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At 09:05 AM 2/28/00 -0500, you wrote: >pvallad1@tampabay.rr.com wrote: > >> Let me try to articulate what i want to do here... I am a former Stick >> owner (sold all my musical instruments in CA before the big move to FL) >who > >Sounds insane! One could always fret a stick in ji. What is insane to you? Me moving from CA to FL? Or that I sold all my instruments? Or that I am a former Stick player looking to get back into it? If I get another Stick, yes I could have it fretted in JI (probably at considerable expense as I am not a luthier nor do I have the time to learn such an art), but then I would not be able to play with friends who use 12-ET. That Stick would only be good for music written for that specific temperament. I'd have to get ANOTHER Stick just for playing with 12-ET musicians. Not an economically viable solution for me! :) >> If I just wanted to stay at home and never play out, a software synth >would >> be perfect for me. However, I do want to play out (and I really do >mean >> PLAY as in play "realtime", not run some non-interactive program or >play a >> tape). and I have new friends who are encouraging me to work towards >that >> goal. There is no way I'm going to lug my PC, 17-inch monitor, >keyboard, >> etc. to bars and coffee shops to play music. > >Last Saturday I heard a friend play an entire show on a laptop. >I think he uses MAX. But he's not into tunings. Yes, a laptop is a viable solution because everything folds into a nice, neat flat unit - no bulky 17 inch monitors and such! And yes, I too have seen guys play entire shows with just laptops. But none of them were controlling them from external MIDI controllers - all played their laptops directly via the touchpad. I would like to know just how significant is the latency imposed by the OS. >> I was hoping somebody would tell me that samplers exist that would >allow me >> to set up tunings with scale resolutions small enough to handle JI. >Then I >> could just get that sampler instead of getting another computer. > >One could always sample tuned instruments. It IS a sampler. But Mr Lofflink indicates in his post that the scale resolutions on samplers are also inadequate. >> Well, my disappointment in the fact that all responses to this thread >> indicate the need for computer to be included in my hypothetical live >rig > >No you don't. It's just a possibility. That is true. But I cannot afford to buy a harem of Sticks, each for a specific tuning. I am looking for an economically feasible solution here. :) >> >a fretless guitar or a midi guitar & synth or a refretted >> >guitar or Csound seems to be your best option. I want >> >a fretless guitar next. >> >> I appreciate the time you've taken to respond to my inquiries. However, >> Csound is not realtime and I am not really a guitar player. I am more >of a >> tapping type of player (piano, Stick, Ztar, etc.). Also, I am >interested >> in exploring _harmony_ in JI, not so much melody. Fretless guitar is >not >> the optimal solution here (it took Adrian Belew two years of practice to >> play chords in tune - so he says). > >It's all in the ear. So it took Belew 2 years to tune up >his hearing. Big deal. You act like becoming a better musican >is an undesirable thing! Maybe your approach could be a bit less >negative? What I am getting at is the fretless guitar solution is not a viable one for me. I am not a guitar player, period. I am sorry you think I am being negative. Whatever solution that I come up with, with or without your help, is going to cost me some hard-earned money - I have every right to investigate the pros and cons of each approach - unless you are willing to pay for it yourself. :) Thanks, Paolo