Subject: RE: [linux-audio-dev] Notation program.
From: Brian Redfern (bredfern_AT_calarts.edu)
Date: Mon Sep 02 2002 - 01:41:16 EEST
I wasn't thinking right, really, the softsynth or midi module is the
place where this would happen, I can set up gamelan tunings within swami
and then use the vir midi driver to drive iiwu syth with rosegarden.
Although I work comfortably with standard notation, I've also studied a
wide variety of alternate notation systems.
On Fri, 2002-08-30 at 20:40, Ivica Bukvic wrote:
> To me it seems like you do not have to have an application aware of
> pitches (unless you feel uncomfortable using conventional notation for
> custom-assigned pitches -- i.e. c is c, c# is a bit flat, d is more like
> c# etc. so you'd need 2 conventional octaves for one 24-pitch microtonal
> octave). Many contemporary composers do this -- alter existing notation
> so that it can serve their purpose. Assuming from your e-mail is that
> you may be comfortable with modern notation, so I'd suggest simply using
> external midi module where you'd edit the sound patches to have this
> kind of detuning, or even better a sampler of some sorts. Then, you'd
> simply pass a conventional midi file to hear gamelan-like tunings that
> are produced by the external midi module (or any other tunings for that
> matter).
>
> That being said, I do agree with you that this would be a neat feature
> within a sequencer without continuously employing fixed pitch-bend wheel
> values.
>
> Ivica Ico Bukvic, composer, multimedia sculptor,
> programmer, webmaster & computer consultant
> http://meowing.ccm.uc.edu/~ico/
> ico_AT_fuse.net
> ============================
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>
> > One thing lacking on any platform is notation software with user
> > adjustable pitch tables that supports midi tuning standard. I have a
> lot
> > of experience working with altered tunings and pitch tables studying
> > balinese gamelan, my C/C++ skills still suck right now, but I sent my
> > girlfriend away for the weekend just so I can work my way through the
> > rest of oreilly's practical c.
>
>
-- http://www.brianredfern.com ;-)>
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