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remove -----Original Message----- From: David Potter [mailto:papadave55@hotmail.com] Sent: Monday, December 13, 1999 9:13 AM To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com Subject: Re: Indian/middle eastern sounds, microtonality The Roland GR 30 has soome great sitar sounds. Does anyone know how to get the drums off to just have the sitar sound? Happy Hollidays >From: pvallad1@tampabay.rr.com >Reply-To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com >To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com >Subject: Re: Indian/middle eastern sounds, microtonality >Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 00:04:39 -0500 > >At 02:03 AM 12/13/99 +0000, you wrote: > >Sorry I'm a bit late responding. My ISP turned to shit for a couple of > >weeks. > > > >>> With re. to looping, one piece of gear that fascinates me & I can't >see > >>> myself owning anytime in the near future is Eventide's GTR4000. The > >>> combination of the elaborate delays & harmonizing schemes should make >for > >>> some amazing possiblities. > >> > >> Yeah, but they harmonize in ji??? > > > >I'm not certain about actually harmonizing in JI, however it does do >pitch > >shifts with resolution in cents (+/- 4 octaves) in cents. Since Eventide > >doesn't have manuals online, we'd have to find someone who has one & see >if > >the harmonizations can be fine-tuned in cents. Or possibly by download >the > >Mac or Win editor & looking at the parameters. The possiblities from the > >pitch shifted multi-tap delays alone are intriguing. JI should be >possible > >with a 1 cent resolution. > >Somebody (might have been someone on this very list) directed me to the >Trey Gunn website, in which Gunn relates how he used his GTR4000 as a >solution to the problem of playing with a performer (I recall somebody who >had studied Indian classical singing) who does not play in equal >temperament. Apparently, the GTR4000 has a pitch correction feature that >gives the user some flexibility - it allowed Trey to set up his GTR4000 to >"correct" the pitches of his 12ET Warr Guitar to the non-equal-tempered >scale the singer was using. Its in his road diary at >http://www.treygunn.com. > >Paolo > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com