many
> > truly
> > useful scales (in Western music, anyway), and really understanding
> > how to
> > use them is an extremely rewarding thing.
> 
> Does everyone using a synthesizer VCF have to know everything about
> filter theory? ;-)

Well, using a filter ultimately involves twiddling a knob or two, so it's
not really a fair comparison!  ;^)

However, understanding the construction of scales is a heckuva lot easier to
wrap your head around than poles, zeroes, and transfer functions in the
Laplace domain!  There are 12 chromatic tones, and you've gotta leave a few
of them out to make useful scales.  Not exactly rocket science!

In any case (and in all seriousness), let your ear guide you!