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how about the k2000 series synths, do they have microtuning -- On Sun, 05 Dec 1999 18:28:42 Drew Skyfyre wrote: >> I'd like to get a unit that allows both programming and playing, >preferably >> with Indian/middle eastern sounds, > >> Yamaha FS1r >Yamaha seriously screwed up by not including ANY microtuning capabilities. >This thing is supposedly capatible with DX7 patches. The DX & TX & SY & VL >series ALL include some form of microtuning tables. As do most of their XG >thingies, even the PSR 530 & above. What a waste of a great machine. AFAIK >Kawai made the same goof with their K5000, and only Waldorf's insane :) >Wave >has tuning tables in their product line. > >Personally I consider any synth/sampler with no microtuning to be absolute >rubbish, though there are wayz to work around the limitation. > >Ensoniq's ASR-X Pro is one of the best choices available, with full 128 >note >tuning tables, & over 30 preset temperments, not to mention various >available key tracking settings. E-mu's new budget ESI2000 is also a great >buy, with a really good microtuning capabilities. The E5000 has the neato >"Beat Munging" tool, more power, but lower microtuning resolution (1/64th >of >a semitone v/s the ESI's 1/100th of a semiton), and is double the ESI's >price. > >If you're really interested in Indian/Middle Eastern sounds, then do not >stop at Oud or Sitar samples. They have to be played/sequenced in an >appropriate tuning to sound remotely authentic. > >A Middle Eastern sound is easily achievable : >In the key of C try tuning your D, E, A, and B notes a quarter tone >(-49 cents) flat. > >You folks should really get into microtonality if you're really looking >for >new sounds, a bottomless well of ideas, & an endless source of new >tonalities. Looping and microtonality holds gargantuan potential. >David Beardsley's on this list (Hey David howzzit goin ?), he's really >into >microtonality. David, makin any nice noizez wizzat DL4 ? > >Try : >John Starrett's microtonal links site : >http://www-math.cudenver.edu/~jstarret/microtone.html > >Graham Breed's site : >http://www.microtonal.co.uk/ > >or my own : >Xenharmonic Engines (lot's of guitar related info, some outdated links, & >I'm working on revamp): >http://microtonal.lookscool.com > >And join the Tuning list over at Onelist. http://www.onelist.com > >- Drew > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. >Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com > > -- Join the most exciting community of women on the web! iVillage.com's FREE membership gets you private email, your own home page, special discounts and sweepstakes, and dozens of problem-solving tools. http://www.ivillage.com/frame/join_email.html