MOTM

I agree with the idea of transposing to conserve space on the EPROM, but that 
only works with the "Greek" diatonic modes and the symmetrical scales (i.e., 
the six note whole tone and eight note diminished). I hope some of the EPROM 
programmers will consider some of the more exoticist modes that I like. 

I enjoy using the Harmonic Minor scale (M2, m3, P4, P5, m6, M7, P8) and a few 
variations of these which involve one or more of the following (m2, M3, +4) 
which have names like: Gypsy Minor, Hungarian Minor (and maybe Arabic Minor, 
or Turkish Minor) -- I forget which names go with which modes. These modes 
would not be transposable since the have odd combinations of minor 2nds and 
augmented 2nds which don't seem to be that useful in anything other than the 
root position (unless someone else knows better?).

I'd also like to see some nice pentatonic modes available too. And I'm also 
in agreement with the other ideas about microtonal and just intonation. I 
intend on having one Miniwave dedicated for CV processing (quantizing) and 
one for audio wave mangling, but I still haven't received mine yet : (

JB

In a message dated 7/13/2001 8:16:56 PM, jlarryh@... writes:

>Harry Bissell did some of this for his original Wiard Miniwave.  One of
>the
>things that he did which was very space efficient was NOT to do scales
>in
>each key, but add a transpose switch.  So, you can have lots off different
>types of scales and such all in one key (lets say "C").  they when you
>want
>to change to a different key, you use the transpose feature.  That's much
>more efficient that duplicating scaled in various keys as done in the
>original EPROM.    Then you can use up all that space for LOTs of different
>types of scales.
>
>WARNING:  Shameless plug:  Of course, if you don't want to figure out a
>transpose switch for your Miniwave you could always buy a 822 PCB from
>me.
>It supports instant transpose on the fly. :)