MOTM

In a message dated 9/30/99 8:12:16 PM, tentochi@... writes:

>I think 1000 is a good number.  I have messed with microtunings a fair
>amount and actually 1000 points maybe inadequate at times.  

I don't get this. At 1000 pitches in a table, and assuming a ten octave range 
of hearing we see 1000/10 = 100 pitches per octave. How can this be too few 
except in the most theoretical case? This is well beyond my ability to 
discern pitch differences.

Another way to say this: I've never needed a 1000 note keyboard.


I can actually
>think of much wilder things for the translation tables to do though and
>the
>more points the better here.  Things like non-linear humps and valleys
>in
>the table--with an LFO driving it, it could get wild--especially when the
>LFO is going fast!

I'm thinking that these ideas might be better implemented by VC lag 
processors, VC sample and holds, and VC waveshapers -- though I agree that a 
quantizer could be interesting in this instance.

Probably missing the point again
John (my perfect keyboard would have only one note -- the right one) Barlow