source file: mills2.txt Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 14:59:30 -0700 Subject: Post from McLaren From: John Chalmers From: mclaren Subject: Randy WInchester's remarkable collection of microtonal compositions -- Some months ago one of the forum subscribers sent me a remarkable tape. It contained compositions in every equal temperament from 7 through 23 tones per octave, except for 18 and 16. This collection of compositions seems to me one of the best such collections ever done. It's outstanding. What makes the collection even more noteworthy is the fact that it was done on an "obsolete" analog synthesizer. Oddly enough, this gives the recordings a certain sonic sheen not present in sequaky-clean digital timbres. Overall, Randy's collection is remarkable and I've listened to it more than half a dozen times. Other forum subscribers (to whom I've sent copies with Randy's permission) agree. If there's any justifce in the world, Randy's collection will be issued on commercial CD or cassette. For my mney, it's right up there with Easley Blackwood's and Ivor Darreg's collections. --mclaren Received: from eartha.mills.edu [144.91.3.20] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Thu, 13 Jun 1996 06:26 +0100 Received: from by eartha.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) for id VAA17301; Wed, 12 Jun 1996 21:26:17 -0700 Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 21:26:17 -0700 Message-Id: <199606130424.WAA25377@freenet.uchsc.EDU> Errors-To: madole@ella.mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu