source file: mills2.txt Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 09:06:50 -0800 Subject: Re: Stria, Phi From: alves@osiris.ac.hmc.edu (Bill Alves) A friend of mine and an excellent composer, Frederick Lesemann, did a piece on a Moog Model 12 modular synth back in the 1970s based on "pi-octaves." As I recall, these were based on the 12th root of pi by stretching (amplifying) the control voltage to the oscillators. A very nice piece, though I haven't heard it in years, and it was never recorded commercially. I don't think Rick has had any other special interest in alternate tunings since then. Another friend described the piece as "very tuneful" and said that he walked away whistling the melodies. However, the moment he heard any 12-TET afterwards, his ear "snapped back" and he was thereafter unable to recall the pi-octave melodies. Bill ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^ Bill Alves email: alves@hmc.edu ^ ^ Harvey Mudd College URL: http://www2.hmc.edu/~alves/ ^ ^ 301 E. Twelfth St. (909)607-4170 (office) ^ ^ Claremont CA 91711 USA (909)621-8360 (fax) ^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Received: from eartha.mills.edu [144.91.3.20] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Tue, 12 Mar 1996 18:50 +0100 Received: from by eartha.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) for id JAA26289; Tue, 12 Mar 1996 09:50:21 -0800 Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 09:50:21 -0800 Message-Id: <9603121748.AA25586@ ccrma.Stanford.EDU > Errors-To: madole@ella.mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu