source file: m1434.txt Date: Mon, 01 Jun 1998 09:34:34 PDT Subject: VAZ+ Synth/Sequencer Tuning Capabilities From: "Just Intonation" Hi, everybody, I just got a reply from the guy who turned me on to the VAZ+ synth/sequencer, Martin Fay, and he also happens to be the programmer who wrote it, and only has one micro-tuning-savvy beta tester, so here's your chance to get in and have some conceptual input on the ground floor of an entry-level, mass-market micro-tuning-capable product! Here's the complete text of his note: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill: >> Hi, Martin, I checked out the VAZ+ web site yesterday, and it >> looks >> like a great program. Do you have any idea how the user is able to >> specify alternate tunings? Is it by frequency, cents values, or some >> other way? >> >> Also, how fine is the tuning resolution? These are questions the >> alternative tuning people will be asking, and I need to know that >> stuff in order to promote VAZ+ on the alternative mailing lists and >> web sites that I'm in contact with (which I'll be more than happy to >> do!). Thanks. Martin: >At present, the tuning map is setup in a text-format file, and each >MIDI note can freely be given a tuning to 1 cent accuracy, which is >also the frequency resolution of the VAZ+ oscillators. > >The present situation is entirely pragmatic, at present I am only >aware of 1 of my beta testers who uses the microtuning capability so >I haven't coded a tuning map editor, and 1 cent resolution seems to >be sufficient for smooth pitch changes. I'm not sure what resolution >you'd be after? > > > >Martin > > man(i)kin / 3 track demo now available on mp3 >+------------------------------------------------+ >| Email: martin.fay@umist.ac.uk | >| Web: http://www.cp.umist.ac.uk/users/martin/ | >+------------------------------------------------+ >| See web site for: | >| VAZ: Vurtual Analogue Synth Emulator | >| Demos on mp3: man(i)kin, Curious Yellow | >+------------------------------------------------+ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com