source file: mills2.txt Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 11:56:11 -0800 Subject: alternate tuning for the Korg O5R/W From: malkin@iwaynet.net (David Malkin) I've got a very specific question that only someone familiar with microtonality would understand (and hopefully appreciate). I have a Korg O5R/W syth module that hooks into an old DW-6000 synth. The O5R/W allows for microtonality, but it only allows you to alter the 12 chromatic steps of Western harmony (and automatically tunes every octave of the keyboard to the specs that one specifies). If you want to tune a synth keyboard for more than 12 steps you are out of luck. I read a book by Scott R. Wilkinson called TUNING IN. He made reference to an article by Carter Scholz that appeared in 2/86 copy of KEYBOARD magazine; page 49. He showed how one get any keyboard to play in microtones by writing a program in Pascal and having it interface with a Roland MPU@1 and a Yamaha DX7. The computer waits in an infinite loop in a standby mode and whenever one presses a key on the keyboard, it triggers the correct pitch bend midi data that is written in the program. Is this possible with my Korg O5R/W? Do you know of anyone who may be of help. Received: from ns.ezh.nl [137.174.112.59] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Mon, 16 Dec 1996 20:59 +0100 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA05940; Mon, 16 Dec 1996 21:02:12 +0100 Received: from eartha.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA05942 Received: from by eartha.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) for id MAA26630; Mon, 16 Dec 1996 12:02:09 -0800 Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 12:02:09 -0800 Message-Id: Errors-To: madole@ella.mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu